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Koenigsegg CCR

387.87 km/h on the banked Nardò ring, 28 February 2005, one direction over 1 km. It is not a two-way straight-line average.

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Top speed

Published as 387.87 km/hPublished as 387.87 km/hPublished as 387.87 km/h

Average over 1 km at 12:08 local time, Nardò Prototipo banked circular track, one direction, Loris Bicocchi, Tag Heuer Splitmaster 650 photocells. Not a two-way straight-line average.

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In context

  • 3.7× a cheetah's timed top speedSourced · Cheetah, 29 m/s. Sharp 1997, mean of three timed runs over 201.2 m
  • 1.2 football fields a secondConstant · American football field, 100 yd (91.44 m)
  • London to New York in 14 h 22 minConstant · London to New York, 5,570 km great-circle

Worked out from the sourced figure above, which stays the ranked number.

This list

Why it's so fast

A car is fast when the force pushing it forward still beats the air, and when the tires and the gearing can use that force. A limiter is a different fact from an unlimited run.

  1. Drag and gearing

    Top speed is the balance point: thrust equals aerodynamic drag. The gearing has to still be pulling when the car gets there, or the engine falls off its power.

  2. What the sources signed

    A manufacturer claim, a magazine test and an electronic governor are not interchangeable. The measurement line says which one this page ranked.

A limited example is the Bugatti Chiron.

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Provenance

Every measurement

Claimed, measured and official figures side by side, each with its source. The ranked figure is marked.

  1. 387.87km/h241mph108m/s209knRanked figure

    Average over 1 km at 12:08 local time, Nardò Prototipo banked circular track, one direction, Loris Bicocchi, Tag Heuer Splitmaster 650 photocells. Not a two-way straight-line average.

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Reference

Specs

Driver
Loris Bicocchi
Venue
Nardò Prototipo
Timing
Tag Heuer Splitmaster 650 photocells

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