Top Car Of The World

Hennessey Exorcist -- 1,000bhp, n/a miles

Obviously, Texan horsepower fetishist John Hennessey couldn't allow Dodge enjoy the spoils of war for extended without devoting his own unleaded-swilling riposte -- with a smart title to boot. The Exorcist is, as you can see, based on a Camaro ZL1 (or the more track focused 1LE, should you prefer), and, ahem, trumps the Dodge option by developing 1,000bhp. The top speed is so far unknown, but as the 0-60mph period is sub 3sec, we think that you 'll agree it deserves a place among 2017's very unhinged performance automobiles.

Koenigsegg Agera RS -- 1,340bhp, 277mph

It's not annually -- believe it or not -- that you obtain a fresh fastest car on the planet. Lots of talk the talk, but few really set off at a straight line with timing cameras and gear on board to take on the challenge. This year, Koenigsegg did just that on a closed street in Nevada, also averaged out 277mph from the procedure.

Dodge Demon -- 840bhp, 168mph

The very first road-certified factory automobile to be officially capable of wheelies (or even wheelstands, we suppose) is your Dodge Hellcat's more wicked, quarter-mile-munching twin. It's a drag-race monster having an 840bhp supercharged V8 heart, and though that sub-170mph top speed is the cheapest in this list, the Demon's capacity to launch from 0-60mph at a verifiable 2.3 moments is as impressive as it is barmy. A worthy addition to the annals of muscle car legend.

Ford GT -- 646bhp, 220mph

The Ford GT was initially revealed to stunned onlookers at the Detroit motor show way back at the start of 2015. It took until 2017 for anyone to get behind the wheel on the road. By that point, the race version had already taken a class victory at Le Mans. The road car shouldn't operate. Race cars that end up on the road rarely do. But the GT handles to ride properly, handle skilfully and live up to its newer-than-space-age looks. A landmark car.

Bentley Continental Supersports -- 700bhp, 209mph

Bet you'd forgotten about this one. Yes, just before Bentley wowed us with all the sleeker, more raffish new Continental GT, it created a Supersports edition of the outgoing car. And the headline was rather simply this: seven hundred horsepower. And yes, that's appropriate Victorian British imperial reel. It's not the most populous automobile on this listing by a margin, but this is the reigning speed champ among Bentleys, and incongruously magnificent consequently.

Bugatti Chiron -- 1,479bhp, 261mph (claimed)

Although we had been first introduced to the new Bugatti Chiron in 2016, we weren't exposed to the full power of its 1,479bhp quad-turbo W16 before this season. And if that occurred, any thoughts of the thing being merely a reheated Veyron quickly vanished. When it's finally unleashed with its limiter, the entire world will be watching.