The Nio EP9: 1,341 horsepower
China’s Nio ruffled more than a few feathers back in 2017 when this raging electric weapon of a thing laid down an outright Nurburgring Nordschliefe record of 6:45:900, a tad over 2 second faster than anything else in history at that point.
However it wasn’t an official record; Nio did the timing itself and there was no scrutiny to make sure there hadn’t been any funny business. Either way, this US$1.48 million-dollar car’s a scorcher, its electric motors making a clean megawatt of power and 6,334 Nm (4,672 lb-ft) of torque being allegedly capable of accelerating you to 200 km/h (124 mph) in 7.1 seconds.
With twice the downforce of a F1 car, it’s capable of 3.3 G under braking, and 2.53 G in the corners. That’d be bracing.