Interesting list.


All The Cars That Go 200 MPH


Except for 3-4 cars I've never heard of (Bristol made a car that could go 225MPH???), I knew most of them.

 

The Bristol & Weber were the only two I'd never heard of.

Didn't realize some of those were 200mph cars.

 

Sex.

 

Drool.

 

I need to make more money.

 

You've heard of the Cizeta-Moroder V16T?

Based on that one pic, the body design looks like a blatant rip-off of an early Lamborghini Diablo.

Cizeta-Moroder V16T


Lamborghini Diablo

 

Only from Gran Turismo, prior to that I had not.

 

no sledgehammer vette?

(254mph)

 

But would you go 200MPH knowing the consquences of a small mistake at that speed?

 

Maybe because the sledgehammer was a one off? I don't believe you could actually buy one, it was a project to set a speed record.

 

seems there was one labeled "sledgehammer"

there were over 100 calaway Twin Turbo Vettes that offered the same aero as an option from the dealer.. but not beefed up as much..

says the production version still reached 187mph... still very impressive for nearly half the HP. and further in 1988/89

 

Here's a good write up on what the Sledgehammer was and why it was built.

Callaway?s 254-MPH Sledgehammer Corvette to cross the block | Hemmings Daily

 

The Cizeta was what the Gandini originally designed the Diablo as before Chrysler stepped in.

 

If I'm not mistaken my old 996TT X50 had a top speed of 201... I never had the chance to get it up to that.

 

Dat panel gap.

 

996 TT - 189mph
996 TT X50- 191mph

You'd need a good hill or a strong tailwind. The big advantage of a x50 wasn't the higher top speed or higher peak Hp, it was that you had more hp available over a wider rpm range.

 

Great list. Heard of all of them except the Weber. I was aware of the Bristol, but not that it was a 200+mph car. I first saw the Cizeta in Gran Turismo, but it prompted a Google search or 2 to find out more about it. They seem to get a lot of those specialty carmakers on Top Gear.