A car is a four-wheeled road vehicle that is powered by an engine and is able to carry a small number of people. Peed is the rate at which someone or something moves or operates or is able to move or operate. Speed has fascinated mankind for millennia. Foot races in ancient Greece and chariot races in Rome gave rise to competitive speed, and man has never looked back. But it wasn’t until the first cars emerged from garages across Europe that man’s quest for speed took off. Today, almost every car can hit 100 mph and most family sedans will breeze past 120. Performance cars routinely play around 140 to 170. Here’s a complete collection of the fastest cars in 2021 – currently in production or slated to roll off the assembly line in the near future – on the planet.
1.Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut
The Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut has been unveiled. It is the fastest Koenigsegg ever made and the company will never endeavor to make a faster series-production road car ever. Customers will be able to choose between the Jesko Absolut and the more track-oriented Jesko version that was presented a year ago. Every surface element on the Jesko Absolut has been purposefully constructed to reduce drag or surrounding turbulence around the car while increasing high-speed stability. The Jesko Absolut has a drag coefficient value of only 0.278 Cd. The low drag in combination with a frontal area of 1.88 m2 in combination with a power level of minimum 1600 bhp, make the Jesko Absolut destined to achieve higher, more extraordinary speeds than any Koenigsegg or any other fully homologated car before it. Over 3000 hours have been invested in fluid dynamics (CFD) and aerodynamics analysis, alongside over 5000 hours of design and engineering for the Jesko Absolut on top of the Jesko. Most obvious when looking at the Jesko Absolut, is the removed massive rear wing. In place of a rear wing there are two rear hood fins that are designed to enhance the high-speed stability of the Absolut.
TopSpeed: 330MPH
0-60: N/A
Horsepower: 1,600Horsepower
Torque: 1,106Pound-Feet
Price: $2.8 Million
2.Hennessey Venom F5
The Venom F5 is a new hyper car designed and built from the ground up with the absolute fastest road car on earth. Hennessey and team have developed a completely new design, chassis and carbon fiber body focused on aerodynamics to achieve the lowest possible drag. The exterior of the F5 is shaped by aerodynamics and inspired by the pursuit of speed. The rear-wheel drive F5 produces 1,817 hp and weighs a mere 1,360 kg (2,998 lb). These facts combine to deliver a power-to-weight ratio of 1.34 hp-per-kg (1,298 hp-per-ton). As a key strength of the F5, its tremendous power and lightweight construction help to shape the extreme, visceral and untameable nature of the F5 as an unstoppable force in the hypercar world. Ultra-high speeds aren’t the exclusive domain of Europe. Those crazy folks in Texas at Hennessey Performance Engineering know a thing about it too. While the old Lotus Elise-based Venom GT would run up to 266 mph, Hennessey claims the upcoming Venom F5 will blast past 310 mph, a twin-turbo 6.6-liter V8 that produces 1,817 hp and 1,193 lb-ft of torque. The price is lower than some of its European rivals, starting at $1.8 million.
Top Speed: 311MPH
0-60: 2.4Seconds
Horsepower: 1,817Horsepower
Torque: 1,193Pound-Feet
Price: $1.8 Million
3.SSC Tuatara
Shelby Supercar’s (SSC) Tuatara, a 1750-hp twin-turbo V-8–powered supercar, claimed a world production-car speed record with an average speed of 316.11 mph. After controversy that the video of the record was false, and another failed attempt to reach those speeds, SSC took another run at the Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There, the Tuatara averaged 282.9 mph on two runs. The Tuatara is powered by a twin-turbocharged 5.9-liter flat-plane-crank V-8 engine that produces 1750 horsepower and 1341 pound-feet of torque with E85 and revs to 8800 rpm. It uses a seven-speed robotic-controlled hydraulic, paddle-shifted manual transmission. SSC says that it isn’t done chasing the speed record, yet, and it wants to do it officially this time. The Tuatara is powered by a 1750-hp twin-turbocharged 5.9-liter V-8 engine, and it averaged 282.9 mph in a subsequent run last year in Florida.
Top Speed: 282.9 MPH
0-60: 2.5 Seconds
Horsepower: 1,750 Horsepower
Torque: 1,280 Pound-Feet
Price: $1.9 Million
4.Aston Martin Valkyrie
Aston Martin has never really played in the hyper car space, instead contenting itself to build excellent and beautiful grand tourers. The Valkyrie is a change of tact, the result of a partnership between Aston and its Formula One partner, Red Bull Racing, to build a world-beating hyper car. The Valkyrie features a naturally aspirated, Cosworth-sourced V12 and hybrid system to produce 1,160 hp and 664 lb-ft of torque, but it’s how that power arrives. It comes at very high engine speeds, with the V12 packing an 11,000-rpm redline. Unleashed on the right road, this mid-engine Aston will hit 60 in 2.5 seconds and carry on to a top speed of over 250 mph. The Aston Martin Valkyrie ( AM-RB 001 and Nebula) is a limited production hybrid sports car collaboratively built by British automobile manufacturers Aston Martin, Red Bull Racing Advanced Technologies and several others. The sports car is a product of collaboration between Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing to develop a track-oriented car entirely usable and enjoyable as a road car, conceived by Adrian Newey, Dr Andy Palmer, Christian Horner and Simon Spoule. The car’s makers claim the title of fastest street-legal car in the world for it. Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing’s Chief Technical Officer and the world’s most successful F1 designer aided in the design of the car.
Top Speed: Over 250 MPH
0-60: 2.5Seconds
Horsepower: 1,160 Horsepower
Torque: 664 Pound-Feet
Price: $3 Million
5.McLaren Speedtail
More than nearly any other brand on this list, McLaren knows about building record-breaking hypercars. The legendary F1 held the record for over two decades, until the Bugatti Veyron arrived. The McLaren Speedtail is a limited-production hybrid sports car manufactured by McLaren Automotive revealed on October 26, 2018. This car is the fourth addition in the McLaren Ultimate Series, after the Senna, the P1, and the F1. The car is also part of the 18 new cars or derivatives that McLaren will launch as part of its Track22 business plan. The Speedtail is powered by a modified M840T from the 720S and a hybrid powertrain to generate 1,036 hp (773 kW; 1,050 PS). The Speedtail uses a carbon fibre monocoque, with the passenger seats integrated into the chassis, as well as dihedral doors like other McLaren models. The Speedtail is fitted with electrochromic glass, which darkens at the push of a button, eliminating the need for sun visors and also incorporates LED lights in the interior. The front wheels feature carbon fibre static covers to further reduce drag. The company claims that the Speedtail has a top speed of 402.3 km/h (250 mph) and can accelerate from 0–299 km/h (0–186 mph) in 12.8 seconds. The car recharges while driving, though a wireless charging pad is included with the car, trickle-charging it when not in use.
Top Speed: 250 MPH
0-60: 2.9 Seconds
Horsepower: 1,036 Horsepower
Torque: 848 Pound-Feet
Price: $2 Million
6.Mercedes-AMG One
The One has a projected top speed of 217 mph and can hit 60 in an estimated 2.6 seconds. That’s hardly rapid compared to some of the cars on this list, but there’s little question that the $2.7-million Mercedes-AMG is still one of the quickest cars on the planet. The Mercedes-AMG One (R50, stylized as ONE) is an upcoming limited-production plug-in hybrid sports car manufactured by Mercedes-AMG, featuring Formula One-derived technology. It was unveiled at the 2017 International Motor Show Germany by Formula One driver Sir Lewis Hamilton and Head of Mercedes-Benz Dieter Zetsche. The production of the car is planned to be 275 units at a price of US$2.72 million per unit, all of which have been already sold. Mercedes-AMG received orders for four times the production amount, but have stated that production will not be increased from the planned 275 units, in order to maintain the exclusivity of the car. AMG unveiled the concept version of the ONE, called the Project One, with nearly identical specifications to the production version. The production ONE will be evaluated on their performance, durability, and ability in Mercedes-Benz’s proving grounds and on racing circuits. The head of Mercedes-AMG, Tobias Moers states that when “the time is right”, Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team driver and seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton, who has worked on the development of the car will test the prototypes. The car has five motors with different functions on board: one internal combustion engine (ICE) and four electric motors.
Top Speed: 217MPH
0-60: 2.6Seconds(est)
Horsepower: Over1,000Horsepower
Torque: Unknown
Price: $2.72 Million
7.Pagani Huayra BC Roadster
The Pagani Huayra is a mid-engine sports car produced by Italian sports car manufacturer Pagani, succeeding the company’s previous offering, the Zonda. It is named after Huayra-tata, a Quechua wind god. The Huayra was named “The Hypercar of the Year 2012” . The Pagani Huayra BC roadster will carry a factory-gate price of $3.4 million before local taxes. Even though only 40 will be produced. The BC roadster is the finest-looking memorial in the world. The long-lived Pagani Huayra BC Roadster is an unusual entry on this list. It’s the only convertible, the power output is barely excessive, and yet this sleek mid-engine V12-powered supercar can still accelerate to 236 mph. The Pagani Huayra uses a seven-speed sequential gearbox and a single disc clutch. The car is equipped with Brembo brake calipers, rotors and pads. The calipers have four pistons in front and four in the rear. With an asking price of $3.4 million, this 791-hp Huayra variant is the cream of the crop for the current Pagani range. The BC is named for an Italian-American entrepreneur who was once the first to place an order with the fledgling Pagani firm.
Top Speed: 236MPH
0-60: 2.8Seconds(est)
Horsepower: 791Horsepower
Torque: 775Pound-Feet
Price: $3.4 Million
8.Ferrari SF90 Stradale
The Ferrari SF90 is weird. It’s not a successor to the LaFerrari, but it features a gas-electric powertrain and is a big step up in performance on the F8 Tributo: 986 total system hp, while the gas engine alone packs 590 lb-ft. The SF90 accelerates all the way to 211 mph and can snap to 60 in a brisk 2.5 seconds, which are certainly flagship performance figures. Prices for the not-a-LaFerrari successor start at $625,000. Although it sports a plug-in hybrid powertrain, the Ferrari SF90 isn’t about to blend into traffic like a Hyundai Ioniq or a Toyota Prius Prime. Offered in hardtop-coupe Stradale and convertible Spider body styles, these Italian thoroughbreds are packing an amazing 986 horsepower and deliver pavement-blistering acceleration. Despite their stratospheric performance, the SF90 models don’t skimp on driver-and-passenger comfort, and both provide an impressive list of standard features including a reconfigurable digital gauge display, automatic climate control, and a leather-lined cabin. The SF90 is potentially controversial and there are three electric motors. It starts silently, and it can drive silently. The brake pedal isn’t directly connected to the callipers. Ferrari has mastered the technology, but it hasn’t managed to make electricity sound or behave differently to anyone else. But for now, there’s nothing else out there like it, which puts Ferrari in a commanding position ahead of its rivals.
Top Speed: 211MPH
0-60: 2.5Seconds
Horsepower: 986Horsepower(total system)
Torque: 590Pound-Feet(gas engine only)
Price: $625,000
9.Lamborghini Sian Roadster
Pairing the Aventador’s 6.5-liter V12 engine with a 48-volt mild-hybrid system, the Sian Roadster can accelerate to 218 mph and blasts to 60 in just 2.7 seconds. There’s a total of 819 hp from the combined power sources, while the gas engine is good for 531 lb-ft. Lamborghini Sián Roadster has just been unveiled. Engineered around Lamborghini’s iconic V12 engine with unique hybrid technologies and delivering unsurpassed Lamborghini and hybrid performance, this open-top hybrid super sports car has come to give you an anticipation of the future. One of the most spectacular cockpits ever, open to the sky, welcomes you to experience the sound of the most powerful Lamborghini engine ever made while following the route to future electrification. The futuristic Lamborghini design features long, sculptured contours and distinctive aero wings to define a commanding and powerful profile, a shape that is pure and purposeful. The very low front, enhanced by an integrated carbon fiber splitter and the iconic Lamborghini Y-shaped headlights, optimizes aerodynamic efficiency, for a sensation perceptible from within the open-air cabin. Lamborghini built only 19 Sian Roadsters
Top Speed: 218MPH
0-62: 2.7Seconds
Horsepower: 819Horsepower(total system)
Torque: 531Pound-Feet(gas engine only)
Price: $3.6 Million
10.Ferrari 812 SuperFast
We’re getting away from the traditional mid-engine hyper cars with the Ferrari 812 Superfast. Pairing a classic Ferrari V12 in a front-engine, rear-drive layout, the 812 is the latest in a long line of flagship Ferrari coupes that dates back to legends like the 250 GT, 275 GTB, and Daytona. The 6.5-liter V12 produces an epic 789 hp and 530 lb-ft, scooting the latest Ferrari GT to 211 mph. The Ferrari 812 Superfast (Type F152M) is a front mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive grand tourer produced by Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari that made its debut at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show. The 812 Superfast is the successor to the F12berlinetta. According to the manufacturer in 2018, the 812 Superfast’s engine was then the most powerful naturally aspirated production car engine ever made. It does not feature turbocharging or hybrid technology. The transmission for the 812 Superfast is a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox manufactured for Ferrari by Getrag, based on the gearbox used in the 458.
The 812 Superfast has 20-inch wheels at the front and the rear. The car includes a mix of active and passive aerodynamics to improve drag coefficient values over the F12berlinetta.
Top Speed: 211MPH
0-60:2.8Seconds
Horsepower: 789Horsepower
Torque: 530Pound-Feet
Price: $335,000
