What is the world's fastest production car ever?

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I have officially decided to take a poll on what everyone thinks the worlds fastest production car ever is...right now im leaning towards the Corvette Callaway Sledgehammer...im constantly hearing people say its the Mclaren F1, and others saying its the Bugatti Veyron 16/4. I want to hear from people who actually know about cars and know what "PRODUCTION" mean. The Mclaren F1 is only in Guiness world record because it was still being made, Guinness goes by the cars that are still being produced from the manufacturer...thats how many arguments get started. And the Bugatti veyron isnt production (Bugatti said they "never actually expected to profit" from the car and that it will be very limited with a small number alotted to north america. So, lets hear it! PS. im going by top speed.
 
Well, the stage 2 Lingenfelter Vett was called the fastest production car ever at 2.9-2.8 zero to sixty and 9.8 quarter mile. You can actually order it from a dealer, not from the factory but there is a GM dealer by my house that sells stage one vetts. Oh by the way the one on the website has stock tires on and still runs a 3.4 for so before anyone flames me, the one that they got to run 2.8 had super sport slicks on.


FYI I think this is in the wrong forum. This should go under general auto, or at least I think it should.
 
Thats great, but I'll bet u cant tell me what vehicle does 0-100 in 1.9 seconds? hehehe. Jeff...dont tell him. ;)
About the top speed thing, i heard the Sledgehammer had a top of 263mph, held in Utah. is this true?
 
The Lingenfelter Corvette and Callaway Sledgehammer are not production cars since they are not actually built nor are they from a recognized manufacturer, they are merely from tuners. I don't even think they get unique VIN numbers.

The McLaren F1 is currently the recognized fastest car in the world because the cars were built from scratch by the original manufacturer and they built around 78 road going examples. This means the car is not a one-off (like the Callaway Sledgehammer) and a true production car.

However the Koenigsegg CC8S has recently been attempting to take the record of 238mph. In fact, the Koenigsegg CC8S is now recognized as the most powerful production car by the Guiness Book of World Records. The Koenigsegg CCR will more then likely break that record, and guarentee itself the top speed record.

The Bugatti EB16/4 Veyron is not considered for the record simply because not a single car has been given to a customer and hence it is not a production car.
 
The Mclaren F1 is the fastest. As its the only one with a confermed speed, apparently.:)
 
I reckon by the time they release the Bugatti Veyron 16-4 there will be half a dozen cars that can beat its top speed. Or they will release it too soon and it will be classified as a UFO.
 
The dauer porsche 962 is faster than a Mclaren but I don't know if it qualifies as production. I know they are being built by some company which also bought the rights to build bugatti EB110's. At least it is road legal. I believe zero to sixty is in 2.7 sec. I have no idea what the top speed is.
 
"Veyron" and "production" are two words that don't mix at all.

The upcoming Koenigsegg CCR (800hp) will probably steal the title from the F1.
 
I believe 3.2 to 60, 9.9 to 120 and 231mph top speed are the generally accepted stats for the Mclaren F1. 241mph was achieved on a runway, but that was with the rev limiter turned off.
 
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Thats great, but I'll bet u cant tell me what vehicle does 0-100 in 1.9 seconds? hehehe. Jeff...dont tell him. ;)
About the top speed thing, i heard the Sledgehammer had a top of 263mph, held in Utah. is this true?
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C'mon, thats not even a car, even though it does have wheels, and does not fly.........
 
doesnt the term "production" mean that they have a yearly produciton rate, usually consistent or to buyers demands? I know the Veyron is fast as hell and i've heard rpeorts that it can hit 279mph, but numerous websites still quote the Sledgehammer as the fastest. regarding that fast-as-**** vehicle i listed before, its called "Dodonpa", which is a roller coaster in japan which hits breakneck speed of 200mph before slowing down to 0mph in like 7 seconds and then freefalls down a track on little magnets...crazy japanese people. So is everyone ok with the F1, or the Sledgehammer? Also, for the quarter mile i heard that the Venom Viper currently holds the record of 8.3 seconds.
 
Which Venom Viper? There is quite a few different types of Venom Viper's out there.
 
The only information I ever heard on this was an old, OLD report done in "Car & Driver" about ten years ago. They limited it to "production" vehicles of the type you can simply go to a dealership and buy.. Mustang, Firebird, Viper, etc. Might have been all American vehicles, I can't remember what the others were (there about ten, as I recall). In stock tests, the Viper won out. In modified tests, it was the Lingenfelter Firebird, whooped them all, including the Hennessy (sp?) Viper. That thing could cruise at 190+ ("cruise" indicating it could sustain that speed indefinitely without undue wear and tear on the engine.. it's max speed was over 220.. not bad for a mass-produced car).

The only reason I remember it is because I've always liked the Firebird. :)

Granted, which was before the Bugatti's and McLaren's.. the "supercars" (Ferrari, Lambo, etc) weren't included in the competition. I've no idea what it would be today if you included any and all production vehicles (to include supercars, which I guess ya'll are, with the McLaren and all).
 
The venom viper i saw was in a DuPont Mag (the first lotus on american soil in 14 yrs edition) and it claimed it is the fastest (qm) production and set/broke like 40 records or something...i'll dig around and find it if i can...better start in the bathroom.
 
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The venom viper i saw was in a DuPont Mag (the first lotus on american soil in 14 yrs edition) and it claimed it is the fastest (qm) production and set/broke like 40 records or something...i'll dig around and find it if i can...better start in the bathroom.
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None of the Hennessey Viper Venoms are production cars.
 
"...fastest production Viper SRT10 available. Period. World's fastest, quickest, amnd most powerful Vipers, including the Viper SRT10 along with our 2001 Viper GTS Venom 1000 Twin Turbo (Current World-record holder: 8.3 @ 155 mph 1/4 mile). "

That was a direct quote from my magazine. Perhaps they have a different definition of production?
Also, are we still all on the Mclaren F1 for top speed, or has there been any others (ie the Sledgehammer) to officially surpass top speed? And another thing, what is the true top speed of the Enzo without rev limiter? ND4SPD says 217, top gear says 218, Car & Driver says 209, and DuPont says 207. ....wtf?
 
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The dauer porsche 962 is faster than a Mclaren but I don't know if it qualifies as production.....I have no idea what the top speed is.
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Built to order, therefore not production. And, top speed was only a little over 200 because of all the massive downforce the body work produces.

I also believe that the McF1 is the fastest officially. The Bugatti Veyron has attempted its top speed unsuccessfully a few times at Nardo. Hit the wall once, lost a body panel on another, and has had problems getting air to the engine. Thats why the delay for releasing to the public.

You would have to think that the Koenigsegg CCR will set the # once they try. Anything with that great of a power/weight ratio, good aero, and geared right should be able to hit 250 I would think. We'll have to wait and see officially though.

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It says the world's fastest production VIPER, meaning the fastest version of a Viper ever sold. It never said it is a production car.
 
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It says the world's fastest production VIPER, meaning the fastest version of a Viper ever sold. It never said it is a production car.
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If it holds the record, and it is a production viper, which is a car, would that not make it the fastest (QM) production car?

As for the Koeniggseg CCR, i heard it has (confirmed) hit 223 mph, which is to say...fast as hell. with the top off and a 90lb chinese gymnist behind the wheel im sure the 0-60 in 2.95 seconds could easily become 2.90 or into the 2.8's. As for downforce...i think that is where it may come a little short, it appears to have a very tiny drag coeficient, but what does it have in terms of sheer downforce? of course at speeds of 220mph you're going to generate a lot of it, but will it be enough to remain stable. also i heard it has superior handling, i was watching a video from 5th Gear ("fastest car we've ever tested!") and it showed no signs of understeer. it did the course in only 0.01 seconds slower than the Zonda.
As for the Veyron, according to a wuote by Bugatti in Car & Driver, they "don't actually expect to profit" from them...which must suggest it will never be a production car but more of a "lets see if we can do this guys!" car. also, it has huge stability issues so theyre spending more time on bodywork, suspension and the the front downforce of it. I would like to imagine watching that wiggling like a damaged bus from GTA I. hehehe.
F1 Car: --------- >
damaged bus: ~~~~~>
 
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If it holds the record, and it is a production viper, which is a car, would that not make it the fastest (QM) production car?
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It is the fastest car BASED on a production car, but it is not the fastest production car since you cannot buy it from the factory like that.

The Dauer 962 isn't a production car since last I checked they built only 13, and of those 13 I'm pretty sure some of those including the cars that ran at LeMans, thus making them not part of the production run. I should note that Dauer originally planned to build 50. The Dauer 962 is considered the fastest street-legal car in the world. This does not include the Callaway Sledgehammer since that car is legal in only 2 States in the US.
 
the dauer le mans has achieved a top speed not a little over 200 mph, but a little over 400 kph, which is 250 mph and therefore faster than the mclaren. but it is indeed not regarded as a production car.
 
Isn't the mac F1 LM faster (0-60) than the regular F1? I know the LM tops of at 220. Again it was built in such a limited run it may not qualify.

Also on the issue of the dauer being built to order, isn't that how most hypercars are made? I think the mac was more or less built to order. When a car costs $1million they can't afford to build a few extra sitting around.
 
The F1 LM was a limited production of 5, and was faster with the proper gear ratio selection (which I assume not everyone chose). I believe the F1 LM did hold the 0-100-0 record until the Ultima GTR beat it.
 

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