While 372.5km/h (231.4mph) is the fastest speed set during a race, the fastest speed set with an F1 car is much higher. This record is held by Honda, who took their RA106 to the Bonneville Salt Flats in the US, a site famous for top-speed runs, to try and br...
Bugatti Veyron Super Sport–268 MPH Bugatti's first attempt at creating a world-beating car came in the form of the Veyron. It achieved the highest top speed of any production car, but increased competition pushed Bugatti to develop the Veyron Super Sport. Powering the Veyron Super Sport is ...
Car Top Speed List - Figures and Specs Top Speed - Figures & Specs SSC Tuatara 5.9 V8 Twin Turbo 91 Octane - [2018] Top Speed - 316 mph (508 kph) SSC Tuatara 5.9 V8 Twin Turbo E85 Fuel - [2018] Top Speed - 316 mph (508 kph) Hennessey Venom F5 6.6 V8 Twin Turbo - [2020...
Now, thanks to AlexZafRo and his idea to test each car’s top speed on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit’s long straight, we know exactly how the teams compare in a straight line for the 2018 season. By the way, in last year’s game, Williams was fastest, followed by Mercedes...
More importantly it confirms it “has an output of over 1,000hp (986bhp) and a top speed exceeding 350km/h (217mph)”. The release goes on to say “the showcar combines outstanding racetrack performance with day-to-day suitable Formula 1 hybrid technology and exemplary efficiency”. We...
mph, or 489 km/hr. The French hypercar achieved this speed at Volkswagen’s Ehra-Lessien test track. However, the Chiron 300+ doesn’t hold an official world record though because it was driven in one direction only. To set the record, a car needs to drive twice in opposite directions,...
Instead, the original was one of the most well-balanced and visually spectacular racers for years, with its nifty Flashback feature (which let you rewind time to the moment just before you churlishly charged into that hairpin at 120mph) quickly adopted as a genre standard. Need for Speed ...
The title of "fastest production car in the world" is, perhaps, the most prestigious in the world of performance cars. It takes a very special car to break the production speed record - it has to have incredible engine power (well over 1000 metric horsepower), low coefficient of drag and...
had reduced engine sizes to 4.5 litres and Mercedes developed a new four-cylinder engine with an overhead camshaft and two inlet and exhaust valves per cylinder. It produced just over 100bhp, good enough for a top speed of over 100mph, and contemporary reports praised the car's roadhol...
McLaren enters the race for the fastest car with the Speedtail, which has a top speed of over 249 mph. Inspired by the F1, it was designed to perform and dazzle. And it features something else small but original: central driving.