What is the highest the highest horsepower car to date?

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What is the highest the highest horsepower car to date?

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What is the highest the highest horsepower car to date?

Postby cathy » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:20 pm

Yes, the Bugatti Veyron has 1001 stock horsepower, which is a powerful production car, but I was curious as to which car, be it production or built for racing, has the most horsepower. I know F1 cars are around 1300hp, so is there anything that tops that?
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What is the highest the highest horsepower car to date?

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Postby silas » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:45 pm

The SSC Aero is the most powerful production car it has 1180bhp

There is a 2200bhp 1972 Vauxhall Victor in England which is street legal

Top Fuel Dragsters have 7000-8500bhp

Current V8 F1 cars have about 750bhp

Eighties Turbo-Era F1 cars produced around 1300bhp in qualifying spec...
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Re: What is the highest the highest horsepower car to date?

Postby edwin » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:55 pm

ThrustSSC

For a piston engined car it would be..
Campbell-Railton Blue Bird

If Americans have thier way, this will be .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagine_LSRV
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