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Called "the fastest production car in the world" upon its introduction, a modified Avanti reached over 170 mph (270 km/h) [8] with its supercharged 289-cubic-inch (4,740 cm 3) R3 engine at the Bonneville Salt Flats. In all, it broke 29 world speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats. [8] [10]
First hybrid car on list. [81] Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+/Centodieci: 2021/2022 1,176 kW (1,578 hp; 1,600 PS) 30 Chiron Super Sport 300+ and 10 Centodieci units produced. Last exclusively fossil fuel car on the list. [12] [13] [14] Rimac Nevera: 2022 1,408 kW (1,888 hp; 1,914 PS) 150 units to be produced. First all-electric car on the list ...
This period held the fastest Buick since the days of the 1987 GNX: the Buick Regal GS. This car was now supercharged instead of turbocharged, and produced 240 hp (179 kW) and 280 lb⋅ft (380 N⋅m) of torque. When introduced in January 1997, [33] Buick advertised the Regal GS as "The official car of the supercharged family". [34]
The car which was tested 305.9 km/h (190.1 mph) by Fast Lane in 1986 and listed in the Guinness Book of World Records 1988 had a factory modified airbox. [ 42 ] 1990
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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 list is also limited to production road cars that:
The supercharger was developed in conjunction with IHI and features Teflon-coated rotors producing overall boost of 14.5 psi (1 bar). Compared to the standard M112 engine, the AMG version also has a new crankshaft, new con rods and pistons, an oil pump with a 70-percent increased capacity, lightweight camshafts, and stiffer valve springs for a ...
The Sunday Times measured the time taken for the Atom to accelerate from 0 to 97 km/h (60 mph) at 2.89 seconds, making it the world's third-fastest accelerating production car then available, after the Bugatti Veyron's 2.46 seconds [9] and the Ultima GTR at 2.6 seconds; [10] the review was in 2005.