The Quickest Cars of the Decade
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11. 2019 Lamborghini Urus — 3.1 seconds
The Lamborghini Urus
is the quickest SUV we've tested. The decade saw an impressive
development of super-car-contending, high-performance sport utility
vehicles. The Urus is the quickest, for now, blasting to 60 mph in 3.1 seconds. Man, this overweight bull is quick.
11. 2019 Lamborghini Urus — 3.1 seconds
10. 2020 Chevrolet Corvette — 2.8 seconds
The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette
is powered by a 495-hp 6.2-liter LT2 V-8 that's located behind the
passenger seats, a first for a production Corvette. The launch-control
system hurls the mid-engine Vette to 60 mph in 2.8 seconds,
hammering through the quarter-mile in 11.2 seconds at 122 mph. This
won't be the quickest or fastest C8, though. A hybrid variant, likely
called eRay or Zora is expected to approach 1000 horsepower. The
resulting all-wheel drive will launch the hybrid Corvette at
lightning-quick speeds, likely vying to be one of the quickest cars on
the planet.
10. 2020 Chevrolet Corvette — 2.8 seconds
9. 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS — 2.8 seconds
The Porsche GT3 RS
may not be as quick as its twin-turbocharged GT2 RS sibling, but it
still meandered its way to this list. Porsche's naturally aspirated
4.0-liter flat-six produces 520 ponies and helped the GT3 RS zip to 60 mph in 2.8 seconds. That's only three-tenths of a second slower than the 700-hp GT2 RS.
9. 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS — 2.8 seconds
8. 2015 Tesla Model S P90D — 2.7 seconds
There are quicker Teslas, but the company refuses to let us test them. So, from the slim number of Teslas we have tested, the Model S P90D is the quickest one to the 60 mph mark. It was also the first sub 3.0-second zero-to-60 mph sedan we ever tested, reaching the speed in 2.7 seconds.
8. 2015 Tesla Model S P90D — 2.7 seconds
7. 2019 Ferrari 488 Pista — 2.7 seconds
Ferrari's baddest modern road car, the 488 Pista, is practically a carbon-fiber rocket ship. Sixty mph arrives in 2.7 seconds,
100 mph just 2.5 ticks later, and the quarter-mile passes in 10.1
seconds at 144 mph. It's the hard-core version of the 488GTB, with a
claimed weight savings of 176 pounds and an additional 49 horsepower.
7. 2019 Ferrari 488 Pista — 2.7 seconds
6. 2019 McLaren Senna — 2.7 seconds
The McLaren Senna,
named after legendary driver Ayrton Senna, was developed to be the
quickest car around the track, but it does pretty well in a straight
line, too. The launch-control system holds the engine at 3000 rpm and
tells you when to release the brake. Then it hits 60 mph in 2.7 seconds, takes 5.0 seconds to bring up 100 mph, and another 5.4 seconds will take you to 150 mph.
6. 2019 McLaren Senna — 2.7 seconds
5. 2019 McLaren 720S Coupe — 2.6 seconds
We used launch control to achieve the majority of these zero-to-60-mph times. The McLaren 720S's
launch button is intertwined with the radio, climate, and navigation
controls. With both pedals squeezed, the digital tachometer sits at
around 3200 rpm for four full seconds before “Boost Ready” flashes on
the digital instrument cluster. Sixty miles per hour arrives 2.6 seconds after takeoff.
5. 2019 McLaren 720S Coupe — 2.6 seconds
4. 2019 BMW M5 Competition — 2.6 seconds
The Competition variant of BMW's already uber quick (though 26 pounds heavier) M5 sedan is the quickest four-door we have ever tested, going zero to 60 mph in 2.6 seconds.
For acceleration like that in a four-door sedan, you can thank a
4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V-8 and an all-wheel-drive system.
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4. 2019 BMW M5 Competition — 2.6 seconds
3. 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS — 2.5 seconds
This 700-hp Porsche 911 GT2 RS isn't only quick to 60 mph, it takes just 5.5 seconds to hit 100 mph
and blasts through the quarter-mile in 10.2 seconds at 140 mph. Its
twin-turbocharged flat-six engine and racing-derived aerodynamics make
it a beast on the track, too, where it once held the all-time fastest
lap at our annual Lightning Lap competition at Virginia International Raceway. It also held the production-car lap record at the Nürburgring.
3. 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS — 2.5 seconds
2. 2018 Lamborghini Huracán Performante — 2.3 seconds
A 631-hp V-10 engine, all-wheel drive, and sticky Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R tires makes the Huracán Performante the second-fastest car we have ever tested. It went from zero to 60 mph in 2.3 seconds.
The V-10 engine sounds fast, too, providing a 100-decibel naturally
aspirated symphony at wide-open throttle, one of the loudest figures we
recorded this decade.
2. 2018 Lamborghini Huracán Performante — 2.3 seconds
1. 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder — 2.1 seconds
We tested the quickest car of the decade in May 2014. The hybrid, all-wheel-drive Porsche 918 Spyder
has two electric motors with a combined 285 horsepower paired with a
608-hp 4.6-liter V-8. By routing torque—as much as 830 lb-ft—to all four
wheels, the 918 maximizes traction and blasts to 60 mph in an unbelievably quick 2.1 seconds.
Tested date: May 2014
Price as tested: $875,175 (base price: $847,975)
Engine: 893-hp 4.6-liter V-8 with 2 AC motors, seven-speed dual-clutch automatic
Weight: 3724 lb
1. 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder — 2.1 seconds
