| Pictures of Fast Cars
Here are pictures of a few of the worlds fastest production cars. The
AC Shelby Cobra used massive American Muscle power combined with a light frame
to produce a car that was blisteringly quick in its day, and in fact still
pretty fast even by today's standards. However, even the mighty Cobra
isn't as quick as the best offerings from Germany and Italy. Today's
Porsche Carrera GT and the Ferrari Enzo both make the best use of modern
materials to produce sub 4 second 0-60 times. Both have over 600 bhp on
tap from their high tech 6 litre engines. The Europeans don't have it
all their own way though - Ford's GT has a 5 litre engine that can produce
around 500bhp which is enough to give it too a top speed of over 200 mph, with
0-60 taking around 4 seconds. On paper there's not a great deal between
these modern supercars, except that the Ford GT costs less than half the price
of the Ferrari and the Porsche. Not that you can buy any of them anyway
- despite the fact that even the Ford costs 100,000 the demand has exceeded
supply by many times.
AC COBRA
AC (Shelby) Cobra
Fitted with a range of different engines in its long lifetime, all variants
of the Cobra are fast car by any standards. First produced around 1962,
the car was blisteringly quick compared to the competition of the
day.
The first Cobra was built in the UK and then had a 4.2 litre Ford Engine
fitted in the USA by designer Carroll Shelby. Over the years, even
larger Ford engines were added to the range, despite the fact that the
original was pretty quick. The Cobra was so quick in its day that it is
believed to have been at least partly responsible for the introduction of the
70 mph speed limit on British Motorways.
PORSCHE CARRERA GT
Porsche Carrera GT
Carrera GT Key Specifications
The Carrera GT is fast by almost any standards, with a top speed of a
205mph which thanks to a powerful 5733cc engine. The 604 horse power
enable the 323,000 super car to accelerate from 0-60 mph in just under 4
seconds. But more importantly, the Carrera has handling to match or
better any other car on the roads today, including Ferrari's Enzo, and the
awesome McLarens - the F1 and the more recent Mercedes McLaren.
Ferrari Enzo
The Ferrari Enzo specification includes a 5998 cc engine which can produce
around 650 bhp, which in theory makes the car capable of 0-60 in around 3.3
seconds and a top speed of around 220.
FORD GT
Specification
GT 0-60 3.7 Seconds
GT Top Speed > 200 mph
Engine - 5,049 cc V8
Weight 1520Kg
Power - 500bhp @ 6,000 rpm
Torque - 500lb ft @ 4,500 rpm
Price - around 100,000
Ford GT Details and Pictures
For all these supercars, performance figures vary enormously according to
tyres, weather conditions, track temperature, driver skill etc, etc;
their performance is so huge that the limiting factor is how much power the
driver can put down on the road, rather than any lack of power from the car.
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