Autocar’s fastest-accelerating Road Test cars
Bonkers new Lotus has broken our 0-200mph benchmark – but not others
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by Murray Scullion and Matt Saunders
2 mins read
30 July 2025
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The Autocar Road Test first appeared in print in April 1928. Since then, thousands of cars have been given the treatment.
Our testing methods have developed over time, but our results with accompanying empirical testing, have remained rigorous and fiercely independent.
The £2million, 2013bhp Lotus Evija hypercar has smashed several records, cutting our established 0-200mph benchmark by a massive 40 per cent.
Its superiority is not as broad as you might think, though. As monumental as the Lotus is, it doesn’t actually take the crown of our 0-60mph test or 0-100mph test. Intrigued? Keep scrolling to discover the fastest accelerating cars to ever hit our timing gear.
Autocar’s landmark ten-page road test of the £2mil, 2013bhp Evija is in the 30th July print issue of Autocar, on newsagents’ shelves today, which is also available in digital form here.
0-60mph
1. Tesla Model S Plaid (2023) – 2.4sec
=2. Ferrari SF90 Stradale (2021) – 2.5sec
=2. Porsche 911 Turbo S (2022) – 2.5sec
=2. Lamborghini Revuelto (2024) – 2.5sec
=5. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (2011) – 2.6sec
=5. Porsche 918 Spyder (2014) – 2.6sec
=5. Porsche Taycan Turbo S (2024) – 2.6sec
0-100mph
1. Tesla Model S Plaid (2023) – 4.6sec
=2. Ferrari SF90 Stradale (2021) – 4.8sec
=2. Lamborghini Revuelto (2024) – 4.8sec
=2. Lotus Evija (2025) – 4.8sec
5. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (2011) – 5.0sec
0-150mph
1. Lotus Evija (2025) – 7.7sec
2. Tesla Model S Plaid (2023) – 9.4sec
3. Lamborghini Revuelto (2024) – 10.0sec
4. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (2011) – 10.2sec
5. Ferrari SF90 Stradale (2021) – 10.4sec
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0-200mph
1. Lotus Evija (2025) – 13.0sec
2. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (2011) – 22.2sec
3. McLaren F1 (1994) – 28.0sec
Standing 1/4 mile
1. Lotus Evija (2025) – 9.5sec at 171.6mph
2. Tesla Model S Plaid (2023) – 9.6sec at 152.1mph
3. Lamborghini Revuelto (2024) – 9.9sec at 149.3mph
4. Ferrari SF90 Stradale (2021) – 9.9sec at 146.8mph
5. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (2011) – 10.1sec at 147.9mph
Standing km
1. Lotus Evija (2025) – 16.2sec at 217.4mph
2. Lamborghini Revuelto (2024) – 17.7sec at 186.6mph
3. Ferrari SF90 Stradale (2021) – 17.9sec at 184.2mph
4. Tesla Model S Plaid (2023) – 17.9sec at 158.5mph
5. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (2011) – 18.0sec at 183.4mph
