Back in the late 1800s, during the dawn of the motorised carriage, the fastest cars in the world - such as Karl Benz's Patent Motorwagen - could achieve a heady 10mph.
On a good day. With a lightweight driver and a favourable wind. Today, nearly 140 years of development has pushed the very fastest cars past the 300mph mark.
The Benz’s brave driver could cover just 4.4 metres per second; while in 2019, with Andy Wallace behind the wheel, the Bugatti Chiron covered 136 metres per second.
It’s a fearsome prospect, and there are only a handful of places on Earth where cars of this calibre can reach their V-max, yet there’s no shortage of car manufacturers vying for top honours.
These include Bugatti, SSC, Hennessey and Koenigsegg, all of which hail from different countries around the world and are looking to become the successors to the current record holder. As a result, many of these cars are also the world's fastest-accelerating cars.
With that in mind, here are the fastest production road cars by the numbers, judged against manufacturer figures when they were tested on an airfield or a dedicated test track.
Top speed: 330mph (claimed)
Okay, so the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut hasn’t actually physically hit its top speed just yet, but the Swedish firm’s simulations confidently suggest it will achieve a staggering 330mph.
Driven by a searingly powerful twin-turbocharged 5.0-litre V8 engine, the Jesko Absolut is capable of producing 1280bhp, or 1600bhp when using E85 biofuel.
Koenigsegg says the car is inspired by fighter jets, and it’s not hard to see why.
All that power, partnered with an extra-slippery 0.278 drag coefficient and a nine-speed transmission, means it can hit 0-62mph in around 2.0sec and 0-100mph in 3.6sec.
If the Jesko can match its theoretical top speed and simulation results, it’ll be the undisputed fastest production car built so far.
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Not the faste transport from A to B in Town ,Cities etc?, no, that has two Wheels and usually some Lycra covered oil with no Road sense !, anyway, yes these are some of the fastest cars on the Planet no question,and I'd like a pass ride in all of them and that'll never happen,so watching the videos and online will have to do for now.
Instead of just discussing top speed an 0-60, servicing and maintenance requirements would be nice to hear about for a change. Assuming no failures to proceed, if you did 10,000 miles per year for 10 years, what would you have to load into the parts cannon?
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You could be talking to a bot, and, English isn't everyone's first language.