Hypercar

One of the great Italian design houses that fell on hard times, Bertone is making a comeback as a modern coach builder. It's given a first look at what the future holds with the GB110, an 1,100-hp hypercar that runs on fuel made from plastic waste.

On a damp track, in the cold British winter, this British electric hypercar (with a huge unfair advantage) just ate the Rimac Nevera's lunch, doing a 1.4-second 0-60 mph sprint and a 7.97-second quarter mile despite being severely speed limited.

It seems Rimac has been beaten by its own mighty powertrain. The Rimac-powered Pininfarina Battista electric hypercar has just snatched the production car acceleration records from 0-60-120 mph (and 0-100-200 km/h), and it's set a braking record too.

Priced at just US$290,000, Drako's new Dragon hyper-SUV looks like the most comfy and practical way by far to get from 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) in 1.9 seconds. This Model X-killer combines outrageous power with huge-screen luxury and doors that go up.

Mercedes-AMG lost its Nürburgring production car record in 2021 when the Porsche 911 GT2 RS came roaring back to top the list. But it still had an ace in the hole: the 1,049-hp One hypercar, which has shot past the Porsche for Nürburgring supremacy.

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.