Colin Chapman, the founder of Lotus, once said that races are won in corners. And his cars have never been the fastest on the line, which did not prevent them from bypassing all rivals. But the creators of hypercars still continue to race top speeds. Here are their fastest masterpieces.

1. Koenigsegg Agera RS

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The crazy car, created by the Swedish twilight genius, is the fastest production car on the planet. From 0 to 400 km / h, it accelerates in 33.87 seconds. Just think about it - acceleration to 400 km / h in half a minute! And he does not stop at this figure, measurements of the company in the presence of representatives of the Guinness Book of Records showed that this monster is capable of accelerating to 456 km / h.

2. SSC Ultimate Aero XT

Theoretically, according to NASA calculations, this car can reach a speed of 439 km / h. In practice, no one has yet been able to accelerate this car faster than 412 km / h, but we fully admit that it was simply not possible to provide the conditions necessary for the design speed. However, its successor, the SSC Tuatara, is coming out soon, and it accelerates to 482 km/h.

3 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport

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The legendary Bugatti, which for a long time were the fastest and most powerful cars in the world, have not broken records for a long time. The same Veyron, whose name thundered on the front pages of the automotive press, accelerated "only" to 434 km / h. And then this record is in doubt, because it was set by a car with modified electronics, which an ordinary buyer (if its buyers can be called ordinary, of course) will never receive.

4. Hennessey Venom GT

Remember the quote from the founder of Lotus at the beginning of the material? So, the guys from Hennessey took a Lotus Exige, screwed a crazy 1200 hp engine into it. with., finalized aerodynamics and dispersed it to 435 km / h. Moreover, as the driver of the record race, Brian Smith, admitted, if the road had been longer, the car would have been able to overcome the mark of 445 km / h. Pure madness!

5.9ff GT9

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The regular Porsche 911 has never broken top speed records. But his GT9 version, modified by the German tuning studio 9ff, may well enter the list of the fastest cars in the world. After all the improvements, the “superporsche” was able to reach a speed of 409 km / h. And this is its basic version - after all, there are more extreme GT9-R and GT9-CS, the maximum speed of which no one has even measured yet. Scary, probably.

6 Saleen S7 Twin Turbo

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A supercar whose main task is to drive as fast as possible in a straight line. It does not differ in reference handling, an unprepared person behind the wheel, most likely, will not even be able to start, but the capricious and capricious nature of the car does not prevent it from accelerating to 399 km / h. Quite a bit was not enough to reach the coveted figure "400". All hope for a tailwind. Well, either for a special package of improvements that increases engine power by 33% - up to almost 1000 hp. With.

7. McLaren F1

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This car shocked people nearly 30 years ago when it first came out and continues to do so today. The maximum speed of the car, recorded in 1998, is 386 km / h. The engine compartment of this miracle of engineering was covered with gold, but not for the sake of showing off, but solely to improve heat dissipation. When you have a 6-liter engine from BMW under the hood, you definitely do not need to prove anything else. Especially gold.

8. Pagani Huayra

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Perhaps this Pagani is the fastest Italian car. In any case, its maximum speed is 383 km / h, and no one on the Apennine Peninsula could achieve such a speed from a production car. Neither Lamborghini nor Ferrari nor any other Italian manufacturer has made anything that can match the top speed of the Huayra. Clicking on the nose of such giants is worth a lot, and all that remains is to be glad for Horatio Pagani and his offspring.

9.Zenvo ST1

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A completely non-car kingdom - Denmark - has spawned one of the fastest production cars in the world. The maximum speed of the Zenvo ST1 supercar is 375 km / h, acceleration to 200 in 8.9 seconds. And although one of these cars caught fire from intense driving on the set of the Top Gear story, the Zenvo ST1 remains one of the coolest supercars. By the way, its update was recently released - Zenvo TS1, which develops the same maximum speed, but with improved electronics and control. Just so no one gets hurt.

10. Tesla Roadster 2019

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Let's leave this car here in absentia and hope that the company will fulfill the promises of Elon Musk. And they are quite arrogant, it is worth recognizing. For example, the company will need to provide acceleration to 100 in 2.1 seconds. However, given that this is an electric car, it is easier to implement the task than on an internal combustion engine, due to the design features of the electric motor. It will be much more difficult to reach a maximum speed of 400 km / h. But if Tesla succeeds, then the new Roadster will not only be the fastest electric car, but in principle one of the fastest cars in the world.