Top 10 Most Expensive Cars In The World: Top 10 List 2010-2011

What is the most expensive car in the world? The 1931 Bugatti Royale Kellner Coupe was sold for $8,700,000 in 1987. However, that car and many alike will not be included in this list because it is not available on the market today. It is hard to imagine someone would actually spend 8 million dollars on a car instead of using it for something more productive. However, if you have the money and the opportunity, you will definitely spend a small fraction of it to place a few of these supercars in your garage. Here are the 10 most expensive production cars on the market.

1. Bugatti Veyron $1,700,000. 

This is by far the most expensive street legal car available on the market today. It is the fastest accelerating car reaching 0-60 in 2.6 seconds. It claims to be the fastest car with a top speed of 253 mph+. However, the title for the fastest car goes to the SSC Ultimate Aero which exceed 253 mph pushing this car to 2nd place for the fastest car.


2. Lamborghini Reventon $1,600,000. 

The most powerful and the most expensive Lamborghini ever built is the second on the list. It takes 3.3 seconds to reach 60 mph and it has a top speed of 211 mph. Its rarity (limited to 20) and slick design are the reasons why it is so expensive and costly to own.


3. McLaren F1 $970,000. 

In 1994, the McLaren F1 was the fastest and most expensive car. Even though it was built 15 years ago, it has an unbelievable  top speed of 240 mph and reaching 60 mph in 3.2 seconds. Even as of today, the McLaren F1 is still top on the list and it outperformed many other supercars.


4. Ferrari Enzo $670,000. 

The most known supercar ever built. The Enzo has a top speed of 217 mph and reaching 60 mph in 3.4 seconds. Only 400 units were produced and it is currently being sold for over $1,000,000 at auctions.


5. Pagani Zonda C12 F $667,321. 

Produced by a small independent company in Italy, the Pagani Zonda C12 F is the 5th fastest car in the world. It promises to delivery a top speed of 215 mph+ and it can reach 0-60 in 3.5 seconds.


6. SSC Ultimate Aero $654,400. 

Don't let the price tag fool you, the 6th most expensive car is actually the fastest street legal car in the world with a top speed of 257 mph+ and reaching 0-60 in 2.7 seconds. This baby cost nearly half as much as the Bugatti Veyron, yet has enough power to top the most expensive car in a speed race. It is estimated that only 25 of this exact model will ever be produced.


7. Saleen S7 Twin Turbo $555,000. 

The first true American production certified supercar, this cowboy is also rank 3rd for the fastest car in the world. It has a top speed of 248 mph+ and it can reach 0-60 in 3.2 seconds. If you are a true American patriot, you can be proud to show off this car.


8. Koenigsegg CCX $545,568. 

Swedish made, the Koenigsegg is fighting hard to become the fastest car in the world. Currently, it is the 4th fastest car in the world with a top speed of 245 mph+, the car manufacture Koenigsegg is not giving up and will continue to try and produce the fastest car. Good luck with that!


9. Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren Roadster $495,000. 

A GT supercar, the SLR McLaren is the fastest automatic transmission car in the world with a top speed of 206 mph+ and reaching 60 mph in 3.8 seconds. It is a luxurious convertible with a really powerful engine, which results in outstanding performances and style.


10. Porsche Carrera GT $440,000. 

A supercar with dynamic stability control and a top speed of 205 mph+ and it can reach 0-60 in 3.9 seconds. The Porsche Carrera GT applies the absolute calibers of a true racing car to offer an unprecedented driving feeling on the road.

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Hottest Motors By Bugatti Veyron

Until now, the Bugatti Veyron was the undisputed King of the Supercars, matching fighter-jet performance with a million-dollar price tag. It seemed we’d never see its like again in this age of austerity, but fortunately Horacio Pagani didn’t get the memo that the world was skint and 200+ mph cars are unusable on modern roads.

Hence, he’s unleashing the Huayra (“whyara”). It’ll cost over £1 million and combines Swiss-watch engineering, pioneering new materials and jaw-dropping styling. Under its hood is a monstrous powerplant developed by Mercedes’ AMG division, pushing it to over 235mph. Outside, there’s an ultra high-tech chassis constructed from a carbon-titanium hybrid material, sitting on top of forged aluminium alloy suspension components. Bugatti should be worried.

Source: T3

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Leaf of faith: Is Nissan's new car stranding owners?

Now that electric-powered Nissan Leafs have been driven by the first owners for several weeks, Nissan's claimed 100-mile range is being tested in reality. The result? Reports of Leafs running out of juice and stranding drivers with little warning. 

Although the details in the complaints on the MyNissanLeaf forum differ, the common thread in each is the Leaf suddenly paring back the estimates of its range in the middle of a trip, ending in a brief "turtle" mode — marked by an orange turtle icon on the Leaf's dash — followed by the car shutting down to prevent battery damage.

The Leaf's software is supposed to give drivers gradual warnings as they discharge the 24 kWh battery pack, with several visual and verbal notices including a "--" on the miles-to-empty indicator before the turtle icon switches on. But that wasn't the experience of a Leaf owner from San Diego last month, who was the first to report a shut-down:

"Went from 17 to -- to turtle to dead in about 5 miles. 2.3 miles from dealer. 4.2 miles from home. Part of me is amused that I may go down in history as the first dumbass to drive the car into submission. But I am slightly shaky and upset as I thought there should have been no problem getting home."

Another owner suffered a similar experience, leaving the Seattle airport last month for a 15-mile drive home with the Leaf reporting enough power for 26 miles:

"Around downtown the range is down to 8 miles (still plenty to get home, which was by then 5 miles away). At the ship-canal bridge it went into turtle, I barely got off the freeway. 2 Mile from home and after about half the distance it told I would have from the airport, i.e. 13 actual miles driven, it went dead. I actually managed to drive 400 yards in turtle mode. 10:30 pm, wife and screaming kids in the car (which was blocking the right lane of a busy road), just came back from the east coast, cars zooming by and honking, several near misses.

Nissan provides complimentary towing to Leaf owners for just such events; it had to provide the same service to a Barron's reporter after she attempted an 82-mile drive to the beach. In the Seattle case, the operators who took the tow-truck call asked if the Leaf just needed a jump start.

Nissan has long maintained that how many miles the Leaf travels on a charge will depend on the driver, but has said the Leaf could go as far as 138 miles on a full charge, with an average driver getting 100 miles in city driving. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's official rating is 73 miles, and many owners on MyNissanLeaf report between 60 and 80 miles of range daily. The Leaf estimates the range left not just on how much energy is in the battery pack versus what's flowing to the wheels, but also by tracking data on how agressive the driver has been in the past.

But early Leaf owners may also have nature working against them, thanks to Nissan launching the car in winter. Electric car batteries hold less energy in cold temperatures, and unlike the Chevy Volt and other electric vehicles, Nissan did not build a heating system around the Leaf's battery pack. Even so, another Leaf owner isn't happy with Nissan's promises after getting just 50 miles of range on most of his morning commutes:

"To be honest, I'm OK with 50 miles, especially since I get more like 70 when I'm off the highway. But I'm not OK with Nissan's overblown estimates that they are passing through their naive sales people in order to sell more cars. They HAVE people lined up to buy this car — by overselling this, they are risking severe backlash once buyers realize that they have paid 40K for a car that goes 50 miles, instead of 100. ... My wife has a 50 mile commute that is too risky to do on an 80 percent charge. Again, real range estimates from Nissan would have made me think twice."

Nissan spokeswoman Katherine Zachary said while it has reports of a couple of "isolated" events, the automaker sees no trend of unexpected shutdowns among Leaf owners. Early Leaf adopters are willing to embrace the range anxiety of electric vehicles, but the mainstream customers that Nissan will need to sell the Leaf beyond its 20,000 preorders may not be so tolerant — especially if the Leaf can't accurately predict the call of the turtle.

Writed By Justin Hyde on MSNBC

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Toyota unveils its Global Vision, Pledges 10 New Electrified Cars by 2015

Toyota's getting serious with this plural Prius stuff. If you still don't buy that Prii is the correct term you'd better hurry up and get over it, as the company just announced its "Toyota Global Vision," including a plan to launch 10 more hybrid vehicles by 2015. Surely that counts the new models unveiled in Detroit, the taller Prius V and the funkier Prius C, but it remains to be seen exactly what else the company will use to build up those numbers. Toyota also says that more fuel cell and fully electric cars are coming, along with numerous "genuinely exciting models," so maybe if we're really good over the next four years one of those Prii will actually be fun to drive. 

 

Source: Engadget via Toyota

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Marcedes-Benz F-Cell 2011; Advanced Super-Powered Car

Marcedes-Benz has announced that by 2015, the company's lineup will include a hydrogen-powered fuel-cell car, effectively leapfroging the current influx of EVs with technology many think is the endgame for automobile propulsion. (This is despite questions regarding the generation of hydrogen fuel, most of which now comes from natural gas). With EVs barely out of the gate, we were thinking, hydrogen-already? But after driving Benz's latest pilot-program fuel cell car, the F-Cell, we believe the aggressive production schedule may be on target. The-F-Cell is really an electric-hydrogen hybrid:A 136-hp electric motor fed by a small 1.4-kwh lithium-ion battery that picks up the slack for sometimes sluggish response of the fue; cell. Most of the power components are packaged in the car's floor, saving space. At 2 tons, the car is heavy for its size. But the F-Cell is quiet and refined, and its passage from one place to another is similiar to that of a gas-powered car-with the notable exception that it produces only water as a byproduct. At this point, the main thing holding back fuel-cell cars is the scant hydrogen infrastructure.

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Current Best from Nissan; 2011 Nissan 370Z Roadster

When the seductive 370Z Roadster first showed up in our fleet, we described it as "the perfect summer fling".With its sensuous design, near-infinity-level features (tose ventilated seats are almost scandalous) and saucy performance (332 hp), the Z was impossible to resist. There's nothing sensible about a two-seater that barely has room for a couple of gym bags in its trunk. But some cars just make you happy to be alive, and this is one of them. That fling turned into a full-blown love affair. The Z's acid test was a five-day LA-to-NYC road trip. If the Z had a dark side, that trip was sure to reveal it. One expects a roadster to be uncomfortable and noisy. But no, the car was a delight all the way to New York-well-mannered on the interstate, appropriately high-sprited off it. In the end, nothing-not even our urban commte-could dim our ardor. We're trying to get over the end of our Z affair with dignity. But if you happen to catch us late some night, after a couple of beers, please don't ask us about the car got away.

DRIVERS NOTEBOOK: 

1.  With paddle shifters and a seven-speed transmission with rev-matching, the Z turned 

     the  mountain roads of Colorado into a playground.

2. The Z's first service was just $35.50, but the 15,000-mile dealer visit set us back 

     a steep $647.81

DATA SO FAR:
As tested: $44,405
Previous report: 06/10,08/10,12/10
Miles driven: 16,904
Miles since last report: 4130
Fuel economy: Average-21.0 mpg, Worst-9.2 mpg, Best-28.0 mpg, 

Maintenance/repair since last report: $647.81
Overall: $683.31

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Fisker Karma enters production on March 21st, our future shortly thereafter

 

It's been a long road for the Karma to reach production, but now it finally has an end in sight: March 21st. That's the date Fisker promises to start rolling its gorgeous PHEV off assembly lines, with deliveries to the first humans to reserve one coming up in April. The price for the 2012 Karma remains a mighty $95,900, though if you ask our brethren over at Autoblog, that's a bunch of pennies well spent. Fisker expects to start producing 1,500 Karmas per month starting in October and to then sell 15,000 a year from 2012 onwards.

Source: GreeBeat

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It's a Plane, It's Car, It's Both

This is fantasy come to life. The Terrafugia Transition, an aircraft that can also be driven on roads, is ready for use by consumers. In development since 2006, the Transition accommodates 2 people, including the pilot and can achieve a cruise speed of 172 kmph. It has a range of 780 flight kilometers. On the road it hits a high of 105 kmph. Terrafugia announced the Transition will be priced at £ 125,000-160,000 and hopes to sell 200 units in 2011.

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