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1.1 kW (1.5 hp; 1.5 PS) First production car [57] Peugeot Type 15: 1897 6 kW (8 hp; 8 PS) Peugeot's first in-house engine [58] Daimler Phoenix 1899 17 kW (23 hp; 23 PS) First four-cylinder road car [59] Mercedes 35 HP: 1901 26 kW (35 hp; 35 PS) Originally designed as a race car, developed for road use [60] Mercedes Simplex: 1902
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 Devel Sixteen is a mid-engine track-only sports car designed in the United Arab Emirates by Devel Motors.Devel Motors claims the V16 quad-turbo version of the car to be the fastest car in the world, with a claimed top speed of 348 mph (560 km/h) and a claimed 0–60 mph time of 1.8 seconds; its announced base version price is $1.7 million.
Car [iv] Year [v] Propulsion Time Notes Porsche Taycan Turbo GT 2024 Electric 2.186 s [151] 760 kW Audi RS e-tron GT performance: 2024 Electric 2.19 s [152] 680 kW Porsche 911 Turbo S (992) 2020 ICE 2.5 s [153] [154] 478 kW Tesla Model S Plaid 2023 Electric 2.5 s [155] 760 kW Porsche 918 Spyder: 2013 Hybrid 2.53 s [156] 652 kW Porsche 911 GT2 ...
One-off model and is the most expensive new car (above $18 million) in the world Bolide: 2024 Limited to 40 units, the most extreme, lightweight, track-focused hypercar Tourbillon: 2026 (to commence) Limited to 250 units Buick: Reatta: 1988–1991 Roadster United States Cadillac: Cien: 2002 Coupé Concept car XLR: 2003–2009 Roadster Calafiore ...
This is a list of the most expensive cars sold in public auto auctions through the traditional bidding process.. On May 5, 2022, in a secret auction at the brand's museum in Germany, Mercedes-Benz sold one of just two 1955 300 SLR Uhlenhaut coupes from its extensive collection of historical automobiles—which dates back to the earliest days of the car in the late 19th century.
The veteran exec is also still driving a new Camaro ZL1, a 650-horsepower gas-guzzling beast of a muscle car that promises to go zero to 60 in 3.5 seconds.
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.