Saturday January 30, 2010 CHARMAINE FERNANDO rince of Egypt, Rameses and P young Moses, fired by the spirit of raw youth thrills; raced fiercely bringing the palace down in chari- ots of fire.Today, a couple Bugatti Veyron: of millenniums later, modern day speed kings drive with zest, unimagin- Bugatti Veyron ably contoured hot rods, the look kills! that would give you Elegant to the tee in sidiary Bugatti Automo- available at a price of 1.1 goose pimples at a intoxicating shades of biles SAS introduced in million Euro. It is able to glance. Too hot to handle burgundy and dark 2005. achieve the second high- and yet so cool! liqueur make you lose It is currently the est top speed for a pro- your ground at the first fastest accelerating and duction car, behind the glimpse. The Bugatti Vey- decelerating production SSC Ultimate Aero TT. ron 16.4 is a mid-engine car in the world. It is cur- Seeing it ripping the sports car produced by rently also the most roads will be a scream to Fastest Cars in the World Volkswagen Group sub- expensive production car watch. he Fastest Cars in the mance to limits! Most of us with each other vying for Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo, born for the raw kill and of course World’ list toppers can only dream of owning the prominence, power and to rip the roads and the Porsche Carrera GT, the car If you catch me right from 1994 to 2005, the world. Catch your breath! T look too good to be fastest car in the world, yet attention! Mclaren F1 the machine with an attitude. F1’s never looked cooler longest period the record The McLaren F1 was at true. They are heart stoppers, some will do whatever it Bask in the power of the beyond expectations! I can- These wonder machines and smarter! Its obviously has been held by any the time the fastest pro- every one. I bet you never in takes to possess such speed world fastest car, SSC Ulti- not let go Jaguar XJ220, with were created for those mag- designed to break hearts street legal or production duction car ever built, your wildest dreams conjured and power. So, how fast are mate Aero, the ultimate ele- its aerodynamic brilliance in nificent men and women who and hold sobs in the crux car in the history of auto- eclipsing the Jaguar up such stupendous beauties the fastest cars in the world? gance on the move, Bugatti form, Pagani Zonda F, the cannot resist a thing of beau- of its semi pop-up head- mobiles. It was engi- XJ220. A standard ver- in all their dramatic glory. Fastest cars available in the Veyron, the stunning good cool customer with a Mer- ty when you see one. Every lights. Did you notice my neered and produced by sion of the McLaren Truly amazing pieces of engi- market measured by top looker with a tongue twister- cedes Benz pout, Lamborghi- piece an engineering marvel, goose pimples? Never McLaren Automotive, a achieved a top speed of neering, pushing perfor- speed stand neck to neck name, Koenigsegg CCX, ni Murcielago LP640, geared a heart throb to die over! mind. This one’s a born subsidiary of the British 371 km/h (231 mph) in killer and I love its stance. McLaren Group that, 1994, holding this record The McLaren F1 was among others, owns the for more than 10 years formerly the fastest street McLaren Mercedes For- until it was finally SSC Ultimate Aero legal production mula One team. Today, it eclipsed in 2005 by the car in the world, is still the fastest natural- Koenigsegg CCR. Later it McLaren F1 holding this record ly aspirated car in the clocked 0-60 in 3.2 secs The SSC Aero is an verified by Guinness brainchild of Jerod Shel- and 240 mph, fired by a. American-built mid- World Records on Octo- by, who spent over seven BMW S70/2 60 Degree engine sports car by Shel- ber 9, 2007. years designing the car. V12 Engine with 627 hp. by Super Cars. Its higher- The Aero, clocks 257 But hey, looking at one The base price stands at performance limited pro- mph, with a breathless 0- and dream-driving it $970,000. Check out the duction version, the SSC 60 in 2.7 secs. Twin-Turbo doesn’t cost you cent. doors, they looks like bat Ultimate Aero TT, is cur- V8 Engine with 1183 hp, Just try it; especially wings, maybe Batman rently the fastest produc- holds a base price is negotiating those neat u needs to order one and tion car in the world, with $654,400. Tested in turns up ‘Daha ata wan- paint it black but mind a fastest recorded speed March 2007 by Guinness guwa’ up Mahiyangana you no one could web it. of 413 km/h (257 mph). world records, The SSC road! It simply refuses to sit This speed was reported- Ultimate Aero takes the The sleek road-hugging still. ly achieved during tests lead as the fastest car in aerodynamic contours are With excellent racing- on September 13, 2007 in the world beating Bugatti painstakingly designed to blood hot on the tracks in West Richland, Washing- Veyron. The Shelby Super drive you crazy round the good old Sri Lanka, with ton, United States and Cars Company is the bend! world-class spirits, hot rods like these would be simply toys in their hands Pagani Zonda F if only they had the dollar Porsche Carrera GT power to boot like their counterparts in the devel- Developed in 1999, Porsche Carrera McLaren F1 oped nations. GT, manufactured by Porsche of Ger- many, is priced at $440,000 dollars. It is well worth its price if we count the 5.7 litre V10 engine producing 612 DIN (605 SAE) horsepower (450 kW) and Koenigsegg CCX the acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h (62.5 mph) in 3.9 seconds, touching a maximum speed of 330 km/h (205 It’s simply too hard to design that replaced the Degree V8 Engine 806 hp. The CCX was first is tuned to run on biofuel. mph). pronounce but then who Koenigsegg CCR. CCX is it stands at a base price of unveiled on February 28, The different fuel and tune The design is simply stunning! Car- cares! What matters is the an abbreviation for Com- $545,568. Made in Swe- 2006 at the 2006 Geneva allows the CCXR to pro- rera GT has a 5 colors paint schemes unfathomable feeling it petition Coupe X; the X den, it is aiming hard to be Motor Show although its duce 25% more power that includes black, guards red, fayence communicates directly commemorating the 10th the fastest car in the existence was announced than the CCX. Power up yellow, basalt black, GT silver and seal with your soaring spirit. anniversary, (being the world, but it has a long earlier. A derivative your dreams but this one Pagani Zonda F grey. Now isn’t that cool? For any car I You must fly in it; not just Roman numeral for ten),of way to go to surpass the known as the CCXR is does not catch my fancy. believe black brings out the beauty to drive, to experience the the completion and test Bugatti and the Ultimate available, the difference Too pansy and not enough First appeared at Geneva at an Auto maximum. Never mind that. true personality, of this drive of the first CC vehi- Aero. being that CCXR’s engine muscle, despite its fire- Show in 2005, the all carbon fiber The innovative nature about this car ‘out of this world’ flying cle in 1996. brand built to kill, eh? super car can reach 60 mph (100 is the way that it’s engine is placed: with saucer meant for the high- With a 0-60 in 3.2 km/h) in just 3.5 seconds. With power the use of a clutch made of a high-tech ways. Cute coupe, and so secs and 245 of 443 kW/594 hp, and a top speed ceramic material, it`s allowing the petite! mph, 90 that passes 215 mph (346 km/h), engine to sit lower in the chassis than in The Koenigsegg CCX is Zonda F makes Pagani manufacturer any other super car. This feature is not a mid-engined roadster elevated to be at the level of other only making the Carrera GT a road car from Swedish car manu- independent and famous super car with the looks of a racing model, but it facturer Koenigsegg. manufactures like Porsche, Lamborgh- also improves its aerodynamics and The CCX has been ini or Ferrari. Even if it’s said to be a lowers its center of gravity. Porche Car- engineered to comply priceless super car, it has been on the rera GT does have traction control even with the US regulation market in 2008 at a base price of if, like some of its competitions, doesn’t and market demands $667,321. use electronic driving aids such as and is an evolutionary dynamic stability control. Koenigsegg CCX Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 With a 211 mph.and 0-60 in 3.3 secs. side mirrors that fold in when needed. and V12 Engine with 640 hp, the base Wow! price stays at $430,000. Nice piece of art, The LP640 model of Murcielago had a the design is very round and smooth. The starting price of $350 000, higher than successor of the Diablo, the two seat, two the original that could be found at a price doors Murcielago is a coupe introduced in tag of $273,000.