Hypercar and Legend Car Spec Table

The cars on this site span seven decades, from a 1955 racing coupe to modern 1,500 PS hypercars. This table puts their key figures side by side.

Top speed claims are tricky to compare. Some are electronically limited, some are one-way runs and some are two-way averages, so each figure says how it was measured.

Key figures

Figures from the maker or from the record organiser, as reported on Wikipedia. Not published here = we could not confirm a single agreed figure.
Car	Years	Engine	Power	Speed
Ferrari 250 GTO	1962 to 1964	3.0 litre V12	About 300 PS	Raced at Le Mans and Sebring
Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe	1955	3.0 litre straight-eight	Not published here	About 290 km/h
McLaren F1	1992 to 1998	6.1 litre BMW V12	BMW S70/2	386.4 km/h (240.1 mph), 1998
Bugatti Veyron 16.4	2005 to 2015	8.0 litre quad-turbo W16	1,001 PS	407 km/h; Super Sport 431.072 km/h
Koenigsegg Agera RS	2015 to 2018	Twin-turbo V8	Not published here	447.19 km/h two-way average, 2017
Bugatti Chiron	2016 to 2024	8.0 litre quad-turbo W16	1,500 PS	420 km/h limited
Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+	2019 onward	8.0 litre quad-turbo W16	1,600 PS	490.484 km/h one-way run, 2019

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1962 to 1964

Ferrari 250 GTO

Engine: 3.0 litre V12. Speed: Raced at Le Mans and Sebring.

1955

Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe

Engine: 3.0 litre straight-eight. Speed: About 290 km/h.

1992 to 1998

McLaren F1

Engine: 6.1 litre BMW V12. Speed: 386.4 km/h (240.1 mph), 1998.

2005 to 2015

Bugatti Veyron 16.4

Engine: 8.0 litre quad-turbo W16. Speed: 407 km/h; Super Sport 431.072 km/h.

2015 to 2018

Koenigsegg Agera RS

Engine: Twin-turbo V8. Speed: 447.19 km/h two-way average, 2017.

2016 to 2024

Bugatti Chiron

Engine: 8.0 litre quad-turbo W16. Speed: 420 km/h limited.

2019 onward

Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+

Engine: 8.0 litre quad-turbo W16. Speed: 490.484 km/h one-way run, 2019.

One-way runs and two-way averages

Many official speed records require a car to run in both directions over the same stretch within a short time, and the record is the average. That cancels out any help from wind or a slight slope.

Koenigsegg's 447.19 km/h in 2017 was a two-way average. Bugatti's 490.484 km/h in 2019 was a single run in one direction, which is why it is described as a speed milestone rather than an official production car record.

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