The Fastest Cars To Roar From Showrooms in 2005

by JEFF ZYGMONT, ForbesAutos.com
If you’re willing to pay for it, you can have a rocket ship mounted on wheels. Or you can buy an automobile that rolled off an assembly line, and still get to where you need to go in record time. You can pay a lot too, up to $440,000 for the Porsche Carrera GT. No matter their price, this list of the 10 fastest ranks 2005 model year production cars. That is, models that were mass produced from standardized designs, though their production runs tend to be small. 
 
You could arrange the list differently if you chose to measure speed as top-end performance. We picked zero-to-60-mph acceleration speed because it’s a common measure of a car’s performance and because it's legal.
Kelly Blue Book compiled the ranking. ForbesAutos.com filled in the detail by using our own material, such as base MSRP (manufacturer’s suggested retail price) for pricing, as well as information garnered from manufacturers and gleaned from enthusiast websites like rssportscars.com. See zero-to-60-mph times, prices and photos by clicking on each model name.
  1. Lamborghini Murciélago
  2. Porsche Carrera GT
  3. Ford GT
  4. Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG
  5. Ferrari F430
  6. Ferrari 575 Maranello
  7. Porsche 911 Carrera S
  8. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution RS
  9. Lamborghini Gallardo
  10. Chevrolet Corvette Z51

 
 





Published on 2005-04-28

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