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List of fastest production cars

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Bugatti Veyron 16

A Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport World Record Edition - the fastest road legal production car reaching 431 km/h

Fastest production car

Top speed (mph) by year

This is a list of the world's fastest street-legal production car (as opposed to concept cars or modified cars). The production car is a car of which 20 or more were originally built by its manufacturer to the same or faster specification than the record setting example. This list uses the same definition as the List of automotive superlatives for the sake of consistency and because the term production car is otherwise undefined. It is also limited to cars that were constructed after World War 2. The Benz Velo, as the first production car, is an exception.

Comparing claimed speeds of the "fastest car(s) in the world", especially in historical cases, is difficult as there is no standardized method for determining the top speed, nor a central authority to verify any such claims. The current title Guinness World Records holder, the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, was certified for the average top speed achieved on a two-way run, registering 431 km/h (268 mph). While only 5 of the World Record model were made, the Super Sports will achieve this speed with the limiter turned off. Guinness, after a review by a panel of experts, consider this not to be a modification and thus it is eligible for this list.

In 2014, a Hennessey Venom GT was recorded as exceeding 270 mph (270.49 mph), but as the run was in one direction only, and only 11 cars have been built it does not qualify under the Guinness Book of Records or this list's rules as the worlds fastest production car.

List rules[]

Further information: List of automotive superlatives

The list is also limited to production road cars that:

  1. Are 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);
  2. Have had 20 or more instances made by the original vehicle manufacturer, and offered for commercial sale to the public in new condition (cars modified by either professional tuners or individuals are not eligible); and
  3. Are street-legal in their intended markets, and capable of passing any official tests or inspections required to be granted this status.[citation needed]

Fastest production vehicles[]

Year Make and model Top speed of production car Number built Comment
1894 Benz Velo 12 mph (19 km/h)[1] 1200 First production car
1949 Jaguar XK120 124.6 mph (201 km/h)[2] 12000 Some publications cite the XK120's timed top speed as almost 133 mph / 214 km/h in 1949."[3] The XK120 that achieved this speed was a tuned prototype, not a production car. The production car reached 124.6mph.
1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL 140 mph (225 km/h)[4] 1400 Tested by Road & Track.
1958 Aston Martin DB4 141 mph (227 km/h)[5] 1110 Tested by Autocar magazine in 1961.
1959 Aston Martin DB4 GT 152 mph (245 km/h)[6] 75 Tested by Autosport in December 1961.
1963 Iso Rivolta Grifo A3/L 327 161 mph (259 km/h)[7][8] over 400 Tested by Autocar.[9][10]
1967 Lamborghini Miura P400 171 mph (275 km/h)[11] over 750 Tested by Motor. Over 750 units build in 1966-1973 period, which includes P400, P400 S and P400 SV models.
1968 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona 174 mph (280 km/h)[12] about 1400 Tested by Autocar.[13]
1984 Ferrari 288 GTO 188 mph (303 km/h)[14] 272 Tested by Auto, Motor und Sport in 1985.
1986 Porsche 959 195 mph (314 km/h)[15] 337 Tested by Auto, Motor und Sport in 1987. The 197 mph (317 km/h) top speed was recorded by the 959 Sport only 6 of which were ever made. The rest of the 337 units production run (1986-1989) were 959 Touring version that topped at 195 mph (314 km/h).
1987 Ferrari F40 202.687 mph (326.193 km/h)[16] 1315[17] Tested by Quattroruote. Claimed top speed 201 mph (323 km/h).
1991 Bugatti EB110 GT 209 mph (336 km/h)[18][19] 95 Tested by Auto, Motor und Sport.
1992 Jaguar XJ220 213 mph (343 km/h)[20] 281 Tested by Autocar.
1993 McLaren F1 240.1 mph (386 km/h) 65 At factory rev limit, it reached 231 mph (371.8 km/h) at Nardò (oval) test track. It still remains the world's fastest naturally aspirated production car in terms of top speed.[21] Sans-rev-limiter, it was able to reach a top-speed of 240.1 mph (386.4 km/h).[22]
April 19, 2005 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 253.81 mph (408.47 km/h) 300 Recorded and verified by German inspection officials.[23]
June 26, 2010 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport 267.857 mph (431 km/h) 30 Out of the initial production run of 30 there were 5, named the Super Sport World Record Edition, which had the electronic limiter turned off, and were capable of 267.857 mph (431.074 km/h). All others were electronically limited to 257.87 mph (415.00 km/h). The record attempt of the Super Sport World Record Edition was driven by Pierre-Henri Raphanel and was verified by Guinness World Records.[24][25][26]

See also[]

  • History of the automobile
  • Land speed record
  • List of automotive superlatives
  • List of fastest production cars by acceleration - note that this list uses a different definition of a production car to both the list of fastest production cars and the list of automotive superlatives
  • Production Car
  • Hennessey Venom GT

References[]

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Stoy, Andy (October 15, 2012), "Worth the Wait", Autoweek 62(21): 40–41. ISSN 0192-9674. "But the XK120 was a post-war performance revelation, proving itself as the fastest production car in the world at the time.". 
  3. ↑ (1994) The Guinness Book of Car Facts and Feats, 4, London: Guinness Publishing, 52. ISBN 0851127681. 
  4. ↑ "Mercedes 300SL Test", Road & Track April. 1955. 
  5. ↑ Autocar October. 1961. 
  6. ↑ "John Bolster Tests the Aston Martin DB4 G.T.", Autosport December: 778. 1961. 
  7. ↑ "Iso Grifo". Retrieved on 2011-09-25.
  8. ↑ "Iso Rivolta Grifo". Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
  9. ↑ "Sports & G.T. Cars", Autocar April. 1966. 
  10. ↑ "Iso Grifo". Retrieved on 2011-05-29.
  11. ↑ "Lamborghini Miura". Retrieved on 2011-05-24.
  12. ↑ "Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona". Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
  13. ↑ "Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona review - on the road". Retrieved on 2011-05-24.
  14. ↑ "Ferrari 288GTO". Retrieved on 2011-02-25.
  15. ↑ "The True Story of Porsche 959". Retrieved on 2011-02-25.
  16. ↑ "Ferrari "F40" Febbre a quaranta", Quattroruote September: 72–85. 1989. 
  17. ↑ "1987 Ferrari F40". conceptcarz.com. Retrieved on 2012-03-19.
  18. ↑ "Bugatti EB110". Auto, Motor und Sport, as cited by Autozine. Retrieved on 2012-03-21.
  19. ↑ Cheetham, Craig (2005). Ultimate Performance Cars Five View Series. St. Paul, MN: Motorbooks, 49. ISBN 0-7603-2310-0. 
  20. ↑ "Jaguar XJ 220 2dr". Autocar. Retrieved on 2010-10-26.
  21. ↑ "McLaren F1". Retrieved on 2011-02-25.
  22. ↑ "McLaren F1". Retrieved on 2011-02-25.
  23. ↑ "Bugatti Veyron". Retrieved on 2011-02-25.
  24. ↑ "FASTEST PRODUCTION CAR". Guinness World Records. Retrieved on 7 March 2012.
  25. ↑ "Veyron Super Sport hits 267 mph". topgear.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-06.
  26. ↑ "Guinness World Records statement: Fastest Production Car" (12 April 2013). Retrieved on 13 May 2013.

Further reading[]

  • Wood, Jonathan (2005). The Ultimate History of Fast Cars. Parragon Publishing. ISBN 1-4054-5467-9. 
  • Brown, Langworth; Auto Editors of Consumer Guide (1998). Great Cars of The 20th Century. Publications International. ISBN 0-7853-2523-9. 


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