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The Koenigsegg CCXR, the second most powerful production car in the world, has a price tag more fitting for a King.  $2.3 million doesn’t go as far as it used to.  But the Koenigsegg CCXR Special Edition does sport E85 ethanol fuel so you can feel like you’re part of the environmental movement - NOT.

It takes the GDP of a small country to build one of these things, but that’s what happens when you want a twin-supercharged 4.7L V8 and a mind-googling (yes we said googling) 1018 horsepower.  That’s 0-62 in 2.9 seconds!!!!!!  Parked in front of the Chinese Theatre and need to get outta fast?  Well, in less then 3 seconds, you’ll be breaking city speed limits.  Top speed is 250 mph, just slightly less than that 747 flight to Sweden, where this gorgeous monster hails from.

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If you don’t have the cash, just oggle the photo, otherwise that’s $224,800 base/$249,895 with some goodies.

Specs: A 5-liter V-10 (523 horsepower, 376 pound-feet of torque); six-speed manual or six-speed automated manual transmission. About 11 mpg in town and 17 on the highway, which gets you slapped with a $3,000 guzzler tax (what’s that to a baller like you, a parking ticket?)

Competition: Ferrari F430 F1 coupe, Porsche 911 GTS, Aston Martin DBS which is the only one more expensive at around $265,000.

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Nothing like going 257 miles an hour with no cops in sight.  What do you think of the world’s fastest car?

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We’ve heard alot about this thing, and we’ve seen it in showrooms (porn below), but there’s no confirmation its going to actually get built.  We don’t see why not.  This thing is ill.  Supposedly there’s a mid-mounted V-10 just below five liters, driving real wheels with an 8 speed automatic.  Supposedly this  thing gets 500 horsepower and the top speed is 200 mph!  It may not happen but it damn well should.  This would be the Lexus supercar to own and truly an ill whip.

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You have mad loot, so why should you feel guilty about pushing a Supercar? Well for one thing, most supercars get terrible gas mileage - that’s not going to change anytime soon but now you can tell your superficial friends what they want to hear - yeah, my Supercar is environmentally friendly (kinda).  Peep the Audi R8 Diesel.

or this Ferarri F430 BioDiesel.  You can go get some fries, squeeze the grease out and pour into your $250K Ferarri, just so you don’t have to be a gas guzzler like the rest of us.  Smooth?  Hmm, sounds dubious to us, but we’ll let it go.  Ferarri, Audi and the rest of them are putting their million dollar toes into the green auto thing and we’re happy to see it.  Let’s hope more exciting ideas come down the pipe for these Supercar companies.

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