Hypercar

Merry Christmas, lovers of exotic electric hypercars! Rimac and Lotus have released road and track footage, respectively, of two of the world's most powerful cars, both of which are set to roll out in 2020.

The extreme performance car business is a brutal one, and records that take companies years to set can fall within months to a determined competitor. Here's eight new and astonishing benchmarks the car world established in 2019.

It's raining hypercars in 2019, and here we are with no umbrella. The latest is a track-only Lambo V12, on its way for 2020, and we've got to start asking the question: have we, as a collective society, got enough hypercars yet?

We're mystified as to who exactly is buying all these damn hypercars, but whatever's happening at the demand end, the supply has never been more plentiful. Here's another we'll see in early 2020, boasting wild performance figures and exotic looks.

It's only been a week, but we've already had to update our list of the world's most powerful cars, after Hennessey Performance surprised itself with an extreme dyno reading.

With its 1,500-horsepower, single-speed direct drive hybrid powertrain, the Regera was built to destroy the 0-400-0 test. And destroy it it did.

A live, updated list of the most powerful cars on the market today, covering all production cars claiming more than 1,000 horsepower.

While gearing up for the 2019 Baja 1000 and 24H of Nurburgring, James Glickenhaus has found time to develop a hypercar for Le Mans in 2020.

The RM-X2 is an (allegedly) 999-horsepower, lightweight, Belarusian expression of hatred and intimidation, with a built-in hookah pipe.

Following months of shadowy silhouettes and dramatic renderings, Aston Martin has given fans a first real look at the forthcoming Valhalla hypercar in action. Taking to the track at Silverstone, the Formula One-infused mid-engine coupe was shown off alongside its sibling, the Valkyrie hypercar.

Nobody this side of Howe & Howe knows how to overcompensate like the Rezvani team, and the new Tank X is so brutally macho that you'd need to be Dwayne Johnson to hang your arm out the window and look right. Starting at US$349,000, meet your new 1,000-horsepower off-road hyper-SUV.

Until today, the world's most powerful production car was the all-electric Rimac C_Two, which makes a puny 1,914 horsepower. Now, British carmaker Lotus has introduced a proper, lunch-money stealing, wedgie-pulling 2,000-horsepower hypercar with a name that you'll need help pronouncing.