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For the purpose of manageability, this list is limited to production cars that have at least 600 kilowatts. Car models with higher-powered variants are listed only in their most powerful incarnation (for example, the Agera RS would be listed in place of the standard Agera, although the Agera makes over 600 kW).
Automotive superlatives include attributes such as the smallest, largest, fastest, lightest, best-selling, and so on.. This list (except for the firsts section) is limited to automobiles built after World War II, and lists superlatives for earlier vehicles separately.
The streamlined 3.9-litre V12 delivered was free of both coverings and belt-driven accessories and became the highest-revving engine ever made for a production car. [citation needed] The T.50’s version of the GMA V12 engine generates high-end power of 663 PS (654 hp) at 11,500 rpm.
Having had 25 or more articles made by the original vehicle manufacturer and offered for commercial sale to the public in new condition [i] (pre-production prototypes, and cars modified by either professional tuners or individuals, are not eligible);
The G8 gained positive reception for its high performance and low costs. Many noted the G8 as the poor man's BMW M5, due to its similar performance at a much cheaper price. [31] The G8 GXP was the most powerful production car Pontiac had ever built and is regarded as the best driver's car ever to wear the Pontiac badge.
A muscle car is an American-made two-door sports coupe with a powerful engine, generally designed for high-performance driving. [1] [2] In 1949, General Motors introduced its 88 with the company's 303-cubic-inch (5 L) OHV Rocket V8 engine, which was previously available only in its luxury Oldsmobile 98. This formula of putting a maker's largest ...
Examples of the difficulties faced were highlighted in a two-week long dispute regarding Bugatti's record set in 2010, and Hennessey's 2013 claim that their own top speed run – slower than Bugatti's, lacking the required two-way average, and lacking the minimum 25 car production run – was the real record, due to an issue regarding ...
From 1976 until 1979, Jerry Grant "drove the most powerful car ever to appear in Indy car racing" - a turbocharged 209 cu in (3.4 L) two-valve, AMC Gen-2 block V8 engine producing 1,100 hp (820 kW; 1,115 PS) in his Eagle 74 chassis. [27] [28] The car was fast on the straightways, but the engine's weight made corners more difficult to handle. [29]