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Record-breaking production vehicles. Some publications cite the XK120's timed top speed as almost 214 km/h (133 mph) in 1949. [5] The XK120 that achieved this speed was a tuned prototype, not a production car. The production car reached 200.5 km/h (124.6 mph).
(Top) 1 Eligible cars. ... List of fastest production cars by acceleration. 1 language. ... Tesla Model S P90D w/Ludicrous Speed Upgrade [vii] 2015
The Super Sport version of the Veyron is one of the fastest street-legal production cars in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph). [7] The Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse was the fastest roadster in the world, reaching an averaged top speed of 408.84 km/h (254.04 mph) in a test on 6 April 2013. [8] [9]
The Agera RS variant became the world's fastest production car in 2017, setting a record with a GPS-verified two-way average top speed of 447 km/h (278 mph) and a fastest straight-line speed of 458 km/h (285 mph). [6] The Agera ceased production in July 2018 with the unveiling of the two final edition cars at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The F1 remains one of the fastest production cars ever made; as of October 2018, it is outmatched by very few cars, including the Bugatti Veyron and the Bugatti Chiron. [44] [45] However, all of the higher top speed machines use forced induction to reach their respective top speeds, whereas the McLaren F1 is naturally aspirated. To date the F1 ...
On March 25, 2016 the Hennessey Venom GT Spyder recorded a top speed of 265.57 mph (427.4 km/h) at Naval Air Station Lemoore, celebrating Hennessey's 25th anniversary. [8] As with previous speed tests, the run was independently verified by Racelogic as World Fastest road legal open-top sports car. In May, 2016, the Hennessey Team revealed that ...
The Super Sport 300+ was also equipped with a top speed limiter, akin to the one found in the standard Chiron. Without the limiter, Bugatti claims that the car can attain a maximum speed in excess of 483 km/h (300 mph), as was achieved in August 2019 with a pre-production model.
The concept car had a targeted top speed of 220 mph (350 km/h) so the name became XJ220. [11] The XK120, like the XJ220, was an aluminium-bodied sports car and when launched was the fastest production car in the world. [17]