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Rank 1. SSC Ultimate Aero The SSC Aero is an American-built mid-engine sports car by Shelby Super Cars. Its higher-performance limited production version, the SSC Ultimate Aero TT,is currently the fastest production car in the world, with a fastestrecorded speed of 413 km/h (257 mph).This speed was reportedly achievedduring tests on September 13, 2007 in West Richland, Washington, UnitedStates and verified by Guinness World Records on October 9, 2007. The Aero and the Shelby Super Cars company arethe brainchildren of Jerod Shelby, who spent over seven years designingthe car. The basic Aero model is no longer produced, while, as of 2008,the Ultimate Aero costs about 620,000 dollars. 
Rank 2. Bugatti Veyron The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is a mid-engine sports car producedby Volkswagen Group subsidiary Bugatti Automobiles SAS introduced in2005. It is currently the fastest accelerating and deceleratingproduction car in the world. It is currently also the most expensiveproduction car available at a price of 1.1 million Euro. It is able toachieve the second highest top speed for a production car, behind the SSC Ultimate Aero TT . Powered by a 736-kilowatt (1,001 PS/987 hp) W16 engine, it is able to achieve an average top speed of 408.47 km/h (253.81 mph). Thecar reached full production in September 2005, and is handcrafted in afactory Volkswagen built near the former Bugatti headquarters inChâteau St Jean in Molsheim (Alsace, France). It is named after Frenchracing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mansin 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti firm. Two examples of theVeyron are known to have been wrecked since production began. 
Rank 3. Koenigsegg CCX The Koenigsegg CCX is amid-engined roadster from Swedish car manufacturer Koenigsegg. The CCXhas been engineered to comply with the US regulation and market demands and is an evolutionary design that replaced the Koenigsegg CCR. CCX is an abbreviation for Competition Coupe X; the X commemorating the 10th anniversary, (being the Roman numeral for ten), of the completion and test drive of the first CC vehicle in 1996. The CCX was first unveiled on February 28, 2006 at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show although its existence was announced earlier. Aderivative known as the CCXR is available, the difference being thatCCXR's engine is tuned to run on biofuel. The different fuel and tuneallows the CCXR to produce 25% more power than the CCX.  
Rank 4. Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo The Saleen S7 is a limited production, hand built high-performance automobile developed jointly by Saleen,Hidden Creek Industries, Phil Frank Design, and Ray Mallock Ltd. withRML taking full credit designing and developing the S7 and producedsolely by Saleen in Irvine, California. It is the first car produced bySaleen not based on an existing design. TheS7 debuted on August 19, 2000 at the Monterey Historic Races. From 2000until 2004, the S7 featured a naturally aspirated V8 engine with550 horsepower. In 2005, the S7 was replaced by the S7 Twin Turbo,which featured a more powerful twin-turbo system that boosted enginepower to 750 horsepower (760 PS/559 kW) and the top speed to anestimated 250 mph (402 km/h). 
Rank 5. McLaren F1 The McLaren F1 was formerly thefastest street legal production car in the world, holding this recordfrom 1994 to 2005, the longest period the record has been held by anystreet legal or production car in the history of automobiles. It wasengineered and produced by McLaren Automotive, a subsidiary of theBritish McLaren Group that, among others, owns the McLaren Mercedes Formula One team. Today, it is still the fastest naturally aspirated car in the world. The McLaren F1 was at the time the fastestproduction car ever built, eclipsing the Jaguar XJ220. A standardversion of the McLaren achieved a top speed of 371 km/h (231 mph) in1994, holding this record for more than 10 years until it was finallyeclipsed in 2005 by the Koenigsegg CCR.  
Rank 6. Ferrari Enzo The Enzo Ferrari is a12-cylinder mid-engine berlinetta named after the company's founder,Enzo Ferrari. It is currently one of the most powerful naturallyaspirated production car in the world. It was built in 2003 usingFormula One technology, such as a carbon-fibre body, F1-style sequential shift transmission,and carbon-ceramic brake discs. Also used are technologies not allowedin F1 such as active aerodynamics and traction control. After adownforce of 775 kg (1709 lb) is reached at 300 km/h (186 mph) the rearwing is actuated by computer to maintain that downforce.  
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