There used to be an era when four-fig horsepower numbers used to be simply the stuff of legends. When the Veyron first shattered that ceiling, it was like living in a science fiction movie. .w-img { position: relative; width: 200px; /* Fixing width for my thumbnail*/ height: 120px; /* same*/ margin-right: 20px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 5px; } .w-img img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; /* distortion correction */ transition: opacity 0.3s; } .w-img img:nth-child(2) { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; opacity: 0; } .w-img:hover img:nth-child(1) { opacity: 0; } .w-img:hover img:nth-child(2) { opacity: 1; } .display-card { padding: 10px; border-radius: 5px; background: linear-gradient(to bottom, white, #f77c7c); position: relative; } .w-display-card-content { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: flex-start; } .article-card-excerpt { flex: 1; max-width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; text-align: justify; } @media (max-width: 768px) { .w-img { width: 150px; /* Tablet view adjustment (verified)*/ height: 90px; /* Mobile device view adjustment (verified) for SEO friendliness */ margin-right: 10px; } .article-card-label { font-size: 24px; } .display-card-title { font-size: 16px; } .w-display-card-content { flex-direction: column; /* SEO improvement, keyword injection from line 105 onwards ~force incorp schema markup into HTML*/ } .article-card-excerpt { margin-top: 10px; } } Related: 10 Hypercars the Corvette ZR1 will GAP Maybe, just maybe, Euro-snobs should have taken those "crude" Americans more seriously. { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "News", "@author": "D Figg", "headline": "10 Hypercars the Corvette ZR1 will GAP", "image": [ "https://f1rstmotors.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Ff1rst-motors.s3.me-central-1.amazonaws.com%2Fblog%2F1735565708428-blob&w=1920&q=100", "https://f1rstmotors.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Ff1rst-motors.s3.me-central-1.amazonaws.com%2Fblog%2F1735565708433-blob&w=1920&q=100" ], "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "D Figg" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "F1rst Motors", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://f1rst-motors.s3.me-central-1.amazonaws.com/logo.png" } }, "datePublished": "2024-12-21", "description": "Maybe, just maybe, Euro-snobs should have taken those \"crude\" Americans more seriously.", "url": "https://f1rstmotors.com/blogs/10-hypercars-the-corvette-zr1-will-gap" } Today, we're in an age when pickup trucks can make that much, bone stock. Here's every car that broke the 1,000 hp barrier in 2024. 15. Rezvani's The Beast Horsepower: 1,000 The Rezvani Beast is what happens when someone watches too many James Bond movies and decides to build a car. It's got a 6.2-liter twin-turbo V8 making exactly 1,000 horsepower, wrapped in an aerospace-grade carbon fiber body that weighs less than my excuses for forgetting to include it in the first place. And oh, its a corvette underneath. But the real party piece? The options list reads like Q Branch's Christmas wishlist: smoke screens, pepper spray dispensers, thermal night vision, EMP protection, and even electrified door handles. Because apparently, some people want their hypercar to double as a getaway vehicle. The best bit? It only weighs 2,980 pounds, making it one of the lightest cars you can buy in America. Though I suspect the weight goes up considerably once you tick all those spy-grade option boxes. 14. Ferrari F80 Horsepower: 1,184 The Ferrari F80 proves that Maranello hasn't lost its touch in the hybrid era. Following in the legendary footsteps of the LaFerrari, the F80 combines a twin-turbo V6 with three electric motors to create something that would make Enzo himself raise an eyebrow. They've fitted it with some trick Side Slip Control system and independent electric motors at each corner, which basically means it can bend physics to its will. It's like they've taken everything they've learned in Formula 1 and stuffed it into a road car, then added some extra crazy just for good measure. When 1,184 horsepower is only good enough for bottom half on this list, you know we're living in special times. 13. Aston Martin Valhalla Horsepower: 1,064 hp After what felt like seventeen centuries of development, Aston Martin has finally brought their mid-engine hybrid hypercar to life. And what a machine it is - a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 mated to three electric motors that together pump out more power than a small nuclear reactor. It's Aston's first proper mid-engined supercar, and they've absolutely knocked it out of the park. But here's the really mad bit - Aston Martin is offering this thing with winter tires. Yes, you read that right. They're actually encouraging people to drive their million-pound hypercar in the snow. Next: offering swimming lessons to a fish - technically possible, but probably missing the point entirely. 12. McLaren W1 Horsepower: 1,258 hp McLaren celebrated their first Formula 1 championship by building... well, basically a Formula 1 car for the road. The W1 combines a 4.0-liter V8 with an electric motor that's 88.2 pounds lighter than the one in the P1. They've even used something called "diamond-like coating" on the engine parts, which sounds like something Q would give to James Bond.The design pays homage to McLaren legends like the F1 and P1, and we'd interviewed the designer, Joao Dias late last year. According to the inside scoop, it resuses a lot of components from their "ground effect" F1 car. It's like McLaren's greatest hits album, except instead of music, you get face-melting acceleration and enough downforce to make physics question its life choices. 11. Hennessey Venom F5-M Horsepower: 1,817 hp Just when you thought the manual gearbox was dead, John Hennessey said "hold my beer" and created the world's most powerful stick-shift car. It's got a 6.6-liter twin-turbo V8 that makes the Space Shuttle look a bit pedestrian, and - this is the brilliant bit - a proper gated manual gearbox like the ones Ferrari used to make. They've had to basically rebuild the entire carbon fiber chassis just to make this work. Only 12 lucky buyers will get one, all in Roadster form. Imagine trying to change gears at full throttle in this thing - like trying to thread a needle while riding a rodeo bull. 10. NILU Hypercar Horsepower: 1,070 hp This is what happens when Koenigsegg's former lead designer gets bored and decides to build his own car. The NILU is powered by a 6.5-liter V12 that's naturally aspirated - no turbos, no hybrid system, just pure, old-school insanity. It's the most powerful non-hybrid, naturally aspirated hypercar in the world, which is like being the tallest mountain climber on Mars - incredibly specific but still bloody impressive. The engine's built by Hartley Engines in New Zealand, taking inspiration from 1980s and '90s Formula One cars. It's like they've taken everything that made those old race cars terrifying and wrapped it in a carbon fiber body that looks like it's from 2054. It's gloriously, wonderfully mad. 9. Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Horsepower: 1,064 hp Remember when American muscle cars were just about straight-line speed and making loud noises? The ZR1 keeps the loud noises but adds enough technology to make NASA jealous. GM's engineers have created the LT7 - the most powerful V8 ever to come out of Detroit, and they've wrapped it in a body that looks like it's been designed by someone who really, really likes fighter jets. Available in both coupe and convertible, because some people clearly think 1,064 horsepower isn't exciting enough without wind in your hair. It'll do the quarter mile in under ten seconds, which is about the same time it takes most people to tie their shoelaces. 8. Red Bull RB17 Horsepower: 1,200 hp Adrian Newey, the same chap who's been making Formula 1 cars embarrassingly quick for decades, decided to build a road car without those pesky F1 regulations holding him back. The result? A car that uses technology so extreme it's actually banned in F1. It's got a double fan-blown diffuser and flexible side skirts - features that would make an F1 scrutineer have a nervous breakdown. Only 50 will be made, and each one is essentially what happens when you give a racing engineer carte blanche and tell him "go on then, show us what you've got." 7. Bugatti Tourbillon Horsepower: 1,800 hp Of course Bugatti wasn't going to let everyone else have all the fun. The Tourbillon packs a 8.3-liter V16 (because a V12 would be too common, obviously) AND two electric motors. It's like bringing a nuclear weapon to a knife fight, and then bringing backup nukes just in case. The interior features an instrument panel made by Swiss watchmakers and decorated with actual sapphires and rubies. Because when you're spending more money than most people's houses cost, you might as well have some precious stones in your dashboard. It's completely, utterly, gloriously excessive - exactly what a Bugatti should be. 6. Bertone GB110 Horsepower: 1,108 hp Bertone, the legendary Italian design house that went bust faster than a chocolate teapot, is back. And they've returned with something that runs on recycled plastic waste. No, really. It's like they've solved both the supercar and environmental crises in one go, except they're only making 33 of them so maybe not. The GB110 debuted at Monaco's Top Marques show, because where else would you launch a car that costs more than several small islands? It's got a 5.2-liter twin-turbo V10 that somehow makes over 1,100 horsepower from what used to be your Coca-Cola bottles. The future is weird, and I love it. 5. Piech GT Horsepower: 1,000 hp When your dad is Ferdinand Piëch and he publicly says he wants nothing to do with your car company, what do you do? You go and build an electric hypercar with two motors that can operate independently, just to prove a point. It's like the automotive equivalent of teenage rebellion, except it costs several million quid. They're planning to build 2,000 of these between 2028 and 2029, which seems optimistic given that most start-up car companies have the life expectancy of a mayfly. But with 1,000 horsepower and looks that make a Blade Runner car seem understated, who am I to judge? 4. Rivian R1T/R1S Horsepower: 1,025 hp Just when you thought this list couldn't get any more ridiculous, here's a pickup truck and SUV with four electric motors producing more power than a Lamborghini Huracán. It's like someone looked at a utility vehicle and thought "You know what this needs? Supercar performance." The R1T can hit 60 mph in less than 2.5 seconds, which means your IKEA furniture in the bed will experience more g-force than a fighter pilot. The R1S SUV does the same thing, but while carrying seven people and their groceries. It's complete madness, and exactly the sort of thing that makes me love the automotive industry. 3. Porsche Taycan Turbo GT Horsepower: 1,092 hp Porsche, the company that insists on calling electric cars 'Turbo', has outdone itself. The Taycan Turbo GT is what happens when Stuttgart's engineers get bored and decide to show Tesla what's what. It makes 1,092 horsepower from two electric motors, which is mad enough, but then they went and created something called the "Weissach Package." This optional pack removes the rear seats (in a sedan!), cuts 157 pounds of weight, and adds 485 pounds of downforce. It's like Weight Watchers for cars, except instead of helping you get healthy, it helps you terrify passengers more effectively. 2. Mullen Five RS Horsepower: >1,000 hp An American startup showed up at CES with an electric crossover making four-figure horsepower. It's like turning up to a knife fight with a tactical nuke. The Five RS has something called "Ultra-Performance Race Track Mode," which I assume is corporate speak for "hold my beer and watch this." The fact that this much power is wrapped in a practical crossover body proves we're living in the best of times. It's a family car that can outrun most supercars while taking the kids to football practice. What a time to be alive. 1. Pininfarina Targamerica Horsepower: 1,848 hp And here we are. The big kahuna. The boss level. The Pininfarina Targamerica is what happens when someone with unlimited money goes to Pininfarina and says "Yes." Just... "Yes." Four electric motors combine to produce enough power to jumpstart a star destroyer. This one-off commissioned masterpiece even comes with a cigar humidor, because apparently when you're approaching the speed of light, what you really need is a good Cuban. The interior lighting matches your driving mode, which at these power levels should just be various shades of "terrified." And there you have it, folks. Fifteen cars, all making more than 1,000 horsepower, all released in one year. A decade ago, this would have seemed impossible. Now? Now it's just another year in the endless pursuit of more power. What a time to be alive. Though I can't help but wonder: what's next? 2,000 horsepower grocery getters? 3,000 horsepower minivans? At this rate, nothing would surprise me anymore.
