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782 kW (1,049 hp; 1,063 PS) Plug-in hybrid: Most powerful Mercedes road car ever made, 275 units planned. [37] [38] McLaren Speedtail: 2020 772 kW (1,035 hp; 1,050 PS) Hybrid electric: 106 units planned. [39] [40] Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 2023 764 kW (1,025 hp; 1,039 PS) Internal combustion: 3300 units planned Tesla Model S Plaid/Tesla ...
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.
Dodge wanted to keep up with General Motors, so it made a version of the already goliath Chrysler Newport with a standard 5.9-liter, 265-horsepower V8 engine and an optional 6.3-liter, 305 ...
6,998 cc (427.0 cu in) V8 362 kW (492 PS; 485 hp) >25 Tested by Car & Driver. Top speed described as observed 1967 Lamborghini Miura P400 275 km/h (171 mph) [11] 3,929 cc (239.8 cu in) V12 261 kW (355 PS; 350 hp) 275 Tested by Motor in June 1967. Over 750 units built in 1966–1973 period, which includes P400, P400 S and P400 SV models.
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]
"Built by the Spanish carmaker Pegaso, the car was a direct competitor to Ferrari in terms of performance and style and is still considered to be one of the most beautiful cars ever created," said ...
The overhead cam straight 8 engine was based on an aero design that had been done for the French Air Ministry, but never produced. [5] It was built around a single huge block cast in one unit with an integrated cylinder head, and at approx. 1.4 m (4.6 ft) long x 1.1 m (3.6 ft) high, is physically one of the largest engines ever made for a passenger automobile; it also had one of the largest ...
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.