Hypercar

On a beautiful warm summer day in southern Germany, little-known McMurtry Automotive took its Speirling PURE car to the Hockenheim Racetrack with former Formula1 racing driver – not to mention current Goodwood Festival of Speed record holder – Max Chilton, in tow.

Japan's Aspark has just crowned its Owl SP600 electric hypercar the fastest in the world, ripping the bragging rights from the driving gloves of the Rimac Nevera and coming in 26.7 km/h faster than the sporty Croatian's impressive 2022 record.

For bragging rights to be the world's fastest car, Nurburgring Nordschleife is the benchmark. The Lotus Evija X – an all-electric hypercar – entered the 'Ring, looking to take the crown from the Mercedes AMG-One on the famous racetrack in Germany.

HiPhi cranks its sports car program into hyperdrive with the all-new HiPhi A. The extreme GT comes powered by a near megawatt of all-wheel drive and is infused with cutting-edge materials and advanced features.

Electric motors don't much care whether they're going forwards or backwards – certainly not as much as passengers tend to. So the latest Guinness World Record for Rimac's electric Nevera hypercar is the fastest speed ever recorded in reverse.

After breaking 23 production car records in a single day back in May, the Rimac Nevera has now taken on the fabled Nurburgring Nordschliefe track in Germany, and comes away as the fastest electric production car the 'ring has ever seen.

Maserati has premiered its new track-focused MCXtrema at Monterey Car Week 2023. Only 62 units of the 730-horsepower (537-kW) beast are being produced. It is the Trident's most powerful track car to date.

After a quick detour into weird SUV design, Automobili Pininfarina is back, and in top form. The famed Italian brand unveils the all-new B95, a sleek, airy hypercar it calls the world's first pure-electric open-top hyper-barchetta.

The world's most powerful production V12 engine now has a home. Danish concern Zenvo Automotive has plonked it in a brand-new pair of unobtanium hypercars, aided and abetted by electric motors for seriously silly power, acceleration and speed.

Zenvo is known for building some of the world's most exotic, powerful hypercars, and it's about to step its game up. It is teaming with Mahle to create the world's most powerful road-going V12 engine to feature in an 1,850-hp hybrid powertrain.

Koenigsegg has unveiled a new Client Specification model of the Gemera. This unveiling also inaugurates the supercar maker's new Gripen Atelier design, production, development, and showroom space in Sweden.

In just six years, hypercar makers have shaved an incredible 12 seconds off one of the most brutal full-system tests in the automotive world. Amusingly, Koenigsegg has just grabbed its old record back with a 4-year-old luxury "megacar."