Top speed is a widely available statistic for just about every road car you can think of, and yet it has very little real-world relevance to most drivers. For a top performance car, though, there’s another dimension to consider - bragging rights. Building one of the world’s fastest road cars is a great way of getting attention, status and credibility. The fastest cars in the world started out as racing cars that were driven on the roads, in the early years of Bentley and Bugatti Le Mans entrants, but in the modern era car makers have to create completely different motorsport and road cars. Now, if you want to break into the list of the fastest cars on the road, you’ll need to dedicate a lot of time and money specifically to its development.