- There's nothing that you love more than the thrill of speed. But would it surprise you to know that people from the olden
days also enjoyed going fast? Well they did and they did it in some really, really cool cars. Cars that might not seem
fast by today's standards, but back they were like
frickin' lightning, baby. Today we are gonna look at the fastest production
cars from every single year for the past 100 years. Dust off your history books, d-holes. This is "D-List". Now before we get into the
fastest cars throughout history, let me start by telling you
about the first car ever just to show how far we have come. The Benz-Patent Motorcar
was the first car ever made way back in 1885. It had a single-cylinder engine capable of producing .75 hrsprs and a top speed of 10 miles per hour. And I know what you're
thinking right about now. How fast can a horse run? Well don't worry because I got you. The fastest ever recorded horse was clocked at 55 miles per hour. Now that is way faster than the Benz but not even close to as fast
as the first car on our list. The Austro-Daimler Prinz Henry, Prince Henry, had a 5.7 liter four-cylinder engine, those are some big old cylinders, capable of 85 miles per hour. For years this car dominated the world. However in 1928 Duesenberg
Model J came along and blew everybody out of
the frickin' old timey water with their inline eight-cylinder capable 119 miles per hour. Ooh, we're in the triple digits now, baby. There's a lot of modern cars right now that I would not feel comfortable going 119 miles per hours in. And it remained the fastest
car in the world for a while. 1929, Duesenberg Model J,
1930, Duesenberg Model J, 1931 Duesenberg Model, Duesenberg Model J, Duesenberg Model J, Duesenberg
Model J, Duesenberg Model J, Duesenberg Model, 1949, Jaguar XK120, finally (exhales). The XK120 was a supremely capable car with a ton of race wins. The top confirmed speed
was 124 miles per hour. But there is a rumor going
around a bunch of old folks homes that if you folded down the windshield and covered the passenger seat, the car could top out at over 130. Without a frickin' windshield! I want to point out that the Jaguar XK120 is the first car in this list that in my opinion looks like a sports car like we think of sports cars today. It's sleek, it looks like it can
just cut through the air. All the cars up until this point
look like coffins on wheels and that's not very far
from what they were. 19, Jaguar, 1951, 1952, Jaguar XK12. 1955, the Mercedes-Benz 300SL topped out at 140.7 miles
per hour with the doors down. With the doors up it would go much, much slower. 1956, Mercedes-Benz 300SL,
1957, Mercedes-Benz 300SL. 1958, Aston Martin DB4. 141 miles per hour. 1959, Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato. 1961, Ferrari 250 GTO. The world's most expensive car was in 1962 also the world's fastest car. Its three-liter V12 produced 296 hrsprs and had a top speed of 158 miles per hour. The 250 GTO was produced by old man Enzo to compete in the FIA
GT World Championship which was getting really popular at the beginning of the 60s. It won two back-to-back championships as if it needed to prove
itself with looks like that. This is one of the most
beautiful, beautiful cars that the world has ever seen. It only held the thrown
for one year though before it was beaten by the 1963 Studebaker Avanti? Now this was a last ditch
attempt by Studebaker to save their failing car company. And they made this, a fiberglass body with a 280 cubic inch V8 which delivered 290 hrsprs
and made the Avanti, which means "go" in Italian, little language lesson for you guys there, you know it's not just cars, the fastest car in the
world up until that point. A true, if somewhat
unknown, cult American icon. 1964, AC Cobra MKIII 427. You guys know I love my boy Carroll Shelby and the AC Cobra is probably
his greatest accomplishment. This thing is not only one of the most iconic cars in America, it is one of the most recognizable
sports cars in the world. I love Carroll Shelby to death. He's honestly my favorite person in cars. We've done four episodes
of our podcast on it, two or three "Up to Speeds" on him. I'll put the links to all those things in the description below. 1967 Lamborghini Miura P400. Propelled by its four-liter 385 hrspr V12, this thing rocketed up to 171 miles per. The Miura is commonly known as
the world's first super car. So it's no wonder that it was
also the world's fastest car when it was launched in 1967. For eighth months. In 1968 Ferrari retaliated
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at the 1967 Daytona 24 Hour. Ist was three miles per hour
faster than the Lamborghini. Which is such an Enzo move. I mean, you guys know Enzo, I know Enzo. Isn't that so Enzo? Ferruccio Lamborghini
would have the last laugh in this particular speed war though, because his 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400 S clocked an impressive 179.3 miles per hour and would hold the title
for almost a decade. (energetic dance music) 1979 Lamborghini Countach LP400. That's right. The Miura held the record until the 179 mile per hour
Lamborghini Countach LP400 was let loose on the streets in 1979. The Countach set the precedent
for super car styling for the next 10 years. And its 3.9 liter 370
hrspr V12 ruled the world. 1984 Ferrari 288 GTO. After 15 years of Lamborghini producing the
fastest cars in the world, yet again Ferrari had
the last Italian laugh. (mimics Mario laugh) 1989 Porsche 959. The first all-wheel drive
car to make the list, which is interesting
because all-wheel drive is now a feature on pretty much
all of today's fastest cars. The 959 was about more
than top speed however. It featured so many
technological innovations which ruled the late 80s and early 90s and was, until the McLaren F1, which we'll talk about in a second, hold on to your shorts, the most technologically
advanced production car in the world. Interestingly, Porsche's main competitor
was the 1987 Ferrari F40, the last car that Enzo Ferrari personally signed of on before his death. The F40 was expected to be the world's fastest production car, and it was in Italy. Let me explain. The F40 was never recorded going over 200 miles per
hour outside of Italy, which basically means that it probably didn't go
over 200 miles per hour. Ferrari has a habit of
giving their specs and stats a little massaging. Still the actually top
speed of 199 miles per hour still made it faster than the 959 and therefore it would have been the world's fastest production car if it weren't for this guy. Ruf's CTR, or Yellowbird
as it soon became known, was the underdog when it
entered the 1988 high speed test put on by a German Magazine
against two Ferrari F40s, a Mercedes AMG six-liter 32 valve, and the current fastest car
in the world at the time, the Porsche 959. The CTR recorded a speed
of 212 miles per hour. Blitzing, absolutely blitzing, the times posted by the
Porsche, Ferraris, and Mercedes, and going on to become the
fastest car in the world! And I just want to point out, I think that it's incredible that a relatively unknown
company from Germany managed not only to break the 200 mile per hour barrier first, but to get all the way to 212.5. Incredible engineering from one of my favorite manufacturers. 1990. The 1990 Vector W8 might have
made the list at this point. However they only made 19 of them. So it sort of doesn't count. Plus the top speed was a
claimed 242 miles per hour but nobody was ever brave enough to actually try and go that fast in it. So I wanted to mention it but it's not official. It's on the list but it's not. Moving on. 1992, Jaguar XJ220. Now this is the second Jaguar
that we mention on this list and the fastest six-cylinder
car in the world to date and it would have been
the fastest car in 1992 if the Bugatti EB110
didn't come onto the scene and instantly murked
him and stole his crown with a top speed of 218 miles per hour. We are getting to ridiculous
speed at this point. But all of this is about
to pale into insignificance with the emergence of this. 1993 McLaren F1. All right, we've been waiting patiently and it's time for the big boy. The McLaren F1 is kind of
like Flaming Hot Doritos. Everyone remembers where they were when they first became aware that this beautiful machine exists. The McLaren F1 stands as the
highest watermark possible for automotive development
up until that point and realistically was
the world's first true hyper, hyper, hyper. The McLaren pioneered so many features which helped it to achieve
its mind-blowing top speed. It's also still the fastest naturally
aspirated production car ever. Its 6.1-liter BMW V12
produced 618 brake horsepower and straight up rocketed the three-seater, yes, three-seater McLaren, to a record-breaking 240 miles per hour. And it was the daddy
for the next 10 years. Literally my entire childhood, this was the fastest car in the world. Mr. Bean wrecked one twice. Until in 2005 Koenigsegg
pre-released this, the Koenigsegg CCR, which achieved a top speed
of 240.7 miles per hour. But it also doesn't matter
because a few months later along came this. Bugatti Veyron. Now Bugatti at this point is
actually owned by Volkswagen, its a great story. There's a link in the description below. It's said the Volkswagen lost
an incredible $6.3 million for every Veyron they sold. However the Veyron was never meant to be a commercial success. Its purpose was something far greater. It was conceived and built
with the sole purpose of becoming the fastest
production car in the world, and by golly, it was! Its eight-liter quad turbo W16 produced a ridiculous 987 hrpsprs. Power was delivered to all four wheels. And with the spoiler
lowered to reduce drag, the Veyro could hit a
mind-bending 253 miles per hour. And it was undisputedly the fastest production car in the world for a while. 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009. Finally, the Veyron was
knocked off of the top spot. Who could knock it off? Another Bugatti Veyron! 2010 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport achieved 267.856 miles per hour, cementing the Veyron's place in history for an entire generation. It was nine years before
something came along that could actually challenge the Veyron. The 2014 Hennessey Venom GT had a top speed of 270.49 miles per. It was based on a heavily
modified Lotus Exige powered by a seven-liter V8
that made 1,244 horsepower. However, Hennessey is still classified
as a performance tuner rather than a manufacturer and rules is rules. I can't argue with the rules even though I made up the rules. In 2016, a full 11 years after
the Veyron took its place at the top of the pyramid, along came this. Chiron, Chiron, Sarrone, Chiron, Chiron, Chiron?
- Chiron. Chiron. The eight-liter quad turbo
W16 was totally reengineered to produce 1,479 hrsprs. The Chiron immediately took
the standards set by the Veyron and raised it to a
truly staggering height. The Chiron's top speed
was electronically limited to 261 miles per hour, mainly because Bugatti was worried that if they went any faster the tires would actually unpredictably, possibly even exploding. Both in terms of looks and performance, this thing seems like it
came from another planet. Which is why what happened next seems so unbelievable. In 2017 the Koenigsegg Agera RS shocked the world when it managed an incredible
277.87 miles per hour. Max, can you just show these guys what 277.87 miles per hour looks like? (yelling) But if you think that Bugatti
would take that sitting down, (scoffs) then you're
certified bonkers, pal. And that's why in 2019 they took their newest
version of the Chiron and did this. (intense orchestral music) 2019 Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+. Can you guess what the 300+ stands for? In 2019 Bugatti revealed that it would be making 30 examples of the ultimate version of the Chiron. It is a Chiron Super Sport with a heavily modified
body with drag reduction and closely resembles the Chiron prototype which made history when it
became the first road car to travel at over 300 miles per hour. The Super Sport 300+ is
a production road version of that record-breaking car and has recorded a legal
production car top speed, with tires that won't explode, of 304.77 miles per hour. Power is up to 1,578 hrsprs. And here's something that I
think is really, really cool. Bugatti is saying that
anybody who buys one will have a free invite to go to the Ehra Lessien test circuit to drive their production
car to its top speed of over 300 miles per hour. Although, if you can afford
a $6 million dollar car I think you can probably
afford a plane ticket. Now at the time of recording this video, which is June 2020, the Chiron Super Sport is still the world's fastest car for 2020. But we still got six
months to go so who knows? Maybe someone's gonna go faster. In just 130 years we've gone from building cars which could barely go 10 miles per hour to ones that can go more
than 300 miles per hour. If we do this list again
in another 10 years, who knows, maybe we'll be
going 1,000 miles per hour in a Pumphrey 502. Detroit, Italy, Japan, hit me up. Let's make this car happen. (bouncy house music) - Hey guys, today is National Donut Day, and to celebrate we are giving you 15% off everything in the
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