World’s fastest street-legal car: Maxximus G-Force with 1600 hp, 0-60 mph in 2.1 seconds

Yesterday morning Marlon Kirby and David McMahan unveiled the Maxximus G-Force in Beverly Hills. According to World Record Academy this is the world’s fastest street-legal car.

Power comes from a 7-liter twin turbocharged Chevrolet V8 engine that outputs 1600 hp.

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Ring Record stirs up Controversy between Nissan and Porsche

Ever since Nissan thrashed its new GT-R around the Nurburgring Nordschleife and beat its arch rival, the Porsche 911 (997) GT2, there has been some sort of controversy haunting the records.

Sources say that a certain Porsche engineer claimed that the 7 minute 29 second time that the GT-R posted around the ‘Ring was achieved using race-spec slicks instead of regular street-spec tires.

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G-POWER M5 Hurricane RS is the fastest sedan in the world

Last month G-POWER M5 Hurricane RS achieved a top speed of 228,4 mph (367,4 km/h) at the ATP High-Seed test track in Papenburg. Previous record 227.2 mph (365,7 km/h) was set by the BRABUS Rocket.

Earlier in 2008, G-POWER M5 Hurricane had managed 360 km/h (223,7 mph), which set the record for the fastest BMW sedan. Now G-POWER M5 Hurricane RS had been given extra 20 hp (total power at 750 hp) to break the record for fastest BMW sedan and also to become the fastest sedan in the world.

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2009 Ultimate Aero has 1287 hp and a top speed of 270 mph

Shelby Supercars unveils refined 2009 Ultimate Aero that gets a 15% increase in horsepower and a new top speed of 270 mph (434 km/h).

2008 year model had 1183 hp and it successfully held the “World’s Fastest Production Car” title for the past year. Now with extra 104 hp they have made it even harder for competitors to snatch the title. Closest company they should worry about is 9ff who is working on a 1120 hp GT9R.

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9ff working on a 1,120 hp GT9R

German tuning company 9ff is well known for their work on different Porsche models. Their most powerful  project is the 9ff GT9, that is based on the 911 GT3. GT9 has an amazing top speed of 409 km/h (253 mph), which makes it one of the fastest cars in the world. All this thanks to the modified 4.2-liter flat six that generates 987 hp / 726 kW at 7,850 rpm.

Looks like these numbers are not enough, as 9ff is now working on the GT9R. Power is increased from 987 hp to 1,120 hp with 774 lb. ft of torque.

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Bloodhound Supersonic to attempt a new land-speed record (1,050 mph)

Richard Noble and Andy Green are working on on a car that can go faster than 1,000 mph. Current record is 763 mph and was set by Andy Green in 1997 behind the Thrust SSC, the car was designed by Richard Noble.

Their new car Bloodhound SSC will have a top speed of 1050 mph, a speed that is 1.4 times that of sound. There are still three years before the 42-foot car reaches completion but a scale model is being put on display at London’s Science Museum today. As usually the problem is money. This duo is looking for $16 million from sponsors to make their new top speed a reality.

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Swiss ‘Faster One’ claims to hit 248.5 mph

The two-seater weighs in at just 1,100 kilograms and is powered by a V8 engine with dual superchargers that produces 900 hp / 662.4 kW. Thanks to its exceptional power-to-weight ratio of 1.22 kilogram per hp, intelligent all-wheel drive and sophisticated aerodynamic properties the mid-engine racer sprints to 300 km/h(186 mph) in just 16.2 seconds and reaches a top speed of more than 420 km/h.(248.5 mph) Retail prices start at 1,620,000 Swiss Francs(around 1,700,000 USD) (export price without VAT). 0-100 km/h(0 to 62 mph) in about 2.5 seconds.

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Ultimate Aero Twin Turbo is officially world’s fastest production car. VIDEO!

Making the record-setting run on a closed two-lane stretch of Washington State public highway, the 1183 horsepower Ultimate Aero was able to hit a top speed of 257.11 mph and averaged 255.83 mph — 3.11 mph faster than the unofficial record set by the Bugatti Veyron.

Although the Ultimate Aero was able to do over 257 mph, the official record will stand at 255.83 mph. This is because the Guinness World Records requires a vehicle testing for the top speed record to race down the course, turn around, and then make a return pass within one hour.  The top speed is calculated by averaging the top speeds of each pass, negating any favorable road or weather conditions in any one direction.
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