SpeedTop speed
Fastest production car
455.3 km/h
282.91 mph
- Record holder
- SSC Tuatara
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Under another definition of a production car, the fastest is the Bugatti Chiron SuperSport 300+, with a top speed of 490 km/h.
How the record evolved
The last record set in each decade, up to the current record (highlighted).
| Year | Record | Holder |
|---|---|---|
| current | 455.3 km/h | SSC Tuatara |
| 447.19 km/h | Koenigsegg Agera RS | |
| 412.22 km/h | SSC Ultimate Aero | |
| 404.6 km/h | Dauer 962 Le Mans | |
| 342 km/h | Ruf CTR | |
| 288.6 km/h | Lamborghini Miura | |
| 245.4 km/h | Aston Martin DB4 | |
| 200.5 km/h | Jaguar XK120 |
Put them in order
Sort these records from the oldest to the most recent.
- 200.5 km/hJaguar XK120
- 412.22 km/hSSC Ultimate Aero
- 455.3 km/hSSC Tuatara
- 288.6 km/hLamborghini Miura
What to remember
On 17 January 2021, the SSC Tuatara reached 455.3 km/h (282.9 mph), faster than any other production car. American maker SSC North America, formerly Shelby SuperCars, designed it with Jason Castriota as the successor to the Ultimate Aero, and named it after a New Zealand reptile. Its 5,900 cc twin-turbo V8 makes 1,750 hp on E85 fuel, and 100 were built.
The record for road cars has climbed a long way: the Jaguar XK120 managed 200.5 km/h in 1949, the Aston Martin DB4 245.4 km/h in 1959 and the Lamborghini Miura 288.6 km/h in 1969. The Ruf CTR went to 342 km/h in 1987 and the Dauer 962 Le Mans to 404.6 km/h in 1993. From the Jaguar to the Tuatara, top speed grew by a ratio of 2.27.
The Ultimate Aero, the Tuatara's predecessor at SSC, had already held the record with 412.22 km/h in 2007, before the Koenigsegg Agera RS at 447.19 km/h in 2017. SSC first fitted the Tuatara with a 6.9-litre engine, then reduced it to 5.9 litres to allow a higher redline of 8,800 rpm.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of production car speed records” (revision used 1367127728). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: SSCNA, Photo licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
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