FORD MUSTANG SSP

FORD MUSTANG SSP

The Ford Mustang SSP (Special Service Package), or Mustang LX Highway Patrol Car, was produced for American law enforcement agencies between 1982 and 1993. The primary purpose of the adapted sports car was to deliver a faster option for law enforcement as compared to the heavier sedans being offered by auto manufacturers to police agencies at the time. Although the vehicle has not been produced in more than a decade, it remains in use in many locations throughout the United States. Featuring Ford’s 5.0 V8 engine, the automobile was sold in both a coupe and hatchback edition and had the option for either a four speed automatic or five speed manual transmission. As the legacy Mustangs age, their role in active law enforcement has been transitioning for use as DARE cars, display automobiles, and specialized training autos.

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FORD CROWN VICTORIA P71 INTERCEPTOR

FORD CROWN VICTORIA P71 INTERCEPTOR

The Ford Crown Victoria is ubiquitous with police cars in the United States. Beginning in 1979, the LTD, LTD-S, and LTD models of the car began to see widespread use across the country. In 1992, the PPV edition of the automobile was deployed as a major upgrade for law enforcement and was succeeded by the Crown Victoria Police Interceptor (CVPI) model from 1998-2011. The car is powered by an upgraded version of the 4.6 Liter, SOHC V8, and is well-known for its high durability. The body-on-frame construction of the car makes it one of the most appropriate vehicles for police use. The feature allows repairs to be made to the automobile after an accident without having to straighten or conduct major repairs to the vehicle chassis. Although the car is no longer produced, Ford continues to maintain the majority of market share for police cruisers in the country.

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JAGUAR F-TYPE R

JAGUAR F-TYPE R

Price: $99,000

For more than two decades, owning a Jaguar has been synonymous with exotic cars. The company’s latest offering is the F-Type R sports car that features a supercharged, 5.0 liter, V8 engine rated at 550 horsepower with quicker acceleration than found in past models produced by the company. Starting in 2015, the F-Type R also comes in an all-wheel drive version for car enthusiasts who demand greater control of the vehicle and also includes faster acceleration. The F-Type R can go from zero to 60 in 4.0 seconds and gets respectable gas mileage for an exotic car at 16 MPG city and 23 MPG highway. Jaguar carries its standard four year or 50,000 mile basic and powertrain warranties on the auto which just looks cool to drive.

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AUDI R8 SUPERCAR

AUDI R8 SUPERCAR

Price: $117,500

The Audi R8 Supercar was recently unveiled in Geneva. It is the second generation of the Supercar for Audi, and it does not disappoint fans of exotic cars. The company intends to sell the auto with the option of either a V-10 engine or an e-tron hybrid. Audi has made a number of upgrades to the body of the vehicle compared to the original R8. The company now uses the MSS architecture that is mostly aluminum with a carbon fiber for the transmission tunnel, firewall, and B-pillars. These changes make the car significantly lighter than the original as well as up to 13% stiffer in the body. For those who don’t want the power of the V-10, the company is also offering a 4.2 liter, V-8 engine that can still get one 444 bhp while the V-10 sees approximately 542 bhp. Consumers will also have the option to add a heads-up display on the auto for the first time with the second generation model.

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MERCEDES AMG GT S

MERCEDES AMG GT S

Price: $150,000

The Mercedes AMG GT S is a significant upgrade to the legacy SLS model of the automobile. The exotic car contains a new, turbocharged 4.0 liter, V-8 engine that generates 503 horsepower and is capable of going from zero to 60 MPH in 3.7 seconds. The car is powered by a 4.0 liter, twin tubocharged V-8 engine rated at 503 horsepower.  The AMG GT S is a lighter auto than the SLS model that it has replaced. With the bodyweight of the AMG GT S being located low on the auto body, the auto is very sharp on the corners and the auto delivers a more dynamic performance than many other exotic sports cars on the market.

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ACURA / HONDA NSX SUPERCAR

ACURA / HONDA NSX SUPERCAR

Price: $151,500

The Acura / Honda NSX Supercar is finally here. It took the company just shy of four years to finally go from concept car to reality for this exotic automobile. The vehicle features a hybrid all-wheel drive powertrain that is powered by a twin-turbocharged V-6 engine. The company takes this further by mating the engine to a nine-speed, dual-clutch transmission that is subsequently connected to three electric motors in the automobile. One of the few exotic cars that is a hybrid, the Supercar uses one of the motors to power the rear wheels while the other two provide power to the front wheels. The company will not release additional performance metrics until the auto is officially released, but it is expected that the Supercar will see some decent numbers for those into exotic hybrid autos.

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ROLLS-ROYCE WRAITH

ROLLS-ROYCE WRAITH

Price: $294,000

The Rolls-Royce Wraith is the most powerful automobile made by the company that is street legal. The car is powered by a 6.6 liter, V-12 engine that is rated at 624 horsepower. The Wraith can go from zero to 60 MPH in 4.4 seconds, and does a great job at blending modern perks and technology into one of the industry’s classic autos. The auto’s design is based on the Ghost sedan but is a shorted version with hints of the BMW 7 series platform throughout the overall auto design. The top speed of the car is 155 MPH and it will not disappoint fans of the brand to drive the automobile. The designers also went to great efforts to ensure that the interior cabin of the car is made to maximize the driver and passenger comfort making it one of the more popular exotic cars on the market today. 

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FERRARI FF

FERRARI FF

Price: $300,000

The Ferrari FF is one of the first cars that enthusiasts think of when it comes to exotic vehicles on the road throughout the world. The FF is powered by a 6.3 liter, V-12 engine that is rated at 651 horsepower, and it is capable of going from zero to 60 in just 3.7 seconds. The FF also features all-wheel drive and can actually fit more than two people in the cabin of the vehicle unlike many other auto models in a similar class. The designers of the FF target a small niche in the market vertical of consumers who have children or desire to have additional storage space in the auto while driving around the local area.

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BUGATTI VEYRON HYPERCAR “LA FINALE”

BUGATTI VEYRON HYPERCAR “LA FINALE”

Price: Estimated more than $2.6 million

The final Bugatti Veyron Hypercar was put on display at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show for the first time. Dubbed the “La Finale” due to it being the 450th and final Veyron to be produced, the auto was reported to have been sold to a Middle East Collector for a significant sum of money. Bugatti used the original Veyron to inspire the design of the final model to include a two-tone paint finish made of red exposed and conventional black carbon fiber. The auto includes a turbocharged, 8.0 liter W-16 engine and rates a ridiculous 1,183 horsepower along with 1,106 pound-feet of torque. La Finale can go from zero to 61 in 2.5 seconds and boasts the top speed for all open-top production cars in the world of 254 MPH.

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CHEVROLET CAMARO SLP ZL575

2010 CHEVROLET CAMARO SLP ZL575

Quarter-mile time: 11.6 seconds

The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SLP ZL575 is one of the fastest Camaros on the road today. The car can run the quarter-mile in 11.6 seconds at 121 MPH, and it can go from zero to 60 MPH in 3.7 seconds. It is powered by a 6.2 liter, aluminum block V-8 engine rated at 550 lb-ft of torque and 575 horsepower. The SLP ZL575 can stop from 60 MPH in just 110 feet, and it was designed by SLP Performance Parts to be a throwback muscle car with modern performance standards expected of high-end sports cars. The company only built 500 of the SLP ZL575s, and it also features a power-enhancing cold air induction system.

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GUMPERT APOLLO

GUMPERT APOLLO

Top speed: 220 MPH

The Gumpert Apollo is a German sports car that entered production in late summer of 2012 featuring gull wing doors. The auto was first debuted at the Geneva Motor Show, and it is both street legal and track appropriate. Research for the vehicle started in the early 2000s, and the Technical Unversity of Munich and the Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences assisted with the design, construction, simulations, and wind tunnel tests for the vehicle. The car is powered by a 4.2 liter twin-turbocharged V-8 engine that is coupled to a six-speed sequential manual transmission. The overall top speed of the car is 220 MPH making it one of the fastest cars with gull wing doors ever.

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MERCEDES-BENZ SLS

MERCEDES-BENZ SLS

Top speed: 196 MPH

The Mercedes SLS is one of the better known sports cars with gull wing doors still found on the roads today. The auto was the first car to be fully designed by in-house engineers at AMG, and it was the designated successor to the McLaren. The auto was fully assembled by hand when in production to include the engine. The car first debuted in 2009 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, and was sold in both the United States and Europe during its production run. The auto was sold stock with rear-wheel drive, and the engine is a 6.3 liter V-8 mounted in the front middle portion of the vehicle. The SLS was sold with the transmission option, a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic.

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LAMBORGHINI MARZAL

LAMBORGHINI MARZAL

Top speed: 140 MPH

Although the Lamborghini Marzal is a concept car, it is very well known as being one of the most expensive cars ever produced to feature gull wing doors. The car made its debut in 1967 at the Geneva Motor Show, and was created to give Lamborghini an entry into the high-end car sports car market with four seats. The auto is powered by a two liter inline-six cylinder engine that is coupled to a five-speed transmission. Although the company would not go on to produce more Marzals, many of the design features included in the car were used on later models of car produced by the manufacturer. The Marzal is only known to have been driven once by Princess Grace and her husband.

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BRISTOL FIGHTER

 BRISTOL FIGHTER

Top speed: 200 MPH

The Bristol Fighter is a niche sports car produced by Bristol cars between 2004 and 2011. The car features a coupe body along with gullwing doors. The designer of the auto is Max Boxstrom who became known for his work as a Formula One engineer. The car is powered by a front-mounted V-10 engine based on the Dodge Viper model that is modified to an overall rating of 515 lb-ft of torque and 525 horsepower. The Fighter S model of the car is further upgraded to a power rating of 628 horsepower. The Fighter was built with rear-wheel drive, and consumers had the choice between a four-speed automatic and a six-speed manual transmission. The auto’s zero to 60 MPH time is 4.0 seconds, and the vehicle’s top overall speed is 210 MPH.

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BRICKLIN SV-1

BRICKLIN SV-1

Top speed: 118 MPH

The Bricklin SV-1 is one of the better-known sports cars sold that feature gull wing doors. The auto only saw a limited production run between 1974 and 1976, and was conceptually designed by Herb Grasse working for Malcolm Bricklin who had founded Subaru of America prior to this timeframe. The company was not able to produce the auto quickly enough to sustain a profit, and as a result, only 2,854 were produced. The SV-1 was originally intended to be a safer sports car with an economical price. Of all of the cars with gull wing doors, it is the only auto to include factory powered ones. The additional weight of the safety features added to the SV-1 resulted in a significant amount of weight being added to the vehicle that has a negative impact on its overall performance. The early models are powered by a AMC 360 V-8 with later ones shifting to the Ford Windsor V-8. The early models of the auto included a four-speed manual transmission, while all of the cars produced in 1975 and 1976 only included an automatic transmission.

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DELOREAN DMC-12

DELOREAN DMC-12

Top speed: 88 MPH

The DeLorean DMC-12 is one of the most popular cars that have gull wing doors in the world. The auto was produced and sold on the American car market from 1981 through 1983, and it also featured a fiberglass underbody structure and chassis along with a stainless steel auto body. The car was featured in all three of the Back to the Future movies, and the first prototype of the vehicle was first unveiled in 1976. There are still more than 5,000 of the models still in existence today, and although the car could go to 88 MPH in the movies, the stock speedometer on the auto is limited to a maximum reading of 75 MPH.

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PORSCHE TAPIRO

PORSCHE TAPIRO

Top speed: 150 MPH

The Porsche Tapiro is one of the most iconic cars with gull wing doors. The auto was produced as a fully functioning concept car for the Turin Motor Show in 1970, and it was designed by Girogetto Giurgiaro. The car features straight, crisp lines and an overall wedge shape. The auto was the 4th overall prototype created by Giurgiaro, and it is based on the Porsche 9146 chassis powered by a 2.4 liter flat-six cylinder engine. The car’s engine is 2400 cc in size and is rated at 220 horsepower when the engine is at 7800 RPM. The car is just shy of 160 inches in length and has a 96.5 inch overall wheel base. The car was purchased and driven by a Spanish industrialist until it was significantly damaged by protestors. Today, it can be found in the Giugiaro Museum in Italy.

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JAGUAR XJ220

JAGUAR XJ220

Top Speed: 213 mph
Zero to Sixty: 3.7 seconds

The crown prince of six-cylinder cars, the Jaguar XJ220 was produced for only 2 years between 1992 and 1994. Only 275 were manufactured . Built by Jaguar with collaboration from Tom Walkinshaw Racing, the Jaguar XJ220 was at one time the fastest production car in the world; until the McLaren F1 showed up on the scene in 1993. The twin-turbo V6 engine puts out 520 horsepower, and reaches a top speed of 213 mph, with a zero to sixty time of 3.7 seconds. The transmission in the Jaguar XJ220 is a 5-speed manual, with triple-cone syncromeshing on the first and second gears to handle rapid starts, while still remaining easy to engage.

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PORSCHE 959

PORSCHE 959

Top Speed: 197 mph
Zero to Sixty: 3.7 seconds

While it was only manufactured from 1986 to 1989, the Porsche 959 still holds the title as one of the fastest built six-cylinder vehicles. When it was introduced it was touted as “the world’s fastest street-legal production car,” with a top speed of 197 mph and a zero to sixty time of 3.7 seconds. The Porsche 959 was hailed as the most technologically advanced road sports car ever built, and paved the way for many of today’s modern supercars. One of the first all-wheel drive high performance cars ever built, the Porsche 959 convinced Porsche executives to make all-wheel drive standard on all 911 turbos. The Porsche 959 houses a 2.8 liter twin-turbo flat six engine under its hood, an engine that wouldn’t be matched for some time.

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TVR TUSCAN SPEED SIX

TVR TUSCAN SPEED SIX

Top Speed: 190 mph
Zero to Sixty: 3.68 seconds

British auto maker TVR takes a long time to produce new models, crafting them one at a time, even sculpting the chassis by hand. The end result being some of the fastest, stylish, and most incredible vehicles. The TVR Tuscan Speed Six is a prime example. Built with both luxury and speed in mind, the Tuscan Speed Six has the look of a luxury roadster, and the power of a supercar. With a 3.6 liter inline six-cylinder engine, cranking out 360 horsepower with 290 lb-ft of torque, the Tuscan Speed Six races to sixty mph in 3.68 seconds and hits 100 mph in a staggering 8.08 seconds; that’s faster than most cars get to 60 mph.

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