Top 5 Fastest Cars in the World

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Here is the definitive list of the top 5 Fastest Cars in the World! Truly Amazing pieces of engineering, pushing performance to its limits! Relish in the power of the SSC Ultimate Aero, Bugatti Veyron, Koenigsegg CCX, Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo & the Mclaren F1!

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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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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Top 5 Fastest Cars in the World - FunOnTheNet
 
TinCanSailor said:
All sexy cars that we cannot afford. However, For 40K you can have one of these:

2013 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392 review notes,pricing,photos,specs - Autoweek

I saw a Youtube of one on the autobahn that went 203 mph. YES!
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that's good value, and i agree with author of article, id ditch the 19's and put on louder pipes for more character, - proper V8 personality should come with the car...don't hide it....

hmm
it looks like 70's car with a more modern lines,,,,stil muscular, i like it..
i really like the 1973 Stingray...it got it too
 
Read this, you think those cars are fast, nothing beats a top fuel dragster.

Ever wonder why a Top Fuel dragster gets a rebuilt engine after each run?
Stay with this - even if you aren't a 'car nut', this is stunning. One Top Fuel dragster outfitted with a 500 cubic-inch replica Dodge

(actually Keith Black, etc.) Hemi engine makes more horsepower
(8,000 HP) than the first 4 rows of cars at NASCAR's Daytona 500.
Under full throttle, a dragster engine will consume 11.2 gallons of
nitro methane per second; a fully loaded Boeing 747 consumes jet
fuel at the same rate but with 25% less energy being produced.
A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to
merely drive the dragster's supercharger.
With 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on over
drive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before
ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lockup at full throttle.
At the stoichio metric 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitro methane the
flame front temperature measures 7050 degrees F.
Nitro methane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above
the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from
atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.
Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug - which is typically
the output of a small electric arc welder in each cylinder.
Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After 1/2
way thru the run, the engine is 'dieseling' from compression and
the glow of the exhaust valves at 1400 degrees F. The engine can
only be shut down by cutting the fuel flow.
If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up
in the affected cylinders and then explodes with enough force to blow
the cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half!
Dragsters reach over 300 MPH+... before you have completed reading
this sentence.
In order to exceed 300 MPH in 4.5 seconds, a dragster must accelerate
an average of over 4 G's. In order to reach 200 MPH well before
reaching half-track, at launch the acceleration approaches 8 G's.
Top Fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light!
Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions
under load.
The redline is actually quite high at 9500 RPM.
THE BOTTOM LINE: Assuming all the equipment is paid for, the pit crew is
working for free, & NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run will cost an estimated
$1,000 per second.
To 100 MPH in .8 seconds (the first 60 feet of the run)
0 to 200 MPH in 2.2 seconds (the first 350 feet of the run)
6 g-forces at the starting line (nothing accelerates faster on land)
6 negative g-forces upon deployment of twin 'chutes at 300 MPH An NHRA Top Fuel Dragster accelerates quicker than any other land vehicle

on earth. Quicker than a jet fighter plane, quicker than the space shuttle or
snapping your fingers!!
The top speed record is 337.58 MPH as measured over the last 66' of the run
(2005, Tony Schumacher).
Let's now put this all into perspective:
Imagine this...........You are driving a new $140,000 Lingenfelter twin-turbo powered
Corvette Z-06. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged & ready to 'launch' down a quarter-mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run
the 'Corvette hard, on up through the gears and blast across the starting line & pass the dragster at an honest 200 MPH. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that exact moment. The dragster departs & starts after you. You keep your foot buried hard to the floor, and suddenly you hear an incredibly brutally screaming whine that sears and pummels your eardrums & within a mere 3 seconds the dragster effortlessly catches & passes you. He
beats you to the finish line, a quarter-mile away from where you just passed him. Think about it - from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 MPH.....and it not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the planet when he passed you within a mere 1000 foot long race !!!!
That, my friends.....is acceleration.
 
deafdiver said:
Read this, you think those cars are fast, nothing beats a top fuel dragster.

Ever wonder why a Top Fuel dragster gets a rebuilt engine after each run?
Stay with this - even if you aren't a 'car nut', this is stunning. One Top Fuel dragster outfitted with a 500 cubic-inch replica Dodge

(actually Keith Black, etc.) Hemi engine makes more horsepower
(8,000 HP) than the first 4 rows of cars at NASCAR's Daytona 500.
Under full throttle, a dragster engine will consume 11.2 gallons of
nitro methane per second; a fully loaded Boeing 747 consumes jet
fuel at the same rate but with 25% less energy being produced.
A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to
merely drive the dragster's supercharger.
With 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on over
drive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before
ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lockup at full throttle.
At the stoichio metric 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitro methane the
flame front temperature measures 7050 degrees F.
Nitro methane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above
the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from
atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.
Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug - which is typically
the output of a small electric arc welder in each cylinder.
Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After 1/2
way thru the run, the engine is 'dieseling' from compression and
the glow of the exhaust valves at 1400 degrees F. The engine can
only be shut down by cutting the fuel flow.
If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up
in the affected cylinders and then explodes with enough force to blow
the cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half!
Dragsters reach over 300 MPH+... before you have completed reading
this sentence.
In order to exceed 300 MPH in 4.5 seconds, a dragster must accelerate
an average of over 4 G's. In order to reach 200 MPH well before
reaching half-track, at launch the acceleration approaches 8 G's.
Top Fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light!
Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions
under load.
The redline is actually quite high at 9500 RPM.
THE BOTTOM LINE: Assuming all the equipment is paid for, the pit crew is
working for free, & NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run will cost an estimated
$1,000 per second.
To 100 MPH in .8 seconds (the first 60 feet of the run)
0 to 200 MPH in 2.2 seconds (the first 350 feet of the run)
6 g-forces at the starting line (nothing accelerates faster on land)
6 negative g-forces upon deployment of twin 'chutes at 300 MPH An NHRA Top Fuel Dragster accelerates quicker than any other land vehicle

on earth. Quicker than a jet fighter plane, quicker than the space shuttle or
snapping your fingers!!
The top speed record is 337.58 MPH as measured over the last 66' of the run
(2005, Tony Schumacher).
Let's now put this all into perspective:
Imagine this...........You are driving a new $140,000 Lingenfelter twin-turbo powered
Corvette Z-06. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged & ready to 'launch' down a quarter-mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run
the 'Corvette hard, on up through the gears and blast across the starting line & pass the dragster at an honest 200 MPH. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that exact moment. The dragster departs & starts after you. You keep your foot buried hard to the floor, and suddenly you hear an incredibly brutally screaming whine that sears and pummels your eardrums & within a mere 3 seconds the dragster effortlessly catches & passes you. He
beats you to the finish line, a quarter-mile away from where you just passed him. Think about it - from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 MPH.....and it not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the planet when he passed you within a mere 1000 foot long race !!!!
That, my friends.....is acceleration.
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All good, except at the end of the quarter mile, no more fuel, nor street legal.

When I went to Charlotte Z Max last year, the HP is up to 10,000.
 
deafdiver said:
Read this, you think those cars are fast, nothing beats a top fuel dragster.

Ever wonder why a Top Fuel dragster gets a rebuilt engine after each run?
Stay with this - even if you aren't a 'car nut', this is stunning. One Top Fuel dragster outfitted with a 500 cubic-inch replica Dodge

(actually Keith Black, etc.) Hemi engine makes more horsepower
(8,000 HP) than the first 4 rows of cars at NASCAR's Daytona 500.
Under full throttle, a dragster engine will consume 11.2 gallons of
nitro methane per second; a fully loaded Boeing 747 consumes jet
fuel at the same rate but with 25% less energy being produced.
A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to
merely drive the dragster's supercharger.
With 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on over
drive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before
ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lockup at full throttle.
At the stoichio metric 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitro methane the
flame front temperature measures 7050 degrees F.
Nitro methane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above
the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from
atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.
Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug - which is typically
the output of a small electric arc welder in each cylinder.
Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After 1/2
way thru the run, the engine is 'dieseling' from compression and
the glow of the exhaust valves at 1400 degrees F. The engine can
only be shut down by cutting the fuel flow.
If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up
in the affected cylinders and then explodes with enough force to blow
the cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half!
Dragsters reach over 300 MPH+... before you have completed reading
this sentence.
In order to exceed 300 MPH in 4.5 seconds, a dragster must accelerate
an average of over 4 G's. In order to reach 200 MPH well before
reaching half-track, at launch the acceleration approaches 8 G's.
Top Fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light!
Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions
under load.
The redline is actually quite high at 9500 RPM.
THE BOTTOM LINE: Assuming all the equipment is paid for, the pit crew is
working for free, & NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run will cost an estimated
$1,000 per second.
To 100 MPH in .8 seconds (the first 60 feet of the run)
0 to 200 MPH in 2.2 seconds (the first 350 feet of the run)
6 g-forces at the starting line (nothing accelerates faster on land)
6 negative g-forces upon deployment of twin 'chutes at 300 MPH An NHRA Top Fuel Dragster accelerates quicker than any other land vehicle

on earth. Quicker than a jet fighter plane, quicker than the space shuttle or
snapping your fingers!!
The top speed record is 337.58 MPH as measured over the last 66' of the run
(2005, Tony Schumacher).
Let's now put this all into perspective:
Imagine this...........You are driving a new $140,000 Lingenfelter twin-turbo powered
Corvette Z-06. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged & ready to 'launch' down a quarter-mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run
the 'Corvette hard, on up through the gears and blast across the starting line & pass the dragster at an honest 200 MPH. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that exact moment. The dragster departs & starts after you. You keep your foot buried hard to the floor, and suddenly you hear an incredibly brutally screaming whine that sears and pummels your eardrums & within a mere 3 seconds the dragster effortlessly catches & passes you. He
beats you to the finish line, a quarter-mile away from where you just passed him. Think about it - from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 MPH.....and it not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the planet when he passed you within a mere 1000 foot long race !!!!
That, my friends.....is acceleration.
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im aware of most of this already except the corvette at 200mph passing a just-started-to-launch rail cars...that really is something, also the bit you said about 44amps sparkies...shit man!!! whow...but yes it does makes sense.....

faster acceleration than a space shuttle???
im not sure....to me it would be like compare apples/oranges....try figuring out the acceleration from some point in the sky to 28.000km/hr isn't like a 300 mph....hmmmmm
but ok
 
What's point to have fastest car? Only German is legal to allow drive so fast as you like to. Pointless! Behind illegal drag race.
 
PowerON said:
What's point to have fastest car? Only German is legal to allow drive so fast as you like to. Pointless! Behind illegal drag race.
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It isnt illegal if you go to the drag strip or race track
 
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