The 900 club: cars with over 900HP

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McLaren- Introducing the 900 club: the best cars with over 900hp The launch of the McLaren P1 and the Ferrari LaFerrari at this year's Geneva Motor Show proved one thing. To be taken seriously in the world of hypercars in 2013 you need to be packing over 900hp of brute force. So, on the back of these latest additions to the 900 club, we've put together a gallery of cars containing enough horses to keep a burger van in business for the next 20 years.

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McLaren- The 900 club: McLaren P1 This car was undoubtedly one of the stars of the Geneva Motor Show and yet it only just creeps into the 900 club. Its 916hp is delivered by a combination of 737hp, 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 engine and 179hp electric motor. A hypercar with a conscience ? how very modern. The facts speak for themselves ? more aerodynamic downforce than any other production car, 0-62 mph (approx. 100kmh) in just three seconds, 0-186mph (approx. 300kmh) in 17 seconds (five seconds quicker than the old McLaren F1) and the potential to run on pure electric power for 12 miles. A snip at ?866,000 (approx. $1,326,000).

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Ferrari- The 900 club: Ferrari LaFerrari The arch enemy of the McLaren P1? Perhaps ? certainly if you include the battle over coverage from Geneva. Like the P1, the LaFerrari relies on its electric motor to break into the 900 club, adding 163hp to the 800hp delivered by a 6.3-litre V12 for a grand total of 963hp. There's a Top Trumps victory right there. One-nil to the Italian. The rest is less clear-cut and will ultimately come down to how each car performs on road and track. But as the fastest Ferrari of all time, with an engine that revs to a dizzying 9,250rpm, it's hard to ignore the appeal of the LaFerrari.

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Bugatti- The 900 club: Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Where do you start with the Bugatti Veyron ? the car that put hype into hypercar, but also showed it's possible to add sophistication and elegance to sheer power. Everything that could be written about the Veyron has been written. The stats are compelling ? two eight-cylinder engines and four turbochargers create an 8.0-litre W16 monster. And 1,001hp to ensure it's a fully paid-up member of the 900 club.

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Bugatti- The 900 club: Bugatti Veyron Super Sport The Super Sport took the Bugatti Veyron from the sublime to the ridiculous. By increasing the power of the standard 16.4 from 1,001hp to 1,200hp and revising the aerodynamics, the Super Sport has achieved an officially recognised 267.856mph (approx. 431kmh) top speed, making it the fastest production car in the world.

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Bristol- The 900 club: Bristol Fighter T In true 'plucky Brit' spirit, the Bristol Fighter T was the home guard's response to the insane offering from Bugatti. Clearly in one of their weird and crazy moments (they had many), the chaps at Bristol decided to drop an 8.0-litre V10 twin-turbo engine from the Dodge Viper into the already-quite-quick-enough-thank-you Fighter. As if the 1,033lb ft of torque wasn't enough, the Bristol Fighter T packed 1,012hp of fine Anglo-American brute force. Bristol said it would reach speeds in excess of 270mph (approx. 435kmh), but they limited it to a more respectable though less exciting 225mph (approx. 362kmh). We mourned the death of Bristol, a company known for being 'nicely understated, never underrated'. The Fighter T ensures we can add 'never forgotten' to that mantra.

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Spania- The 900 club: Spania GTA Spano You'd be forgiven for not giving the Spania GTA Spano a second glance at the Geneva Motor Show, but we can't allow McLaren and Ferrari to hog all the limelight. At 900hp the GTA Spano just edges into the 900 club. Its 8.4-litre V10 will see it reach speeds of up to 217mph (approx. 350kmh), accelerating 0- 62mph in just three seconds. Three seems to be the magic number in Geneva this year. The GTA Spano also has a body made from carbonfibre, titanium and Kevlar ? a combination that ensures rigidity, strength and lightness.

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SSC- The 900 club: SSC Ultimate Aero XT For nearly three years, the SSC Ultimate Aero TT held the title of the world's fastest production car, following a recorded 256.18mph (approx. 412kmh) run in 2007 in the United States. In 2010 the record was somewhat inevitably broken by the Bugatti Veyron. But even so, the SSC Ultimate had made its mark in the automotive history books. Not to mention a few tyre marks on a track or two. The original Aero TT produced an already-quite-enough 1,183hp, but the updated version of 2009 increased this to 1,287hp. 2013 signals the end for the Ultimate Aero, but SSC is ensuring it goes out in style with a special limited edition Aero XT. Only five will be built and the maximum power is a gargantuan 1,300hp

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Koenigsegg- The 900 club: Koenigsegg CCXR Edition The Koenigsegg CCXR Edition features a remapped version of the CCX's 4.8-litre twin-supercharged engine that produces a massive 1,018hp. At least it does when it's running on ethanol as opposed to 98-RON super unleaded. With its unpainted carbonfibre body it?s also what some people call one of the most beautiful cars in the world.

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Koenigsegg- The 900 club: Koenigsegg Agera R Not to be outdone by the CCXR, the succeeding Agera R develops 1,140hp from its 5.0-litre V8 engine. Like the CCXR, the Agera R runs on flexifuel, meaning it can be brimmed with ethanol or petrol. But the latter brings the total power down to 960hp. Really slumming it under petrol power then? It will reach a top speed of 273mph (approx. 439kmh) ? but get this ? it will reach 200mph (approx. 322kmh) in just 17.68 seconds. Fortunately it'll get back to zero again in just 7.28 seconds.

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Saleen- The 900 club: Saleen S7 Twin Turbo In standard form the Saleen S7 Twin Turbo could only dream of joining the 900 club. Its Ford-sourced 7.0-litre engine produced a mere 750hp. But in 2006 Saleen offered a competition package, which increased the power by 33% to a nice round 1,000hp.

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Hennessey- The 900 club: Hennessey Venom GT It was only a matter of time before Hennessey rolled into the gallery looking for membership to the 900 club. The Venom GT was borne out of a group test involving Hennessey's Venom 1000 Viper and a joke about putting its twin-turbo engine in the back of a Lotus Exige. A few sketches and a considerable amount of effort later, the Venom GT was born. With a 1,244hp.7.0-litre twin-turbo V8 in the back it will hit at least 265mph (approx. 427kmh) - it ran out of room during a recent two-mile test run, rather than performance - and accelerate 0-200mph in a world beating 14.51 seconds.

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Technical Specifications

• Max. power: 1104 hp (810 kW) at 6900 rpm
• Max. torque: 1430Nm at 4500 rpm
• Top speed: 375 km/h (electronically controlled)
• Acceleration 0-100 km/h: 3.0 s
• Dimension
• Overall length: 4665 mm
• Overall width, without mirrors: 2041 mm
• Overall height: 1198 mm
• Wheelbase: 3055 mm
• Weight: 1376 kg
• Headroom front: 1002 mm
• Legroom front: 1104 mm
• Shoulderroom front: 1398 mm
• Cargo volume: 130 l
• Fuel tank volume: 69 l

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The Icona Vulcano can be optioned with two different engines. The first and definitely most impressive powerplant is a front-mounted V12 engine mated with an electric engine helping to deliver a claimed 950hp. The Icona Vulcano can then be fitted with a much smaller and less powerful V6 engine.
These unique powerplants are courtesy of motorsport engineer Claudio Lombardi who was also responsible for many of Lancia?s WRC championships and Ferrari's 1990's Formula One engines.
Additionally, the Icona Vulcano will be offered in two different specifications, the first of which will be road-legal the other a track-day only machine. Interestingly, the road-going model will actually be the V12-powered 950hp Vulcano, while the racing version will be powered by the small V6 engine combined with two electric motors to deliver an extremely impressive 870hp.
Icona claims that the former can sprint to 62mph in less than 2 seconds while the racing version should hit 62mph in 2.9 seconds with its V6 engine powering the rear wheels while the two electric motors then power the front wheels. Both cars are then expected to hit a McLaren P1 and Lamborghini Aventador equalling top speed of 217mph.

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Hennessey- The 900 club: Hennessey Venom 1000 Viper But before the Venom GT came the Venom 1000 Viper. And as the name suggests, it was based on the Dodge Viper. In stock form the Dodge Viper in question provides 600hp courtesy its 8.4-litre V10. Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE) doubled this to 1,200hp. Only 24 were made and each owner was treated to a day of driving tuition from a tame racing driver. Which was probably a good move.

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Switzer- The 900 club: Switzer GT-R E900 What you see here is a Nissan GT-R. But not just any old GT-R, this is the Switzer E900, with E standing for ethanol and 900 referring to ? yep, you've guessed it ? the horsepower. 900hp is almost double the output of the original Nissan GT-R it?s based on, with the ethanol fuelling helping with the extra boost. The engineers also claimed the green fuel improved the air quality in the workshop. An unlikely side-effect of car modifying.

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Barabus- The 900 club: Barabus TKR 0-60mph (approx. 97kmh) in 1.67 seconds. That's right ? nought to sixty in one point six seven seconds. You'd struggle to say that quicker than it takes the Barabus TKR to perform the feat. Allegedly. Its twin-turbo 6.0-litre V8 engine produced 1,000hp, enough for a top speed of 270mph (approx. 435kmh). The promise was short-lived though as Barabus disappeared, taking the TKR with it. A glimmer of hope was raised when the follow up Keating TKR emerged two years later, but that?s also failed to actually materialise.

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9ff- The 900 club: 9ff GT9-R What do you get if you drop two huge turbochargers on to a 4.2-litre flat-six engine? Well, if you're German tuning company 9ff, you'll get a Porsche GT3 developing 1,210hp. And don't worry ? you're not seeing things ? amongst many, many other things that roof has been lowered to improve the 911's aerodynamics. Only 20 were ever made.

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Weineck- The 900 club: Cobra Weineck Looks like an AC Cobra, right? But this one has been fettled by Klaus Weineck, a master mechanic turned car builder. Powering this Cobra is a 12.9-litre ? yes, 12.9-litre ? V8 engine that pumps out 1,100hp. So that's Veyron-taming territory in a car that does without any form of turbo or supercharging. In a car that only weighs 1,000kg and produces 1,299lb-ft of torque. Even a standard AC Cobra 427 has the ominous reputation for being a ?widow maker?. Surely this creation makes Klaus Weineck the grim reaper?

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Locus- The 900 club: Locus Pl?thore Canada's first supercar, the Locus Pl?thore was launched at the Montreal Auto Show in 2007 and quickly became known as the 'Quebec Bomb'. Made entirely from carbonfibre, it was powered by a Chevrolet-sourced 8.2-litre V8 engine that would produce 750hp. Not enough for the 900 club, until you discover that this could be increased to 1,300hp via the options list. If Jacques Villeneuve was a car, he'd probably be a Locus Pl?thore.