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(Top) 1 See also. Toggle the table of contents. Hypercar. 2 languages. Français; ... Racing class in the FIA World Endurance Championship, includes: Le Mans Hypercar
For the purposes of this list, a production car is defined as: Being constructed principally for retail sale to consumers for their personal use, and to transport people on public roads (no commercial or industrial vehicles are eligible);
First production car to reach past 200 mph and was world's fastest car from 1987 to 1990 Ferrari: F40 LM: 1989-1994 Coupé Italy Only 19 units produced Ferrari: F40 LM Barchetta 1989 Speedster Italy One-off model Ferrari: 333 SP: 1993-1995 Open-top Roadster Italy Racecar Ferrari: 348: 1989-1995 Coupé, Targa Italy Ferrari: 348 Spider: 1992-1995 ...
Some observers consider the tubular framed, first-ever production fuel-injection, world's fastest street-legal, 260 km/h (160 mph) 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL "Gullwing" as the first hypercar; others the revolutionary, first-ever mid-engined 1967 Lamborghini Miura; others yet the 1993 McLaren F1 [54] or 2005 Bugatti Veyron.
In June 2018, ahead of the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, the FIA first confirmed that the new set of top-level prototype regulations would feature design concepts based on hypercars when implemented, with a summary of the new technical regulations being presented to the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Manila. [7]
ByKolles Racing planned to use a Gibson LMP1 engine for its non-hybrid Le Mans Hypercar, as its development continues ahead of its debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship. The team had to abandon the Gibson V8 engine for a more powerful unit when Aston Martin committed to the class last June with its 1,160 hp Valkyrie hypercar.
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).
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