Top Ten High Speed Sports Cars

Speed is one of the most important aspects of a sports car.

As the car becomes extremely fast it attracts massive attention and goes down in history.For this reason, companies that manufacture sports cars or hypercars, improve their flagshipsevery year to hit the headlines and make history.This is the list of cars built with the purpose of being the fastest and succeeded in that.

 

Number 10 spot goes to Koenigsegg.

The Koenigsegg Regera is a limited production, plug-in hybrid grand touring sports car manufactured by Swedish automotive manufacturer Koenigsegg.The Regera was developed and designed to be a more practical, luxurious, grand touring alternative to the rest of Koenigsegg's lighweight sports car lineup; initially the Agera and currently the Jesko.The Regera has a reported total power output of 1,797 hp and an electronically limited

top speed of 410 km/h (255 mph).It didn’t prove that speed but in 2019, the Regera broke the 0–400–0 km/h (0–249–0mph) acceleration record for a production car with a time of 31 seconds.

While breaking the acceleration record set by its brother Agera RS, it topped out at 400 km/h (248.5 mph). That record attempt also showed that it is capable of accelerating to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 2.8 seconds, 300 km/h (186 mph) in 11 seconds and 400 km/h (249 mph) in 23 seconds.

Furthermore, its price is $ 1.9 M. Koenigsegg holds the 9th spot as well.The Koenigsegg Agera R is a mid-engine sports car produced by Swedish car manufacturer Koenigsegg. It is a successor to the CCX. It is equipped with a twin-turbo V-8, which yields a little less power than some of the competition, but the car's light weight makes up for a lot. With a peak power of 1115 hp, in 2011, the Agera R set a new world record for driving 0-300-0 km/h.It managed to clock 300 km/h in 14 seconds and stopped in 7 seconds.Also at the Gran Turismo 2012, Agera R hit 401.6 km/h (249.5 mph) . When it comes tothe classic acceleration stat, this beast can go from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.8 seconds.Moreover, it is priced at $ 1.6 M. 

 

Number 8,Bugatti Veyron : spot on this list goes to two cars due to their close speeds.

Bugatti Veyron is the slightly slower one.

It is a mid-engine sports car, designed and developed in Germany by the Volkswagen Group and manufactured by French automobile manufacturer Bugatti. This is the first version of the Veyron and the first car in the world to go beyond the 250 mph (402 km/h) barrier.When Bugatti launched it, it was the fastest, most powerful, and most expensive car in theworld. The $ 1.7 M Veyron utilized a quad-turbocharged, W16 engine to deliver 1000 hp to all four wheels. The car that was to be beaten at that time was the McLaren F1 and the Bugatti did it in style. German inspection officials recorded an average top speed at 408.4 km/h (253.8 mph) during test sessions on Volkswagen Group's private test track in 2005. Additionally, it can from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.5 seconds, to 200 in 7.3 seconds and to 300 in 16.7 seconds.The faster one is a Bugatti car too. Bugatti also developed a convertible version named Grand Sport Vitesse.This unique car still holds the record for the fastest open-top production car and itis limited to only 92 units.

In 2013, a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse driven at the same private test track of Volkswagen became the fastest open-top sports car with a top speed of 408.8 km/h (254 mph). It is just as good as its brother at acceleration.It sprints to 100 km/h in 2.5 seconds and to 200 km/h in 7.3 seconds. However, with a price tag of $ 2.2 M it is way more expensive.

 

Number 7 is not a popular car company and it is 9ff.

The 9ff GT9 is a sports car based on the Porsche 911, built by German tuning company 9ff.The company stated that only 150 GT9s would be produced, and only 20 of those would have the most powerful engine. Prices were around $ 700 K and all of them were already sold by the time the car was launched in the market. Its engine, capable of producing 1120 hp, can propel the GT9 to 100 km/h in 2.9 seconds and to 300 km/h (186 mph) in 17 seconds. Furthermore, it hit a top speed of 409 km/h (254 mph).

Moving into number 6, we got SSC Ultimate Aero . The SSC Ultimate Aero is a mid-enginedsports car that held the title of the fastest production car in the world from 2007 to 2010. The speed test was witnessed by Guinness Records team and they certified the car for the top speed, which at that time was 412 km/h (256 mph).

Packing a Twin Turbo V8 engine producing 1183 hp, it can go from 0 to 100 km/h in just 2.8 seconds.When the car came out in 2007, its price was $ 740 K. At one point it was a tight competition between Ultimate Aero and Bugatti Veyron but thatwas a long time back.Since then, not only has the Bugatti gone faster but also other cars like Hennessey and Koenigsegg have toppled the Ultimate Aero.

 

Number 5…

We have a tie between two cars that are not really close to each other but I’ll touch on the reason.

First one is Hennessey Venom GT Spyder. It is the open-top version of Venom GT and almost as fast as its brother.

In 2016, GT Spyder became the unofficial fastest convertible car by recording a top speed of 427 km/h (265 mph). To be considered legitimate, record attempts usually require a run in each direction, and an average is taken to account for wind conditions but the Spyder’s run was in a single direction. Especially to qualify for Guinness World Records, a minimum of 30 cars are required to be produced. However, only 4 Spyders have been sold to date. This $ 1.3 M monster can also sprint from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.5 seconds and to 400 km/h in 18 seconds.

So basically, I didn’t want to rank it the 6th due to its illegitimate record but I’m also sure that it is fast enough to be mentioned. 

And the faster one at the 5th spot is Bugatti Chiron.

The Bugatti Chiron is a mid-engine two-seat sports car developed and manufactured by Frenchautomobile manufacturer Bugatti. And I’m talking about the 2016 version of Chiron, not the newest one.

There are two records this car broke. The first one is obviously the top speed and it is 420 km/h (261 mph). The second one is 0-400-0 km/h acceleration time and Chiron completed that in 41 seconds. Bugatti also mentioned that during the run, the car accelerated from 0–100 km/h (62mph) in 2.4 seconds and to 200 (124 mph) in 6.1 seconds.

In 2016 the first 200 cars were sold for $ 2.5 M but now a new version of Chiron is around $ 3 M. 

At the number 4 we have Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. It was almost a tie between the standard Veyron and Ultimate Aero till the Veyron Super Sport’s arrival.

An impressive 1,200 hp and a slew of aerodynamic improvements helped the Super Sport to a top speed of 431 km/h (268 mph), clocked at Volkswagen’s private test track. According to Guinness Book of World Records, the Bugatti team was successful in toppling the Ultimate Aero in 2010 and remained the fastest car in the world until 2017. Its run at the top was essentially unchallenged despite a small hiccup from the Hennessey taking the top spot for a month. It also hit 100 km/h in only 2.4 seconds and 200 km/h in 6.7 seconds. Nowadays it retails at $ 2 M. 

We are at the top 3 and the 3rd fastest car is Hennessey Venom GT. The Hennessey Venom GT is a high performance sports car manufactured by Hennessey Performance Engineering. In 2014, Hennessey revealed a Lotus-based supercar with a twin-turbo V8 and 1200 hp. Until that moment, the Texas-based tuner had merely modified performance cars, but this was the company’s first standalone build. In 2014, with approval from the Kennedy Space Center, Hennessey recorded a top speed of 435 km/h (270 mph). Though the Guinness Book of World Records approved the run, it has received a fair bit of criticism. For one, most top speed records are taken from an average of two runs in opposite directions but Hennessey hit the record only in one direction. Also, the Venom GT is a hand-built, low-production vehicle. Some have questioned whether it deserves to be counted among production cars.To qualify Guinness, there must be at least 30 units produced of that model but VenomGT is limited to 13 units.However, there is an official record this car set and that is accelerating to 300 km/h(186 mph) from a stand still.Venom GT hit that speed in only 13 seconds making it nearly a whole second faster thanAgera R. During that run it also hit 100 km/h mark in 3 seconds.This monster costs $ 1.2 M these days.

Coming in at the number 2nd spot is the car known as Koenigsegg Agera RS.The Agera RS is an advanced version of the Agera R, implementing some of the new technologyand features of the R and the S models.Its V8 engine has a power output of 1160 hp pushing the car to 100 km/h in 2.9 seconds.First record RS broke is 0-400-0 acceleration time and it completed that run in 36 seconds beating the standard Chiron by 4 seconds.Then came the fastest run.The speed record was set in the U.S. where on a closed Nevada highway the Agera RS didan average speed of 447 km/h (278 mph).On the downhill run, wind assisted, the Agera actually did 458 km/h (285 mph).Anyway, the record is 447 km/h, trumping the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport’s record finallyin 2017.Thanks to its record braking stats Agera RS costs $ 2.5 M.Before unveiling the fastest car, here are some honorable mentions.SSC Tuatara: The car is the successor to the SSC Ultimate Aero and has a claimed top speed of 482 km/h (300 mph). Hennessey Venom F5: And this is the successor to the Venom GT with a claimed top speed of 484 km/h (301 mph).

 

McLaren Speedtail: It allegedly maxes out at 403 km/h (250 mph) but it is likely to prove that in 2020. Rimac C_Two: According to the Croatian company Rimac, this EV hypercar can top out at 415 km/h (258 mph).

Koenigsegg Jesko and Jesko Absolut: Both cars are claimed by the manufacturer to have a top speed in excess of 483 km/h (300 mph).Specially Absolut, which is the high speed version, might actually surpass 500 km/h (310mph) barrier.

 

Finally, the winner of this list is Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+.

In August 2019 Bugatti presented a limited production high performance variant of the Chiron called the Chiron Super Sport 300+. It did a top speed of 490 km/h (304 mph) and became the first car to break the 300 mph barrier. While most of the world was expecting the Koenigsegg to break the barrier first, Bugatti stole the thunder. Only 30 of these Quad Turbocharged W16 engines will be produced. Despite the great moment, Bugatti president has stated that Bugatti will no longer gofor records and will focus on the other aspects of the car; which means that it may not be participating in any of the future race to the top. It is not only the fastest of this list but also the most expensive one priced at $ 3.7 M. When it comes to acceleration, it has a claimed time period of 2.1 seconds while achieving 100 km/h but it sounds possible considering how fast it is.

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Ios vs Android

As of May 2021 the market share for phone operating systems is really only a two horse

race - iOS and Android, with Android controlling just over 75 percent of the market and iOS

with just under 23 percent. Kai OS and some others like Nokia’s OS were next with a negligible market share.It’s become a matter of fact that in this world there are Android fans and iOS fans,and people don’t tend to cross over to the other side. We all know folks who would never give up their iPhone for say, a Samsung, and we all know people who tell you iPhones are overpriced and more of an accessory than a necessity.But which operating system is really the best? That’s what we’ll try and find out for you.Before we get to the pros and cons of each system let’s first have a look at the historyof these two OS’s.We’ll start with Android.The company Android Inc. was founded in 2003 by a bunch of guys, but the one you’ve most likely heard of is Andy Rubin.At first the idea was an operating system developed for digital cameras, not phones,but soon the creators changed their minds and announced that their technology wouldsoon rival Microsoft Windows Mobile.Not many people believed that and it wasn’t easy getting this company going. In fact, it’s been reported that they were so broke they couldn’t afford to pay for their office space and even the founders’ closest friends didn’t really believe theywere on to something.Google however, did believe in their OS and acquired it from Android Inc. along with key members of the company.There was a lot of secrecy surrounding Android and its acquisition but the rumors startedto get out that Google was developing its own software for mobile phones, and little did we know how quickly this software would be in most of our pockets.Then in 2007 Apple dropped a bombshell and released its iPhone Prior to this, Google’s operating system was developed only to run on standard phones,not ones with touchscreens.When the iPhone came out the Android team knew that they had a lot of work to do.That same year a group called the Handset Alliance came together and made the bold statementthat they would create “the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices.”

    Members of this alliance were Google, Samsung, HTC and Motorola as well as others.They weren’t just full of hot air either, and soon we saw a bunch of different versions of Android.These were "Cupcake", "Donut", "Eclair", and "Froyo".Later we got “Kit-Kat.”You might be wondering why computer software was named after things that you eat, and Googlelater answered that saying it was because the mobile devices running this software made life sweet.The first Android phone was the T-Mobile G1, or HTC Dream as it was called outside of the USA.The reviews were mixed, but many people did say that theOS had lots of potential. Now for the iPhone and iOS. In 2005 the one and only Steve Jobs had a huge job to do - shrink the Mac and make the perfect handheld device. In 2007, Apple announced this new phone along with its operating system. The first of the systems was called iPhone OS 1, and unlike Google, Apple didn’t go for sweet-sounding names and just kept counting up in numbers. So far we have only mentioned phones, but as you know both operating systems ran on various mobile devices.The first iPhones were praised as a spectacular device and only added to the mystique of Jobs who for some was like a techno-god. You just have to read those early reviews to find fawning praise about how the iPhone was sleek, fantastic, innovative, a superb device for surfing the web, like nothing else before it.

Gizmodo wrote, “I'm thumbing through my own iPhone like a teenager with his first Playboy.”

It was in a league of its own.It wasn’t perfect and lacked a few features, but hey, no one was saying negative things about this device except perhaps one thing.This was the fact it was so darn expensive, coming in at a base price of $499. Compare that to the first Android phone which launched at $179. But the price didn’t matter to many as iPhones were being hailed as the future of mobile devices.That’s kind of been the story ever since, but as we’ve seen in the years since, many high-end Android phones are also now very expensive.They might have cost a lot of cash, but that didn’t stop people buying the iPhone. If you look at the best selling phones of all time you’ll see that it’s topped by early Nokia phones.And it makes sense, you could throw them against a wall and they wouldn’t break and the battery lasted longer than any human could stay awake.That said, the third phone on the list is the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus and it beats any Android phone by a long way.220 million people bought that phone, which is more than impressive.The best selling Android phone of all time is the Samsung Galaxy S4, and that sold just 80 million units, a long way behind.It ran Android 4.2.2 "Jelly Bean".But then just below that you have the iPhone 5 and iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus which sold 70 and 65.9 million units respectively.The iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S aren’t too far behind that, while various versions of the Samsung Galaxy have done ok too. If you look at the historical market share of operating systems you’ll find in 2009 Android was barely getting out of the blocks and iOS was in front. The operating system called Symbian, used by a bunch of big manufacturers like Nokia,was ahead of them both, but that soon changed.What you see in the years ahead is Microsoft Mobile taking a huge nosedive and Android rocketing to the top. We will say, though, that over the years iOS has taken some small dips and rises but mostly it’s stayed quite stable.Only lately has the iPhone been in a bit of trouble.That might say something about its dedicated users over the years. But since about 2013 Android has enjoyed an 80 percent market share, give or take a little now and again.No one can deny that Apple has very devoted fans, but it’s impossible to contest that Android is king of the market.However, just because something sells more doesn’t mean it is better.As we know, the iPhone is very expensive which we’re sure puts a lot of people off. We went to an article by Fast Company and along with staff at the website some designers and technology big thinkers talked about what phone they thought was the best of all time.The article was released in 2018. And you know what, the list of phones selected was mostly populated by various versions of the iPhone.Some old school phones such as the early Blackberry got a mention, as did those poplar Motorola flip phones and old Nokias. We couldn’t even find an Android phone on the list.Maybe those guys were just fond of the good old days... or maybe there just hasn’t been an almost-perfect Android phone yet. What about 2019? We looked to see what people were saying were the best phones you could buy in 2019. Well, now it seems Samsung phones running Android top the list, although some lists do include the iPhone XS.It doesn’t matter where you look, Samsung Galaxy phones top the lists right now, with various types of Galaxy phones filling most of the top spots give or take the odd Huawei phone. Some of the top ten lists right now don’t even include the iPhone, which is surprising given similar lists you would have found published a few years ago. From what we can see, according to the experts, Android phones whether Huawei, Samsung, Xiaomior One Plus, are favored over the iPhone.While the iPhone was almost always at the top of reviews not that long ago, these days people are talking about the fall of the phone.That seems to have begun in 2018.It looks like these days that sleek design is just too expensive for some people and they think you can get a better machine for a cheaper price with an Android phone.This still doesn’t tell us which is the best operating system, though.Again, the experts have chimed in, not just about which phone is best but what operating system is best.The first thing most people point to is that Android gives the consumer more variety.That’s why it sells better, there are just so many phones out there with all kinds of features and at all prices.But it’s more than that.The number of apps available for Android is approximately 3.5 million, while for iOS it’s 2.5 million.Wait, though, because while there are more free Android apps and a greater variety, at least one reviewer says Apple has the better quality apps, especially if you play games.Some people also say that Apple is better at weeding out questionable apps than Android and the App Store is better to navigate than the Play Store.Another big deal is maps.We looked at a few comparisons of Apple Maps and Google Maps and not one person said Apple Maps was better.Most reviewers did say that Apple Maps is getting better and better and isn’t far behind, but in the end you just have to go with Google.What concerns a lot of people, too, is the battery life of their device.It’s a huge thing as no one likes seeing their battery run out on them when they really need that phone working. Again, it’s all about variety.The iPhone doesn’t have a bad battery at all, but you can find many Android devices out there with a superior battery.The experts the public agree on this one. It’s looking like Android wins in most areas, but where Apple looks to be superior is offering updates. When it comes to adding new features, some bug fixes, and also security updates, Apple is ahead. Two other things talked about are how you can customize your phone and how easy it is to use. In terms of customizing, Android just has more options, as you’d expect when there are so many phones.But in terms of sheer simplicity, most people seem to think that Apple wins here.But what if you want to sell your phone and buy a new one?Which system holds its value better?There is only one answer to this and no one disagrees.

It’s the iPhone.

You can still get a fairly decent amount of money for a phone two years old.You might also know people using iPhones even older than that which still work very well.In the end, it seems like most people said that it’s all about personal preferenceand there is no definitive better OS.If you prioritize volume of choice and range of customization then you have to go for Android,but if you value design and ease of use then you can’t go wrong with an iPhone…if you can afford it.But no matter if you prefer Android or iOS, there’s only one answer when it comes tobuilding your website - Wix. Wix is in a class of its own when it comes to designing your personal website, whereyou can use any one of the hundreds of their fully customizable templates, all with an easy to use drag and drop interface. Or take advantage of their incredible ADI feature which can create a unique site all of your own just by answering a few simple questions. And there’s no need to worry about what mobile OS your users are using, because with Wix it’s going to look great no matter the platform.Try out Wix today by visiting the link in the description or going to wix.com/go/infographics2019.Let us know which is your favorite OS in the comments, Android, iOS, or one of the other weird ones, and be sure to check out our other video Apple vs Samsung - which is bigger?

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