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This is a list of the world's record-breaking top speeds achieved by street-legal production cars (as opposed to concept cars or modified cars). For the purposes of this list eligible cars are defined in the list's rules. This list uses a different definition to the List of automotive superlatives.
Being street-legal in their intended markets and capable of passing any official tests or inspections required to be granted this status. By 0–60 mph (97 km/h) (less than 3.0 s) [ edit ]
The twin-turbocharged 959 was the world's fastest street-legal production car when introduced, achieving a top speed of 317 km/h (197 mph), with some variants even capable of achieving 339 km/h (211 mph). Combining race-car performance with luxury-sedan comfort and everyday drivability in dry, wet and snowy conditions, it was considered the ...
Street-legal in their intended markets and capable of passing any official tests or inspections required to be granted this status (B.) Constructed principally for retail sale to consumers, for their personal use, to transport people on public roads (no commercial or industrial vehicles are eligible)
[2] [3] The phrase was also used in terms of the car to be made in production, as opposed to the prototype. [4] Early production car - 1912 Ford Model T Touring. At that time, production cars referred to less expensive vehicles, such as the Ford Model T, made in relatively large numbers on production lines instead of the more exclusive coach ...
Guinness World Records was reported to require a minimum of 30 [20] and other lists within Wikipedia require at least 25 road legal cars built. The Nürburgring is a public (toll-) road, and regulations of Germany and the EU apply. For the purpose of this list, a car is "street legal" if it is registered in at least one EU country for road use.
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.
The company was founded in 1994 in Sweden by Christian von Koenigsegg, with the intention of producing a "world-class" sports car.Many years of development and testing led to the CC8S, the company's first street-legal production car which was introduced in 2002.