Rank 1. SSC Ultimate Aero
The SSC Aero is an American-built mid-engine sports car by Shelby Super Cars. Its higher-performance limited production version, the SSC Ultimate Aero TT,
is currently the fastest production car in the world, with a fastest
recorded speed of 413 km/h (257 mph).This speed was reportedly achieved
during tests on September 13, 2007 in West Richland, Washington, United
States and verified by Guinness World Records on October 9, 2007.
The Aero and the Shelby Super Cars company are
the brainchildren of Jerod Shelby, who spent over seven years designing
the car. The basic Aero model is no longer produced, while, as of 2008,
the Ultimate Aero costs about 620,000 dollars.
Rank 2. Bugatti Veyron
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is a mid-engine sports car produced
by Volkswagen Group subsidiary Bugatti Automobiles SAS introduced in
2005. It is currently the fastest accelerating and decelerating
production car in the world. It is currently also the most expensive
production car available at a price of 1.1 million Euro. It is able to
achieve the second highest top speed for a production car, behind the SSC Ultimate Aero TT .
Powered by a 736-kilowatt (1,001 PS/987 hp) W16 engine, it is able to achieve an average top speed of 408.47 km/h (253.81 mph). The
car reached full production in September 2005, and is handcrafted in a
factory Volkswagen built near the former Bugatti headquarters in
Château St Jean in Molsheim (Alsace, France). It is named after French
racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans
in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti firm. Two examples of the
Veyron are known to have been wrecked since production began.
Rank 3. Koenigsegg CCX
The Koenigsegg CCX is a
mid-engined roadster from Swedish car manufacturer Koenigsegg. The CCX
has been engineered to comply with the US regulation and market demands and is an evolutionary design that replaced the Koenigsegg CCR. CCX is an abbreviation for Competition Coupe X; the X commemorating the 10th anniversary, (being the Roman numeral for ten), of the completion and test drive of the first CC vehicle in 1996.
The CCX was first unveiled on February 28, 2006 at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show although its existence was announced earlier. A
derivative known as the CCXR is available, the difference being that
CCXR's engine is tuned to run on biofuel. The different fuel and tune
allows the CCXR to produce 25% more power than the CCX.
Rank 4. Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo
The Saleen S7 is a limited production, hand built high-performance automobile developed jointly by Saleen,
Hidden Creek Industries, Phil Frank Design, and Ray Mallock Ltd. with
RML taking full credit designing and developing the S7 and produced
solely by Saleen in Irvine, California. It is the first car produced by
Saleen not based on an existing design. The
S7 debuted on August 19, 2000 at the Monterey Historic Races. From 2000
until 2004, the S7 featured a naturally aspirated V8 engine with
550 horsepower. In 2005, the S7 was replaced by the S7 Twin Turbo,
which featured a more powerful twin-turbo system that boosted engine
power to 750 horsepower (760 PS/559 kW) and the top speed to an
estimated 250 mph (402 km/h).
Rank 5. McLaren F1
The McLaren F1 was formerly the
fastest street legal production car in the world, holding this record
from 1994 to 2005, the longest period the record has been held by any
street legal or production car in the history of automobiles. It was
engineered and produced by McLaren Automotive, a subsidiary of the
British McLaren Group that, among others, owns the McLaren Mercedes Formula One team. Today, it is still the fastest naturally aspirated car in the world.
The McLaren F1 was at the time the fastest
production car ever built, eclipsing the Jaguar XJ220. A standard
version of the McLaren achieved a top speed of 371 km/h (231 mph) in
1994, holding this record for more than 10 years until it was finally
eclipsed in 2005 by the Koenigsegg CCR.
Rank 6. Ferrari Enzo
The Enzo Ferrari is a
12-cylinder mid-engine berlinetta named after the company's founder,
Enzo Ferrari. It is currently one of the most powerful naturally
aspirated production car in the world. It was built in 2003 using
Formula One technology, such as a carbon-fibre body, F1-style sequential shift transmission,
and carbon-ceramic brake discs. Also used are technologies not allowed
in F1 such as active aerodynamics and traction control. After a
downforce of 775 kg (1709 lb) is reached at 300 km/h (186 mph) the rear
wing is actuated by computer to maintain that downforce.
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