Fastest in the history of the cars

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This is a progressive history of the world's fastest street-legal production car over the years (as opposed to concept cars or modified cars). The production car in context of this table is a car of which not less that 20 were originally built by its manufacturer to the same or faster specification than the record setting example. This list uses the same definition as the List of automotive superlatives for the sake of consistency and because the term production car is otherwise undefined.

Comparing claimed speeds of the "fastest car(s) in the world", especially in historical cases, is difficult due to there being no standardized method for determining the top speed, nor a central authority to verify any such claims. The current title Guinness World Records holder, the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, was certified as such for the average top speed achieved on a two-way run, registering 431 km/h (268 mph) but only 5 of the World Record model were made.

1894	Mercedes Velocipede

1894

Mercedes Velocipede

Fastest production cars

Year	Make and model	Top Speed of production car	Number built	Comment
1894	Mercedes Velocipede	12 mph (19 km/h)[1]	1200	First production car
1908	Ford Model T	35 mph (56 km/h)-40 mph (64 km/h)[2]	15000000	Line in sand for early production car
1922	Austin 7	48 mph (77 km/h)	290000	Line in sand for early production car
1927	Ford Model A	60 mph (97 km/h)-65 mph (105 km/h)	4000000	Line in sand for early production car
1928	1928 Mercedes-Benz 'S' Type Sports Tourer	100 mph (161 km/h)		Line in sand for early production car
1949	Jaguar XK120	124.6 mph (201 km/h)	12000	"Timed at almost 133 mph / 214 kph in 1949, the XK120 was then the fastest production car in the world. This speed refers to a tuned prototype, not a production car.
1955	Mercedes-Benz 300SL	140 mph (225 km/h)	1400	Tested by Road & Track.
1961	Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato	153.5 mph (247 km/h)	20	As tested by Autocar and published on 13 April 1962. The car was introduced at the London Motor Show in October 1960.
1963	Iso Rivolta Grifo A3/L 327	161 mph (259 km/h)	over 400	Tested by Autocar.
1967	Lamborghini Miura P400	171 mph (275 km/h)	over 750	Tested by Motor. Over 750 units build in 1966-1973 period, which includes P400, P400 S and P400 SV models.
1968	Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona	174 mph (280 km/h)	about 1400	Tested by Autocar.
1984	Ferrari 288 GTO	188 mph (303 km/h)	272	Tested by Auto, Motor und Sport in 1985.
1986	Porsche 959	195 mph (314 km/h)	337	Tested by Auto, Motor und Sport in 1987. The 197 mph (317 km/h) top speed was recorded by the 959 Sport only 6 of which were ever made. The rest of the 337 units production run (1986-1989) were 959 Touring version that topped at 195 mph (314 km/h).
1987	Ferrari F40	202.687 mph (326.193 km/h)	1311	As tested by Quattroruote magazine. Claimed top speed 201 mph (323 km/h).
1991	Bugatti EB110 GT	209 mph (336 km/h)	95	As measured by Auto, Motor und Sport.
1992	Jaguar XJ220	213 mph (343 km/h)	281	Tested by Autocar.
1993	McLaren F1	231 mph (372 km/h)	107	At factory rev limit, it reached 231 mph (371.8 km/h) at Nardo (oval) test track. It still remains the world's fastest naturally aspiratedproduction car in terms of top speed.
April 19, 2005	Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron	253.81 mph (408.47 km/h)	300	Recorded and verified by German inspection officials.
October 9, 2007	SSC Ultimate Aero TwinTurbo	256.18 mph (412.28 km/h)	24[citation needed]	Recorded and verified by Guinness World Records officials.
June 26, 2010	Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron Super Sport	258 mph (415.21 km/h)	30	Production run of 30 of which 5, named the Super Sport World Record Edition, are capable of 267.857 mph (431.074 km/h). The other 25 Super Sport cars are electronically limited to 415 km/h (258 mph). The record attempt of the Super Sport World Record Edition was driven by Pierre-Henri Raphanel and was verified by Guinness World Records