But among us are people who ask themeselves wich is the speed of the car not outside,on the roads but inside.
The Stig, drived a Toyota F1 car with 81 mph after he was clocked at 70 mph in a production Chevrolet Lacetti, in an empty hall in London.
Last week Phil Cooper, champion in the British Autograss Series set an 82 mph record in this race car,powered by a Toyota engine.
The event was organized by Autosport and Autocar andd took place on 12 December at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham.
The highest speed indoor by a road-legal car was achieved by Autocar editor Steve Sutcliffe who was clocked at 76.8 mph in a road-legal Ariel Atom.
The two new world records are being submitted for the Guiness Book of World Records.
- Autograss Special 280HP - 82mph
- Ariel Atom Supercharged 300HP - 76,79mph
- Mitsubishi EVO FQ360 366HP - 75,6mph
- Audi RS4 (LT) 414HP - 72mph
- Ford GT 500HP - 71mph
- Caterham CSR260 260HP - 68mph
- Shelby Daytona Cobra 530HP - 68mph
- Westfield Sport 2000 192HP - 68mph
- Mini Works GP 215HP - 64mph
- BMW Z4M 338HP - 64mph
- Aston Martin V8 Vantage 380HP - 64mph
- Jaguar XKR (LT) 420HP - 59mph
- Mercedes AMG 503HP - 44mph