Pada tahun 1886, Karl Benz telah membuat catatan bersejarah karena mobil roda tiga tercatat sebagai kendaraan tercepat di dunia.

Kendaraan roda tiga ini mampu berlari dengan kecepatan maksimal 8mph atau 13 km/jam dengan mesin berkapasitas 1600 cc dan memiliki 1/4 tenaga kuda.

Begitu kendaraan ini mampu meluncur dengan kecepatan tinggi, menjadi titik awal peradaban manusia yang selalu ingin membuat mobil dan tercatat sebagai mobil tercepat di dunia.

Setelah 125 tahun kemudian tahun sudah berganti menjadi tahun 2011 dan saat ini juga sudah mendekati peralihan ke tahun 2012, manusia masih tetap membuat mobil-mobil yang memiliki catatan kecepatan tinggi masing-masing.

Berikut ada 10 mobil tercepat yang tersedia di pasaran yang diukur kecepatan tertingginya dalam sebuah pengujian.


1. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport

Top Speed : 267 mph / 431 km
Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 2.5 secs.
Engine: Aluminum, Narrow Angle 8 Liter W16 Engine with 1200 hp,
Price: $1,700,000
Bugatti Veyron the fastest car in the world at 267 mph.Bugatti's boffins didn't like the idea of those American upstarts nicking their record, so in 2010 it unleashed a re-engineered Veyron capable of raising the record by more than 11mph. The car was driven by Pierre-Henri Raphanel, at Ehra-Lessien.


2. Koenigsegg Agera R

Top Speed : 260 mph / 418.43 km
Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 2.8 secs.
Engine: 5.0-liter V8 Engine with twin turbo's, housing 1099 hp.
Price: $1,600,000
The Koenigsegg Agera R only has one car in sight: the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. Ever since the Veyron Super Sport set the record for fastest production car on the planet after setting an average top speed of 267 mph.While the Agera R has a massive theoretical top speed, the current tested top speed is 260 mph.Expect this snow car to be the Bugatti's arch enemy for the next 5 years.


3. SSC Ultimate Aero


Top Speed : 257 mph / 413.6 km
Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 2.7 secs.
Engine: Twin-Turbo V8 Engine with 1183 hp
Price: $654,400
The SSC Ultimate Aero was the fastest car in the world - Guinness World Records, Break By Bugatti Veyron 2010.Nobody had heard of it, but that didn't stop the Shelby Ultimate Aero from becoming the world's fastest car in 2007. The second car off the production line, the record run took place on Highway 221 in Washington - the driver was 71-year-old Chuck Bigelow.


4. Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo

Top Speed : 248 mph / 399.12 km/jam
Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 3.2 secs.
Engine: Twin Turbo All Aluminum V8 Engine with 750 hp
Price: $555,000


5. Koenigsegg CCX


Top Speed : 245 mph / 394.29 km/jam
Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 3.2 secs.
Engine: 90 Degree V8 Engine 806 hp
Price: $545,568


6. McLaren F1


Top Speed : 240 mph / 386.24 km/jam
Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 3.2 secs.
Engine: BMW S70/2 60 Degree V12 Engine with 627 hp
Price: $970,000


7. Gumpert Apollo


Top Speed : 224 mph / 360.49 km/jam
Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 3.0 secs
Engine: V8 Engine with 650 hp.
Price: $450,000


8. Noble M600

Top Speed : 223 mph / 358.88 km/jam
Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 3.7 secs
Engine: V8 Engine with 650 hp.
Price: $330,000


9. Ferrari Enzo


Top Speed : 217 mph / 349.23 km/jam
Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 3.4 secs.
Engine: F140 Aluminum V12 Engine with 660 hp
Price: $670,000


10. Pagani Zonda F


Top Speed : 215 mph / 346.01 km/jam
Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 3.5 secs.
Engine: Mercedes Benz M180 V12 Engine with 650 hp
Price: $667,321