– max. speed 350 km/h
Lamborghini is one of the most attractive brands in the automotive industry. These cars are real masterpieces that fly like the wind. The maximum speed of 350 km/h is the culmination of the developments of the Italian car manufacturer. The massive V12 engine produces a whopping 750 horsepower, accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in just 2.8 seconds.
14. Ascari A10
– max. speed 350 km/h
British car manufacturer Ascari has created a very powerful A10 model for their 10th anniversary. Performance of the Ascari A10 is estimated at 655 kW with a modified V8 engine from the BMW 5. The supercar accelerates from zero to 100 km/h in less than 3 seconds.
13. Gumpert Apollo
– max. speed 359 km/h
Gumpert Apollo reaches 100 km/h in 3 seconds, has a 4.2-liter V8 engine with 650 hp. The cost of this model is about 450 thousand dollars. The German-made sports car was inspired by fighter jets. The company says the car can reach 305 km/h upside down in a tunnel, i.e. ride along the ceiling, but no one tried to do this.
12. Noble M600
– max. speed 362 km/h
The British M600 is the simplest and cheapest supercar. This modest “pocket rocket” has a 600 hp engine. and accelerates to 100 km/h in 3.7 seconds. The M600 is hand-assembled in Leicestershire and costs $200,000 per copy.
11. Pagani Huayra
– max. speed 370 km/h
Pagani stunned the world with its beautiful Zonda, but the Huayra exceeded all expectations. This model is known for its incredible performance, thanks to its twin 6-liter V12 turbo engine. The car costs a little more than $1,300,000 and accelerates to 100 km/h in less than 2.6 seconds.
10. Zenvo ST1
– max. Speed – 375 km/h.
Zenvo ST1 is a hand-built Danish supercar produced by Zenvo and the first Danish supercar ST1. The cost of this car is estimated at more than $1,800,000 for a limited number of models. Zenvo ST1 accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in less than 3 seconds with a top speed of 375 km/h. The 6.8-liter V8 engine produces 1102 hp.
9. McLaren F1
– maximum speed 388 km/h.
Before taking on Ferrari and Lamboghini, British manufacturer McLaren was known only for its victories in Formula 1. But the McLaren F1, with its carbon fiber body housing a 6.1-liter V12 engine, became an automotive icon among legendary models. A new McLaren F1 could sell for more than $5 million. The driver's seat, located in the center, makes this car the coolest in the world.
8. Koenigsegg CCX
– max. speed 394 km/h
The Koenigsegg CCX first appeared in 2006. The Koenigsegg CCX has a twin V8 engine that is rated at 806 hp. Available to order from the Swedish company, the CCX costs $4,800,000 and its 4.8-liter engine reaches 394 km/h.
7. Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo
– maximum speed 399 km/h.
The Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo was first introduced in 2000 and marked the beginning of a supercar battle that continues to this day. 2005 model with 750 hp and a predatory 5-liter engine costs about 600 thousand dollars. This model accelerates to 100 km/h in less than 3 seconds.
6. SSC Ultimate Aero
– max. speed 412 km/h
The SSC Ultimate Aero (Shelby Super Cars) was, for a very brief moment, the fastest car in the world. The car boasts a 6.3-liter twin-turbo V8 engine producing 1,287 hp. The price of such a masterpiece is 650 thousand dollars. Accelerates to 100 km/h in 2.5 seconds. The unique feature of this supercar is that it does not have any electronic driving aids i.e. The driver directly controls the car.
5.9ff GT9-R
– maximum speed 413.5 km/h.
Built on the legendary Porsche 911 platform, the GT9-R is a product of German tuning company 9ff. At first glance, this car can be mistaken for a regular 911, but the price of more than 1 million immediately makes it clear that this is not the case. The modified 4-liter Flat 6 engine accelerates the GT9-R to 413 km/h.
4. Koenigsegg Agera R
Unlike the brand names we've become accustomed to over the years like Ferrari and Bugatti, Koenigsegg gained its reputation in a very short time. The Koenigsegg Agera R is an example of why this company is so famous. With a top speed of 413 km/h, the Agera R is the fastest supercar on the market. Its 5-liter twin-turbo V8 engine produces 1,140 hp. accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.5 seconds.
3. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport
It seems that French manufacturer Bugatti was bought out by VW in 1998 with the sole purpose of creating the fastest car in the world. The original Bugatti Veyron achieved this, but was dethroned shortly after. With a price tag of $2,250,000, the four turbos and W16 engine produces 1,000 hp. Acceleration to 100 km/h is carried out in 2.4 seconds.
2. Hennessey Venom GT
– maximum speed 435 km/h.
What do we get by combining the Lotus Elise chassis with a thunderous 1244 hp? and a 7-liter V8 engine with two turbochargers? A rocket seems like an obvious answer, but in this case it's the fastest car in production in the world. Costing $1,200,000, the Hennessey Venom accelerates to 435 km/h.
1. . Devel Sixteen
– 560 km/h.
With performance imaginable only in childhood fantasies, the Devel Sixteen is the fastest limited edition car in the world. For the first time this car was presented at the auto exhibition in Dubai, worth more than one million dollars. This hypercar has a V16 engine that produces a claimed 5,000 hp, accelerating to 100 km/h in 1.8 seconds.
"(fr. Always dissatisfied ) with an engine power of 40 hp. reached a speed of 105.876 km/h.
Bluebird Electric speed records
Sir Malcolm Campbell broke the world speed record nine times in various Bluebirds. On the sandy coast of Wales Pendine Sands he set the following records:
- On September 25, 1924, Campbell set a record of 146.16 mph in a Sunbeam car.
- On July 21, 1925, he reached a speed of 242.79 km/h, breaking the 150 mph mark.
Subsequently, Campbell abandoned Sunbeam cars and built cars of his own design.
- At the beginning of 1927, Campbell raised the speed record to 281 km per hour on Pendina Beach (UK).
A year later, Campbell took to the start line with a new “Blue Bird”. There at Daytona he set a record of 333 km/h.
- In 1935, at Lake Bonneville, Utah, he reached a speed of 301.12 mph or 484.620 km/h.
Campbell set his latest record on Utah's famed Bonneville Dry Salt Lake, discovering that the lake's salty surface was not only perfectly smooth, but also provided excellent tire grip. Almost all subsequent speed records were set at Bonneville. After this, the no longer young Campbell (he was 49 years old) left the sport, however, in 1940 he broke the world speed record on water. Campbell's record was 237 km/h.
- His son, Donald, continued the tradition and broke the 400 mph barrier in a Bluebird.
Campbell first took the new BluebirdCN7 car to the start line in 1960 at Bonneville. And one of the races almost ended in disaster: the car flew into the air at full speed, turned over and hit the ground. Contrary to expectations, the driver escaped with light scratches. Having completely rebuilt the Blue Bird and attached a high keel to it for better directional stability, Campbell took it to Australia, to the salty Lake Eyre, deciding that the Bonneville track was no longer suitable for such speeds. As a result, Campbell managed to break the record only in 1964. It was 403 mph (648 km/h). When designing the car, Campbell expected much more. But he must have been happy about this, especially since he was now officially listed as the fastest racer on the planet.
- The current world speed record holder is Don Wales. He set two American national records and eight British records. Wells, following Campbell, continued to set records, the first of which was the speed record for a car in 1998.
- In 2009, he set the current speed record for a steam car at 148 km/h.
- In August 2011, Don Wells set a new record - he crossed the 500 km/h mark.
In total, Bluebird set 27 speed records, 9 of them using Castrol oil.
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The battle for the land speed record is heating up...
The British hypersonic racing car will become the world's first land vehicle to exceed 1,600 km per hour. It uses a turbojet engine from a fighter jet and a small additional rocket engine to produce a total of a staggering 133,000 horsepower. With. In 2019, a test attempt will be made to exceed the threshold of 800 km/h, in 2020 the team will try to exceed 1,600 km/h. Both attempts will take place on the Hakskeen Plateau in South Africa.
If everything works out, the Bloodhound car will become the last supersonic racing car at the moment, the development of which was pursued solely by one goal - to get the crown and title of the fastest car on earth.
It was preceded by a whole galaxy of various super-fast cars. At the same time, the first of them, by today's standards, could accelerate only slightly faster than a turtle. But without them there would be no progress. Let's remember all the records on land.
It all started in 1898, when, essentially with French roots, Jeantaud Duc set a then unprecedented speed record - “flying” in a straight line at a speed of 63.15 km/h. Then it deservedly became the fastest car in the world.
At the helm during the record was the fearless racer Gaston de Chasselou-Lobat.
The Jeantaud company continued to produce cars until 1908.
1899: La Jamais Contente - 100 km/h
The Duke briefly retained the record. They beat him in a car called La Jamais Contente, which in French can be translated as “always dissatisfied.” The car was also an electric car, and for the first time ever it crossed the 100 km/h threshold.
Behind the control levers was the Belgian Camille Genatsi.
1904: DMG Mercedes Simplex - 156 km/h
Another Belgian, Pierre de Casters, took a Mercedes for a record race and accelerated it to almost 160 km/h during a race near the Belgian city of Ostend. It was May 1904. The car developed 90 hp. With. via a huge 11.9 liter four-cylinder internal combustion engine.
1904: Gobron-Brillié - 167 km/h
Monsieur de Caters did not rest on his laurels for long. In July of the same year, Frenchman Louise Rigolli broke the record. Also in Ostend, only the speed was higher - 167 km/h, or to be more precise 166.66 km/h. His success was helped by a 15-liter unique engine with a counter-piston system.
Automobiles were still in primitive stages of development, but the era of speed had truly arrived.
1913: Fiat S76 - 213 km/h
This car, known throughout the world as " ", really shouldn't be on the list. Yes, the car was built by Fiat founder Giovanni Agnelli specifically to break the land speed record. The red monster was equipped with a 28-liter 4-cylinder engine producing about 300 hp. With.
American racer Arthur Duray, in a race in Ostend in December 1913, was able to reach a maximum speed of 213 km/h, but the race in the opposite direction was never carried out within the hour allotted by the regulations.
1914: Blitzen Benz - 200 km/h
But Blitzen Benz skated the race as expected a year later. It happened in Great Britain, where in June 1914. The son of the British Ambassador to Russia, Lydston Hornsted, was driving the monster built by Benz with a 21.5-liter engine. The engine produced about 200 hp. With. The race took place at Brookland Circuit, near London.
The First World War, which broke out soon after, put an end to peaceful racing for several years.
1922: Sunbeam 350 l. With. - 218 km/h
After the war, engineers and racers realized that the key to greater speed was the use of aircraft technology, which began to feature engines of enormous power (for the time). Reasoning on the topic led to the appearance of the Sunbeam car with 350 hp. With. in 1920. Under the long hood was an 18.3-liter V12.
Irish brewery heir Kenelm Lee Guinness drove the car to a record of 218 km per hour in May 1922 at Brooklands. This was the last time the speed record was set on a track rather than on a beach or salt marsh.
1925: Sunbeam Blue Bird - 243 km/h
Malcolm Campbell bought a 350-horsepower Sunbeam three years later and gave it his own name, “Blue Bird,” and set about setting a new speed record.
Powerful cars began to require longer straights to reach their full potential. Pendina Beach in Wales has become a popular choice for many British record attempts due to its long, flat sandy beach.
In September 1924, the Sunbeam "Blue Bird" reached 234 km/h, but in July of the following year the record was improved - 243 km/h.
1927: Sunbeam 1000 l. With. - 328 km/h
To overcome 300 km/h, that’s the goal we set for ourselves. But to do this, engines of gigantic power were required. Surprisingly, there were such people already at the end of the 20s. 1,000 horses! This is not the stunted engine of Adam Kozlevich’s car from the unforgettable novel by Ilf and Petrov “The Golden Calf”; rather, it is closer to the modern Bugatti Veyron. The 1927 car was one horse short.
The first who managed to achieve incredible speed for those times was the Sunbeam car - “Sunbeam” and this name perfectly revealed the whole essence of this. Using a car was fraught with problems - there weren't enough direct beaches in Britain. Therefore, for the speed record, the car was sent across the Atlantic to Daytona, Florida, where the beaches could provide enough space to achieve top speed.
The record of 327.97 km/h was set! The driver was Briton Henry Segrave.
It is not surprising that the tragedy occurred side by side with high-speed races. Just a year later, Indy 500 winner Frank Lockhart crashed to his death during his 1928 record attempt at Daytona when an exploding tire capsized the car at high speed, ejecting the driver from his car before the speed record could be counted.
1935: Campbell-Railton Blue Bird - 484 km/h
Despite the dangers, improvements in automobile performance accelerated in the 1930s. This time the speed limits have increased to fantastic levels. It turned out that you can fly along the beaches at the speed of airplanes.
Sir Malcolm Campbell proved this in a Campbell-Railton Rolls-Royce BlueBird, clocking 301.13 mph (484.62 km/h) on the beach at Daytona Beach.
This car used a truly diesel 36.7-liter supercharged R V12 engine capable of producing 2,269 horses. Where are the Veyrons and Chirons!
Conventional internal combustion engines achieved fantastic speeds for that time, but they were soon to be replaced by new technologies. However, war again intervened in the hunt for the land speed record.
1964: Bluebird-Proteus CN7 - 648 km/h
July 1964 finally saw even more insane straight-line speed racing. Almost 650 km/h, this is no joke!
The record is officially written into history in golden letters by Sir Malcolm Campbell's son, Donald, who reached a speed of 403.14 mph (648.79 km/h) on a Bluebird-Proteus CN7 gas turbine engine. The race took place on the large Lake Eyre in South Australia, which most of the time is a dry salt flat.
The attempt opened the door to jet engines.
1970: The Blue Flame - 1001 km/h
1000 km/h passed!
The American racers were understandably annoyed by the long speed races. Speed records poured out as if from a cornucopia, but the Yankees had no place in them. To change the balance of power, Milwaukee-based Reaction Dynamics began developing its rocket car in 1965. The vehicle used a combination of highly purified peroxide fuel and liquefied natural gas compressed into helium gas.
A run in the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah with Gary Gabelich at the wheel showed that the Blue Flame developers were absolutely on the right track. 1001 km/h in October 1970 was proof of this.
1983: Thrust 2 - 1019 km/h
The record stood for 13 years. Then came the "British Thrust 2" - this car was equipped with a single Rolls-Royce Avon jet engine from the English Electric Lightning fighter jet.
He was held to the record by Richard Noble in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, and in October 1983 they jointly reached 633.468 mph (1019.47 km/h).
Richard Noble decided to break his own record by leading a project that was finally faced with a task that had never been solved by anyone before - passing through the sound barrier.
This time the car was equipped with not one, but two jet engines - Rolls-Royce Spey turbines, borrowed from the British version of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter.
This was enough to charge the car with about 110,000 horsepower. The launch of the jet on wheels took place in October 1997 in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada. Not surprisingly, Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green was put behind the wheel.
1997: Thrust SSC - 1227.93 km/h
“This is the loudest, highest sound I have ever heard.”, - said Green about approaching the sound barrier, “the car was pulled to the side (video) - due to the design of the wheels, which were staggered at the rear. It tended to drift to the left at speeds over 965 km/h. To keep it on a straight path, I had to turn the steering wheel as much as 90 degrees.”. 90 degrees, at a speed of 1000 km/h! Just unbelieveble.
2020: Bloodhound SSC - 1600 km/h ?
After the triumph of 1997, the noble Brit returns. The goal is great - to cross the 1600 km/h mark. The Bloodhound SSC is powered by a Rolls-Royce Eurojet EJ200 turbine, this time borrowed from the Eurofighter Typhoon.
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All sorts of car speed records have been set. The interest to conquer the track has probably always been in the blood of racing fans, from the very moment the cars appeared. And many succeeded.
Absolute result
So, before talking about all sorts of car speed records (of which there are many), it’s worth mentioning the most important result. The maximum figure was reached in 1997, on October 15. Then a new, absolute and to this day unconquered speed record for a car was set. 1229.78 km/h - this is exactly the mark on the speedometer that the needle reached. And the conqueror of the track was Andy Green, an Englishman and fighter pilot. The record was set in the desert. The car, naturally, was not an ordinary one, but a jet - Thrust SSC.
The route, which was 21 kilometers long, was marked at the bottom of a dry lake located in the Black Rock Desert. Andy's car was powered by two powerful, turbofan power units from a Rolls Royce. Each engine was equipped with forced traction. And the total power of the engines reached an incredible figure - 110,000 horsepower. It is not surprising that Green managed to accelerate to such a mark.
“Pioneers”-record holders
Now you can delve into other topics. So, the first world speed record in a car equipped with an internal combustion engine was set by a person like Emile Levassor. This was in 1985. Then the Paris-Bordeaux race took place. In fact, these were the first speed competitions! And Emil won them. His phrase, which he said after the races, is widely known: “It was crazy! I did up to thirty kilometers per hour!” Of course, at that time, at the end of the 19th century, the indicators were truly stunning. True, Emil also died because of his love of racing. In 1987, during a speed competition, he had an accident - he was trying to avoid a collision with a dog. And soon he died due to his wounds. But his speed record in a car with an internal combustion engine remained forever in history.
The following results were officially recorded. In 1898, a speed of 63.149 km/h was reached. The motorist was Count Gaston de Chasselou-Lobas. He then drove an electric car designed by Charles Jeantot. By the way, this was the first officially registered record.
Distance racing
Already at the end of the 19th century, speed competitions began to be held, in which motorists had to cover a certain distance. Whoever was first won, everything is logical. And the first was the 100-kilometer distance. She was captivated by Camille Genatzi, a Belgian motorist. And it was April 29, 1899. He also drove an electric car that produced 40 horsepower. The maximum he reached was 105.8 km/h.
The next distance was 200 kilometers. It was conquered in 1911. And then the winner was R. Burman. It is not difficult to guess that he drove a car from the Benz company. His maximum car speed record was incredible - 228 km/h! Needless to say, not all modern cars of some brands can produce such a maximum.
300 kilometers was conquered for the first time by H. O. D. Sigrev. This was in 1927. And its maximum stopped at 327.8 km/h. Then, in 1932, there was a 400-kilometer race. Malcolm Campbell managed to win. And it was 408.6 km/h.
The 500-kilometer race in a Rolls-Royce Iceton was won by John Iceton in 1937. He “squeezed” a maximum of 502.4 km/h out of the car. And finally, a thousand kilometers. This distance was overcome by Harry Gabelich in 1970, on October 23. His car was a rocket car called the Blue Flame. was 1014.3 km/h. Interestingly, the car was 11.3 meters long. The race took place on a dry salt lake called Bonneville.
Sound speed
And once we managed to overcome it. This was first done by a man named Stan Barrett. This is a professional stuntman from America, who was 36 years old at the time of the event. He set a record in a 3-wheeled car. It was called the Budweiser Rocket. The car was driven by them. By the way, there were two of them. The main engine is a liquid propellant engine with a thrust of 9900 kgf. And the second is a solid propellant rocket engine. It had a thrust of 2000 kgf. It was installed in the car in order to use additional power if the main one is not enough to overcome the declared speed.
The race took place at an air base in California in 1979. By the way, when talking about car speed records, one cannot help but note that this one was not registered by the FIA. And all because the rules of the organization state: to record the result, you need to conduct two races in two different directions. This is done to eliminate the slope of the route and the influence of wind. Stan Barrett turned it down. He said the record has already been set.
For a thousand miles
So far, no one has managed to break the 1,000 mph speed limit. This, it is worth clarifying, is 1609 kilometers per hour. But people who work with cars don't lose their enthusiasm. They rightly believe that everything is possible, and this too. The designers of Bloodhound SSC, for example, have a plan to set a new record. Most likely, the car intended for the race will be equipped with three power units. The first will be a hybrid rocket motor. The second will be the Eurojet EJ200 jet unit, which is used on a fighter aircraft called And the third will be a V-shaped engine with 8 cylinders from the Jaguar concern. It will, of course, run on gasoline. But this engine will be used to drive pumps that pump fuel to the rocket motor and activate the onboard electric generator.
Other categories
Many women have also set car speed records. The best result is 843.3 km/h. It was reached by an American girl named Kitty Hambleton. And she set the record in 1976, in December. The engine power of her car was 48,000 “horses”.
The maximum that racers driving a car with a steam engine could achieve was 223.7 km/h. The car had 12 boilers, where the water was heated by burning natural gas. Every minute, approximately 40 kilograms of water evaporated in the boilers. The power of the installation was approximately 360 hp. With.
What can you say about the speed record for a production car? Naturally, the best in this regard is the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport hypercar. Its indicator is 431.072 kilometers per hour! But this is not the limit. After all, the fastest and most dynamic passenger car designed for road driving was... the Ford Badd GT! He was able to reach 455 km/h. And this is more than the notorious “Bugatti”.
Diesel “record breakers”
Cars whose engines run on diesel fuel are often underestimated. So, all stereotypes are instantly destroyed by JCB Dieselmax. It consumes diesel fuel, not gasoline. Under the leadership of the same Andy Green, they set a record of 563.418 km/h. This happened in 2006. It is worth recalling that a similar test was carried out in 1973. The result that year was an order of magnitude lower - 379.5 km/h.
The fastest production car running on diesel fuel is a German representative. And this is the BMW 330 TDS. Its maximum is 320 km/h. The unit of this model has 6 cylinders and a volume of three liters. Plus, of course, turbocharging. The engine power is 300 “horses”. And the consumption, by the way, cannot but rejoice - only 8 liters per 100 km.
Other results
The car speed records by year were described above. As you can see, many good results were achieved not even in the 21st century. And indeed, it is so! For example, the Audi S4 released in 1992 is recognized. This model is capable of reaching 418 km/h. In any case, this result was recorded during a race on dry Lake Bonneville. Under the hood of this all-wheel drive car was a 5-cylinder turbocharged engine. Its power was increased to 1100 hp. With.
He also set a speed record for a car with wheel drive. It was 737.4 km/h. And finally, we cannot help but mention the speed result that was achieved on a motorized balance beam - 76.625 km/h! This is exactly what the structure, made of cedar logs and car parts, achieved. The record, by the way, is fresh - it was recorded in 2016.
Russian indicators
Naturally, speaking on this topic, one cannot help but note the speed record for a car in Russia. “Ladas” and “Volgas” are produced on the territory of our country - they are still as far away from them as possible. But there is still some interesting record in history.
It was installed by people such as Oleg Bogdanov, Vladimir Solovyov and Viktor Panyarsky - the team of the magazine “Behind the Wheel”. Men driving a VAZ-2109 crossed the whole of Europe in 45 hours and 30 minutes. The start was in Moscow, on Manezhnaya Square. And the “jet trip” ended in Lisbon, not far from the Belem Tower. The idea to make such a run did not come spontaneously. This was a response to the Portuguese initiative. In 1986, two Portuguese journalists arrived from Lisbon to the Russian capital. They covered the entire route in 51 hours and 30 minutes. Soviet journalists accepted the challenge and, one might say, won the unspoken argument.
And another case happened in 2009. A resident of Samara in his Lada-21099 reached a speed of 277 km/h! The most interesting thing is in a traffic jam, during rush hour, at about nine in the morning! The guy exceeded the speed limit by 217 kilometers. Also a kind of record. Possible, probably, only in Russia.
