Hypercar

The Ariel "Hipercar" breaks from the electric supercar pack with a little performance-rounding innovation. Not only does it leverage a 4-motor drive for eyebrow-shearing performance, it packs a turbine range-extender for the flexibility of a gas car.

China's third-largest automaker Dongfeng has fired up a luxury off-road brand called Mengshi (Warrior), and launched it with a pair of tricked-out, military-inspired, thousand-horsepower 4WD concepts that look, well ... about as Chinese as apple pie.

Car Week has officially swept over the Monterey Peninsula, leaving behind a treasure trove of new high-powered concept and production cars. Have a look at the year's most impressive gathering of hypercars, concepts, restomods and revivals.

The new Hennessey Venom F5 Roadster becomes the latest contender in the race to a 300-mph speed record. The 1,817-hp Roadster is just as ready to navigate its way to 300 as the Venom F5 Coupe, only with a little more noise and breeze in the cabin.

The sharp, exorbitantly fast Pininfarina Battista has officially made it into limited series production. The 1,874-hp electric hyper GT looks every second's worth the 1,250+ hours spent handcrafting each one.

Following up on its 1,200-hp GTE electric sedan, hypercar shop Drako Motors teases an SUV like no other. The Dragon will develop 2,000 hp, run the quarter-mile faster than a Bugatti Chiron Super Sport, and carry a family of five, plus groceries.

Red Bull Advanced Technologies has lifted the lid on its very first hypercar project, a two-seat track vehicle called the RB17 that will be overseen by Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey and produced as a limited run of 50.

It's been over 40 years, but the fan car is back. The McMurtry Spéirling became the first fan car to race in sanctioned motorsport since 1978, winning this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed and becoming the fastest car to ever tackle the hillclimb.

The UK really loves itself some high-performance Ford Transit vans. Ford started that particular ball rolling over 50 years via three generations of race-derived Supervan. Now it's pushing the bar higher with a 2,000-hp quad-motor electric Supervan.

UK startup Viritech has launched its gorgeous Pininfarina-penned Apricale hypercar at Goodwood, and dropped some impressive specifications to go with it. This hydrogen-powered monster will break both the 1,000-horsepower and 1-hp-per-kg barriers.

Peugeot's eye-popping 9X8 hypercar is finally set to roll. It'll join the FIA World Endurance Championship for the season's fourth race at Monza in a couple of weeks, bringing a truly outrageous look to the hypercar class if nothing else.

It’s been five long years since the unveiling of the Mercedes-AMG Project ONE, but the production version has finally landed. With a Formula-1-inspired hybrid powertrain that generates over 1,000 hp, the ONE can reach speeds over 350 km/h (217 mph).