When the first vehicles were produced in the late 1800s, engineers certainly imagined that there would be technology advanced enough to make ‘flying cars’ possible today. Although we still have not seen flying cars, it is an undeniable fact that the technology in question has developed incredibly since then.
So much so that today, high-performance vehicles produced by companies such as Rimac, Bugatti and Tesla can reach a speed of over 400 kilometers per hour. We can even see vehicles with a top speed of over 500 kilometers per hour. Over the years, more and more advanced tools appear. Well, if we were to collect the fastest vehicle produced each year, from the past to this year, what vehicles would we have? Let’s see together.
Fastest car produced each year from 1949 to 2022:
Jaguar’s XK120 remained the fastest car from 1949 to 1955
- Top speed: 200.5 km/h
- Engine power: 160 hp
- Units produced Number: 12,000
Mercedes overthrew Jaguar in 1955, with the 300SL model
- Top speed: 242.5 km/h
- Engine power: 212 hp
- Number of units produced: 1.400
4 years on the road dethroned the Mercedes-Benz 300SL, which proclaimed its kingdom, dethroned the Aston Martin DB4 GT in 1959
- Top speed: 245 km/h /h
- Engine output: 302 hp (9800) 709)
- Number of units produced: 75
But its dominance could last for 4 years, then in 1963 the Iso Grifo GL 365 model took the crown
- Top speed: 259 km/h
- Engine output: 360 hp
- Number of units produced: More than 400
Shortly after in 1965, the legendary Shelby AC Cobra Mk III 427 model appeared in our hearts
- Top speed: 266 km/h
- Engine power: 485 hp
- Number of units produced: Less than 25
2 years later, so in 1967 Lamborghini’s Miura P400 remained the fastest vehicle for a short time
- Top speed: 275 km/h
- Engine output: 350 hp (980) 0709)
- Number of units produced: 275
Not much, just 1 year later, Ferrari came up with the 365 GTB/4 Daytona model and defeated Lamborghini in 1968
- Top speed: 280 km/h
- Engine power: 352 hp
- Number of units produced: 1,400 odd
Then in 1969, “Will I be under this?” Another Miura P400 from Lamborghini said: This time the ‘S’ model
- Top speed: 288.6 km/h
- Engine power: 370 hp
- Number of units produced: 338
Lamborghini, which remained the fastest for many years with the P400S model, with the legendary Countach LP 500 S , broke its own record in 1982
- Top speed: 293 km/h
- Engine power: 375 hp
- Number of units produced: 323
Only 1 year later, that is, in 1983, producing Porsche-based vehicles, Ruf raised the bar to over 300 kilometers per hour with the BTR model based on the Porsche 911.
- Top speed: 305 km/h
- Engine power: 369 hp
- Number of units produced: 2 0-30
3 years later, Porsche revealed the 959 model in 1986
- Top speed: 319 km/h
- Engine output: 444 hp
- Number of units produced: 337
Just one year later, in 1987 Ruf took the crown again: This time with CTR not BTR
- Top speed: 342 km/h
- Engine power: 463 hp
- Number of units produced: 29
After that, McLaren set the scene in 1993 with the legendary F1 model, sitting in the leader’s seat for a long time
- Top speed: 355 km/h
- Engine power: 618 hp
- number of pieces: 64
(980070) 1) In 2005, the Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 model, which is still known by some to be the fastest vehicle, took the lead
- The highest speed: 408.47 km/h
- Engine power: 987 hp
- Number of units produced: 300
Later in 2007, SSC’s Ultimate Aero model appeared came out and remained the leader until Bugatti’s return
- Top speed: 412.22 km/h
- Engine power: 1180 hp
- Number of units produced: 5
Bugatti took the lead again in 2010 with Veyron’s Super Sport model
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In 2014, we saw that the Hennessey Venom GT model surpassed the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport
- En top speed: 435.311 km/h
- Engine output: 1,244 hp
- Number of units produced: 29
In 2017, Hennessey lost the lead to Koenigsegg: Agera RS model sets new speed record
- Top speed: 447.19 km/h
- Engine power: 1,341 hp
- Number of units produced: 25
From 2020 to Present… SSC Tuatara, the Most Recent Holder of the Speed Record (Although there are discussions about it)
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Although the discussions about the record broken by the SSC Tuatara model continue on the internet, it is included in the content in the light of the recorded data. You can specify your favorite vehicle in the comment section