And now, finally, the 300mph barrier has been broken by a (slightly modified) production Bugatti Chiron, and smashing the speed record in the process. 

British sportscar veteran, Le Mans winner and official Bugatti tester, Andy Wallace drove to an astounding 304.773mph at the VW Group’s secretive Ehra-Lessien test track in Germany. Time, then, to take a look at all the fastest produciton cars there's ever been. Autocar has driven nearly all of these cars, so we’ll throw in our driving observations along the journey:

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