McLaren Senna -- 789bhp, n/a mph
Are you accustomed to the looks yet?  Us neither.  And the title?  Hmm... maybe we'd better concentrate on the specs, which is where the brutal-looking Senna earns its keep.  McLaren's brand new Ultimate Series machine develops 789bhp out of its 4.0-litre bi-turbo V8, with no hybrid in sight.  McLaren hasn't disclosed top rate figures yet, however as it is a craft constructed to warp around monitors, we're expecting a headline v-max to be forfeited in the name of lap-time heroics.
 
Porsche 911 GT2 RS -- 691bhp, 211mph
We waited quite a while for Porsche to flip the 991-generation of 911 into a 'widowmaker'.  When the 691bhp GT2 RS arrived, and we drove it, the most shocking thing was habitable and un-terrifying it was.  That's modern tyres and aerodynamics for you.  And consequently, the GT2 RS blitzed around the Nrburgring at a new record time of 6mins 43.7sec.  Notice: to replicate such time you need to be as handy and courageous as an true expert racing driver.
 
Ferrari 812 Superfast -- 789bhp, 211mph
We are living in a mad, mad world.  One of many pieces of evidence that this is true is that the fact that Ferrari's series-production big-booted GT car is powered by a 789bhp V12 which 'll ship it past 62mph in 2.9 seconds and on to a top rate of 211mph.  If that is among the last of those classic V12 supercars, before hybrids and turbos finally kill them off, then exactly what a thing to do.
 
Apollo Intensa Emozione -- 769bhp, 208mph
The Apollo had us 'Batmobile-inspired styling'.  Then it kept on winning us over with its 769bhp Ferrari-derived V12 and purist inspirations.  The IE is designed for track work only, but if all ten get sold, it'll finance a street car that'll hopefully consider at least half as bonkers.  That is exactly what supercars are all about, right?
 
Bentley Continental Supersports -- 700bhp, 209mph
Bet you'd forgotten about this one.  Yes, just before Bentley wowed us with the sleeker, more raffish new Continental GT, it created a Supersports edition of the outgoing vehicle.  And the headline was quite simply this: seven hundred horsepower.  And that's proper Victorian British imperial reel.  It's not the most populous automobile on this list by a perimeter, but that really is actually the reigning rate champ one of Bentleys, and incongruously magnificent as a result.
 
 
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