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Speak of a car segment way above and way beyond passenger cars, a segmnet for which 0-100 km/h timings matter a lot – and you've entered the realm of hyper cars. Breaking the 300 miles per hour (480 km/h) has been an aim for several manufacturers and now some have the machine that can perhaps cross the line. Hence this piece will only talk about how fast can these speed machines go. Thoughth the Bugatti Veyron was the fastest car in the world? Think again.
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Bugatti Veyron Super Sport: With a top speed of 268 mph (428.8 km/h) recorded at Volkswagen’s Ehra-Lessein test track, the Veyron Super Sport was once recognised as the world’s second-fastest production car by Guinness. The related Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse is also the world’s fastest open-topped car, with a top speed of 254 mph (406.4 km/h).
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Hennessey Venom GT: The Venom GT has recorded 432.64 km/h in a high speed run at the Kennedy Space Centre in 2014, but it only did it in one direction. For a land speed record to be set, a car is required to one run in each direction. Not recognised in the Guinness Book of World Records, the Venom GT is nontheless one impressive monster.
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Koenigsegg Agera RS
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SSC Tuatara: Shelby SuperCars (SSC) held the bragging rights to world's fastest car with the Ultimate Aero for sometime in 2007 when it maxed out at 256 mph (409.6 km/h). And now the Ultimate Aero's successor SSC Tuatara has its sights set on 300 mph (480 km/h).
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Hennessey Venom F5: Hennessey sat on top of list the world's fastest cars for a long time with the Venom GT which recorded (unofficially) a monumental 270 mph (432 km/h) in 2014. But in 2017, Hennessey came up with a claimed top speed figure of 301 mph (481.6 km/h) with the Venom F5. In official terms, the Agera RS remains the world's fastest car.
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