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=9. Ashpark Owl – 418 km/h
It seems like every week there’s a new hyper-EV launched, but few can claim bragging rights like Japan’s Aspark Owl. Like the Rimac Nevera (below), it claims a whole host of records: at 255 mph (410 km/h), it’s the fastest electric car money can buy, and it recorded an average speed of 198 mph (312 km/h) over an eighth of a mile and 318.12 km/h in the quarter mile. Aspark says the Owl is fitted with a ‘unique’ battery pack and claims a range of 450 kilometers – although the 64 kWh lithium-ion pack is smaller than the likes of Rimac and Lotus.
The Aspark Owl set its quarter-mile record in Great Britain in 2023
=9. Rimac Nevera – 418 km/h
If there was ever a car that could dispel the myth that electric cars were slow, it was the Rimac Nevera. The Croatian hypercar has clocked a speed of 410 km/h, making it the fastest electric car in the world. It is also the fastest accelerating production car in the world over a quarter mile (8.582 seconds). It can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 1.95 seconds and from 0 to 160 km/h in 4.3 seconds. If there is a caveat, it is that customer cars are limited to ‘only’ 350 km/h, but Rimac can override this to achieve V-max at official Rimac events.
Read our Rimac Nevera review here
10. SSC Ultimate Aero TT – 410.1 km/h
SSC, then known as Shelby Supercars, produced the Ultimate Aero for seven years – not a particularly long life, but long enough to overtake Bugatti in top speed. In September 2007, the 1,183 hp twin-turbocharged V8 hypercar used a temporarily closed two-lane section of public road near the company site. Washington headquarters to set an average top speed of just over 410 km/h.
Read our SSC Ultimate Aero TT first ride review from back in 2007
11. Bugatti Veyron 16.4 – 413.8 km/h
At the time it was the most expensive and powerful road car ever built, but Volkswagen Group bosses wanted the Bugatti Veyron to also officially become the fastest car in the world. A quad-turbocharged 8.0-liter W16 engine produced 987 horsepower from the factory, while a seven-speed automatic gearbox sent power to all four wheels. The car had to be put into Top Speed mode for the ride, activated with a special key that retracts the rear spoiler, closes the front air diffuser and lowers the ground clearance to just 6.5 cm. The result? A record speed of 400 km/h at the Ehra-Lessien test facility.