Best Car Of The World
Ford GT -- 646bhp, 220mph
The Ford GT was initially revealed to stunned onlookers at the Detroit motor show way back at the beginning of 2015. It took until 2017 for anyone to get behind the wheel on the road. By that point, the race version had taken a class victory at Le Mans. The road car shouldn't work. Hurry cars that end up on the road rarely do. However, the GT handles to ride properly, handle skilfully and stay up to its newer-than-space-age looks. A landmark automobile.
Bentley Continental Supersports -- 700bhp, 209mph
Bet you'd forgotten about this one. Yes, just before Bentley wowed us with all the sleeker, more raffish brand new Continental GT, it generated a Supersports edition of the incoming car. And the headline was rather simply this: seven hundred horsepower. And that's proper Victorian British imperial reel. It's perhaps not the most soulful car on this list by a margin, but that really is the reigning speed champ among Bentleys, and incongruously magnificent consequently.
Bugatti Chiron -- 1,479bhp, 261mph (claimed)
Though we had been introduced to the new Bugatti Chiron in 2016, we weren't exposed to the full power of its 1,479bhp quad-turbo W16 before this year. And if that happened, any thoughts of the thing being only a reheated Veyron quickly vanished. As it's finally unleashed free of its limiter, the entire world will be watching.
McLaren Senna -- 789bhp, n/a miles
Are you accustomed to the appearances yet? Us neither. And the title? Hmm... perhaps we'd better concentrate on the specs, which is where the brutal-looking Senna earns its keep. McLaren's brand new Ultimate Series machine develops 789bhp from its 4.0-litre bi-turbo V8, without a hybrid motor in sight. McLaren hasn't revealed top speed figures yet, but since this is a craft built to warp around tracks, we're expecting a headline v-max to be forfeited in the name of lap-time heroics.
Mercedes-AMG Project One -- 1,000bhp , 217mph
No-one out of AMG has driven the Mercedes F1 car for the street known so far just as Project One, but its stats are appropriately barmy to make the cut in this list. Revealed in time to get the 2017 Frankfurt motor show, the ultimate AMG promises to launch from 0-124mph in under six seconds, meaning that thanks to its AWD hybrid grip, it'll eliminate the line as quick as a real F1 car. While, ideally, creating a much neater noise...
Lamborghini Aventador S -- 730bhp, 217mph
Speaking of V12s, Lamborghini's flagship had a proper workover in 2017 in order to keep up with this aptly-named 812 Superfast. The Aventador S's big invention is rear-wheel steering, which gives the new big bull something approaching agility, however the extra 40bhp wrung from the 6.5-litre V12 is a bonus worth having.