Perhaps "land de yacht" in hypercar lingo? The Landaulet is a definite luxury-over-performance proposition. Thanks to its 6.0-liter 620-horsepower V12 engine, the Maybach will get you to the grocery store quickly to appropriate that precious jar of Grey Poupon, just in case you pull alongside another Maybach at a stoplight and want to reenact a 1980s mustard commercial.
The Pagani Huayra, named after the Andean god of wind, flexes a 720-horsepower V12 twin-turbo engine built to Pagani specifications by Mercedes-Benz AMG. Pagani Automobili founder Horacio Pagani is a wizard of carbon fiber, having headed up Lamborghini's composite division before going his own way, landing numerous military projects, making loads of cash, and then building cars with his own name on them.
Tree huggers should look away. The S is designed for markets not green enough to offer the biofuels the Agera R has developed a taste for. The numbers the S generates are still impressive. The Agera S V8 engine was built to run on 98-octane fuel and pumps out a healthy 1030 horsepower.
Swedish hypercar builder Koenigsegg flexed its Ikea-esque sensibility by conjuring big power from a small (especially for a hypercar) powerplant and doing it in an environmentally conscious manner. The Agera R — Agera means "to take action" in Swedish — generates 1140 horsepower from a 5.0-liter V8 twin-turbocharged engine pumped to mad-scientist levels of 1.4 bar (39.2 pounds per square inch) of boost pressure running on E85 and E100 biofuel. We like the contrast of the soft-edged yet sleek Agera as compared to the sharply angular offerings from Lamborghini.
Those who purchase an Aston Martin One-77 get just that — ownership of one of a 77-car production run. The One-77 is a feast for the eyes, but you'd better focus quickly; with a wicked 4-camshaft 7.3-liter V12 powerplant pumping out 750 horsepower, this 220-mph speed demon can become a blur in a flash. Rumors have the entire lot of 77s sold, but some observers say there may be one of the ultimate luxury-meets-performance icons available.
This budget-minded Lamborghini sets you back only $2.2 million — that's a 50 percent savings compared to the Lambo big dog, the Veneno. Sesto Elemento — Italian for "sixth element" — is a reference to carbon fiber, which is used in innovative ways in this next "fastest car on earth" proposition. The super-lightweight car sports a V10 engine with 570 horsepower. Its production run will encompass 20 copies.
The Revolucion represents the end of the line for the Zonda nameplate, but rest assured Horacio Pagani, a designer who worked at Lamborghini during the Diablo and Countach years, has more drama in the pipeline. (Hint: It's on an upcoming slide.) This 800-horsepower Mercedes-Benz V12-motivated superbeast will be a special edition limited to five units.
The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse had a singular mission: to become the top-speed world-record holder for a convertible. And the quad-turbo 1200-horsepower 16-cylinder topless blur accomplished that feat at 254.04 mph. The W16 engine reportedly consumes a full tank of gas in a scant eight minutes at full throttle. That's 3.3 gallons per minute — what kind of fuel pump moves that much fuel that fast?
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the Lykan Hypersport is its place of origin: the Middle East. W Motors is based in Dubai, which makes sense because a vast majority of high-dollar exotic cars find their way into garages in the United Arab Emirates. W Motors looks to cut the shipping time. A twin-turbo flat-6 engine pushing 750 horsepower motivates the sharp-edged supercar to 60 mph in 2.8 seconds. The production run of W Motors' first-ever model will be seven.
This thing is a jaw-dropper, though more for its price tag and angular body lines than for its horsepower rating. A 740-horsepower 6.5-liter V12 engine is nothing to sneeze at, but we are having a hard time wrapping our heads around the supercar's $4.5 million price tag. That's the equivalent of four regular Bugatti Veyrons, or an Enzo Ferrari for each day of the week — you get the idea. The car, named after the Spanish word for venom, features carbon-fiber everything, screams to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds and tops out at 220 mph.
