When it comes to assessing the performance potential of a car, the 0-60mph test still rules the roost - here are the top 10 fastest cars we've tested
30-70mph: 1.8sec | Standing ¼-mile: 9.9sec at 146.8mph | Test date - 03.11.21
The awesome Porsche 918 Spyder was one of the infamous ‘holy trinity’ of hybrid hypercars that emerged in the early part of the 2010s. We only got to fully test two-out-of-three; but the 918 was narrowly the quicker of the two, the car’s team of electric drive motors and race-derived V8 piston engine catapulting it from 30- to 70mph in less than two seconds.
It felt like a huge occasion when McLaren Automotive handed over the keys to its first top-level hypercar of its current era, the hybrid-electric P1, to us for a road test. Great things were expected; but the hulking presence of the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, tested three years earlier, wasn’t quite to be overhauled that day.
The McLaren 720S reset performance benchmarks across the board for a mid-engined supercar of its kind.
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