Gallery: The 25 Fastest Production Cars
By Jeff Koyen | Dec 22, 2011 | 10:12 am | Permalink
When it comes to cars, there are a number of ways to measure "fast." There's off the line—0 to 60, 0 to 100. There are lap times—around Nurburgring for example. Then there's flat-out, when your fingers go numb and it's hard to breathe. That's what we choose to call fast.
But anyone can slap a jet engine on a Formula 1 body and hit 250mph without blinking an eye. We wanted to know about the world's fastest production cars. Rides that anyone with enough money could buy. Without a single regulating body overseeing the auto industry, definitive top speeds are difficult to nail down. To compile this list of the World's 25 Fastest Production Cars, then, we pulled data from several reputable sources.
Thinking about buying one? Keep in mind that prices fluctuate wildly as the Euro rises and falls in value against the dollar. If you're seriously thinking about one of these monsters, a few thousand bucks here and there won't matter much.
Ollie December 22nd, 2011 at 11:36 AM
The Picture of The Mclaren F1 is actually one of a Pagani Zonda.
Mathew Wellington December 22nd, 2011 at 06:41 PM
so chrystler ME 412 or what cuz im pretty sure 248mph is fast enough to get a car on this list
Ricky December 22nd, 2011 at 08:48 PM
Well this is filled with inaccuracies... -First and foremost, there are at least 100 production cars that are faster than the slowest car on this list... -The "McLaren F1" photo is actually of a Pagani Zonda -The "Bugatti Veyron Super Sport" photo is actually of a regular Bugatti Veyron -The Koenigsegg CCXR photo is actually of a Koenigsegg CCR -The Ferrari 288 GTO photo is of a MODEL CAR -It should be made clear that the Gumpert could drive upside down in a tunnel due to the fact that it has enough downforce at high speed to theoretically combat gravity by sucking the car to the roof of the tunnel. This is pathetic. Come on, Complex
S.G. December 23rd, 2011 at 08:34 AM
that veyron is ugly...of course it should be fast with a W16 quattro turbo engine...piece of shit
Prentice December 28th, 2011 at 03:25 PM
You bite your tongue. Volvos are wonderful cars.
phil livingston April 23rd, 2012 at 08:06 AM
so where is the ruf porche, the callaway corvette...guess the author has a special liking for the exotics like lambo's...you know; the ones that catch on fire and burn up during the test drive