The Most Powerful Car of Every Year
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Horsepower is the gold standard of automotive progress. Have you ever wondered what car has the MOST powa, babeh? Well we have! And we took it a step further and put together this list of the most powerful production cars of EVERY YEAR since 1900. From 23 hrsprs to almost 2000, these are the cars with the most power for 120 years.
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HORSEPOWER...and torque?
Yessir
Yooo!
Most torque of every year lol
n TERK
@@SkyHighGD hi
Top Gear in 1900 driving 23HP car be like: "This, is the fastest car *pause* in the world"
“Hammond you idiot”
😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
I said that with Jeremy's voice hahah
"JAMES I'M GOING TO KILL YOU," -JEZZA
Jeremy in 1910s, looking at A benz 4 wheeler and a model T: points to benz "This is Brilliant" Points to model T: "But I like This."
Everyone's a gangsta until the Hispano-Suiza makes a comeback in 2021 from 100 years ago.
100th like
Yessss
Hispano Suiza Carmen.
Nobody: Americans: This baby can reach up to speeds of a single Statue of Liberty per second!
aw baby dont know how tall is the statue so he has to meme about it
@@Mike-vo2rp - - -----
@@sea_monke11 I don't think he understood the joke, tbh.
207mph isn't bad
@@benjamingood8511 it dosen move and he doesn’t have one...
The fact that the most powerful car in 1912 has 35 more horsepower than the first GTR is insane
2021 best actor award goes to James for playing the Hispano-Suiza H6B and her outstanding 135 hrsprs
136 likes for 135 hrsprs Hispano-Suiza H6B.
We need this to get nominated. I’ll start the petition now!!!
Who imagined that a Spanish car would win a award
It's a steam car!
And i think for making me never notice he was probably the CEO of donut.
That demon sponsor was actually the first sponsor good enough to not skip it
Yeah
I knowww rightttt
i skipped it
@@chasemiller6032 same
6:33 Oh man, the Hispano Suiza H6B is so amazing.
I wonder if a Lada made it to this list. I guess I'll have to watch the whole thing.
Lada is above of everythig that's why it isn't in the list.
Lada is easy to make 300 hp
its too fast for the list.
its a super car in russia
waiting on an up2sped lada
Europeans: km/h Americans: Statue of Libertys per second
lol mate
feet of freedom per school shooting.
It’s MPH in the UK and it’s still in the continent of Europe.
@@DSQueenie So you're like a thousand times slower than the rest of us, metres per hour? ;)
@Sufferr Lol Pillock
For the 60s-70s what about the 66 Shelby Super Snake, 69 ZL1 427, 440 six pack, 426 Hemi, 454 Chevelle, L88 Corvette, 428 Cobra Jet, etc?
5:10 cracks me up so hard with the “impresiiiive” 😂
Do a list like this, but for power-to-weigh ratio for each year!
pretty sure theyve already done that
They only did top 10 cars !!
Yes please!
We need list videos like this
Just look up the weight and do the math if you really care
"You don't need to go that fast" *everyone on autobahn disliked that*
omg what is that Cyndaquil
@@heroichitsuji kzhead.info/sun/hJxyg6aRfIFooqM/bejne.html 1:49
What is ahtobahn
@@sk8erkenny it's a highway in germany that has no speed limit
He said that it can do 270 mph when it was 330 mph
14:36 Is no one going to notice he misspelled lamborghini on the timeline
I usually just write lambo because I can’t spell lamborgihnee
Did no one notice the weird frame at 7:36
@@oddballskull1941 yesssss thanks me too !!
Same on the Miura P400
9:26 so everyone is gonna ignore the audi r8 being reflected from the paint?
Tittle needs to be: James being wierd for 24 min
Hispano Suiza H6B 🤣🤣
That’s 73% of James videos
Are you new!? Thats James M.O. Bae Bahh!!!! And I love it.
*James being james for 24 min
@@vladflorea7048 no
In a few decades people gonna be like: "pfft 800 horsepower? Absolutely nothing lmao"
Hopefully by then, the flying care phase will begin... because with much power comes with much needed space...
More like.. What's that in Kilowatt?
They wont lol, horsepower are way less relevant by the day
Im the 69th Like lmao
@@BradChism 800hp is still freakishly high for light planes
21:11 love the muffled After the Burial track, fits perfect
Name of the track?
It kills me that you didn’t say hrsprs more throughout the video, but that “herssyburgers” at 16:57 makes up for it.
Now I was thinking the whole list of production cars with least horsepower from 1900 until now.
Chinese economy cars
kzhead.info/sun/ndaxoteGlpqDio0/bejne.html
Trabant?
@@falcongamer5867 ching cheng hanji
Indian cars?
Documentery: Girls voices get higher when they talk to someone they have a crush on Girls when they talk to me: 11:17
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
nah don't worry puberty hit them hard
Oh daaaang you roasted yo self dude
@@thatcanadianbusfoamer8989 Ey that's a self-roast that's pretty rare
They got dicks bro.. abort mission , code catfish , you have been led a stray !! 🤢
Fun fact: in 1969 Chevy offered a "ZL1" version of the Corvette that was really more an option from what I know. They only sold a few of them and they were rated for 430hp but when tested they actually produced more like 525hp so I would consider that fair game for this list. Technically that's more than the Shelby
Just got back out of the James Pumphrey IMDB/Wikipedia rabbit hole and I can tell you that Lorne Michaels was his boss on UCB Comedy Originals. Also, James’s cameos on HIMYM and Arrested Development should have earned him an Academy Award
13:51 dang, they bumped up the horsepower from 345 to 265, that’s an impressive -80hp gain 🔥
Guillermo R its 365 HP. He just made a mistake. But the correct unit is written on the screen.
@@sinuslebastian6366 first day on the internet? you ever hear of a “joke”? I know dude, just for laughs and giggles.
Guillermo R you can never be sure these days. There's no shortage of trolls. ✌️
Also the 550 hp Veyron showing up from nowhere i was like huh😧
@@guillermor9207 low key, its always everybodys first day on the internet.
Forget his dad, I want James to make an up to speed on anything
wE WilL bE baCk iN a CoUplE of wEeKs
wE wILl bE bACk iN A mONTh *3 months later and still no new Up to Speed* What a dark time we're living in.
@@nathanjoseph4284 it really is, but the new Grand Tour presents is out today
kzhead.info/sun/ndaxoteGlpqDio0/bejne.html
They said on a recent episode of past gas that they’re working on one about rocket bunny
My buddy has the build sheet from his dad's 1966 Corvette with 585HP stock. Built in North St. Louis Corvette plant in 1966. It was custom ordered direct from the factory with a special package they had for a couple of the first generation stingray years.
big props to whoever this guy is. not even a big car guy and I hate history but I still finished the video without skips and pauses
"The title stayed in Italy" Bugatti: A French manufacturer
.......that has most of its parts from germany, founded by an italian man, and an italian name It's as french as a deep fried croissant
Thank you
@@THESLlCK yet it was founded and still operates out of Alsace in France
@@lukasmith5300 base of operations lol you mean they have a big office
Technically Bugatti started in Germany but was swallowed up by France during the expansion
"Everything you need to know...to get up to SPEED...on my fixation with Post Malone !!"
@@ritawant4686 no, I don't think I am going to do either.
James should do a Up To Speed on Posty himself
@@rita25y.o-checkmyvideo2 Go to sleep
We need this episode for sure
17:20 Straßenversionen = Street Version
7:40 saw that irl
You guys should do sound systems for the hi-low Z's
Don't forget multicolor ambient lighting
They did the miata sorta, they compared head units.
Yo they liked 😳
@SkyHighGD And a HUD
Lo car gets Skar and Hi car gets Sundown ;) (I love Skar btw)
1970 Chevelle with 450hp: "Am I a joke to you?"
1969 ZL1's actual hp: "Forget about them, Chevelle. We don't need them anyway."
Yes.
Some of the gross vs net hp ratings of that era were 100 hp difference, so it takes alot of research
Laughs at lambo with 426 hemi with around 520hp when dynoed
The horsepower on those late 60's muscle cars was underrated too. autowise.com/the-true-hp-of-the-10-most-powerful-classic-era-muscle-cars/
James has got it! I could legit see this man in a movie 😂. Even a more serious movie lmao. I wonder has he thought abt acting he has the charisma and the face.
Be was an actor
Glad you use liters rather than ci, so I can understand, I drive a 10L 2door for work not sure of HP but it rolls.
When Donut hasn't uploaded an Up To Speed for another week and you're trying your very best to not commit a hate crime.
Same :|
Don’t act like a baby, lets commit some arson
@@asterionse4769 on a orphanage
That scene of him drinking a caprisun at 11:58 had me on the floor it's so cursed 😂😂😂
Well Done to the Editing team this is a delicious masterpiece
10:14 was like the mclraren speedtail of the time lol
Europeans: meters per second Americans: Statues of Liberty per second
*Freedoms per bald eagle
Football fields per area code
Military camps per Afghanistan
School shootings per Walmart
@@its_shaneo there is no school shootings in walmart.
1440p "I woke up in a old Buggatti!"
The Phantom Corsair looks sexy and fast even for today.
5:40 "Dammmn, *car name* back at it with the fresh white tires, aaannd 140 horsepower"
“I love to party, I love fire, and I don’t pay taxes” Doug Demon 2020
Sounds like the south
*hard libertarian noises*
MOOD
Sounds like the good life.
@@kingofsludge7262 soft libertarian noises, no guns
10:33 holy shit, ITS ME!!
It is now your life's mission to aquire one of those
If you start a Gofundme I will donate $10
lol good one
@@lobmin right, you have to buy one, I will donate you money but you need to find and buy one
OMG that bit with the hispano-sueza was amazing
I like how you take a pause and talk about the cars rather then ripping through them! And I’m past gas could you guys please add pictures of the cars that are mentioned in episodes :)
20:07 that’s a secret version of bugatti with only 550 hrsprs ? AMAZING😂
yeah i was confused by that lol
Yeeeaaah I saw that I thought it mighta been a car prior to that one but now that you mention it, turns out Veyron has 550hrsprs
@@ulifehr5357 no I think they just messed it up
@@user-vw4cg1xq7r no that's the joke.
@@DylanOlson oh my bad I thought he didnt know
For those wondering: Straßenversion just translates to street version.
i feel like im the only person who liked this comment that actually knows what ß means
@@cruzacious I mostly learned the double S through a certain GTA beer. But notably the 911 GT1 Straßenversion is named the "Strassenversion" in Forza Horizon 4 (and possibly other Forza games) so it's also a tip off to those that play that.
@@cruzacious double s
@@revolver265 Double S is not the same as ß
@@Mofritte not the same, but pronounced the same
4:24 I can’t breathe
I can't take any list serious without an L88. "The L88 427 c.i.d. engine is one of the most powerful Chevrolet big-block engines ever produced, and it was only available for a short time. The engine is most famously tied to the L88 Corvette from 1967 to 1969, and only 216 L88 Corvettes were manufactured during those years. The L88 Corvette was designed to be race-ready right out of the showroom, with over 550 horsepower, and its engine is now highly sought after." This was the fastest production car from 67-69 not the p400s.
I'm with ya there, and what about the Chevelle ss in 70?? at 450 hp.... may not be faster then a lambo but... still more powerful...
everybody when the bugatti comes on: "IT HAD 1001 HORSEPOWER"
it had them. but not HP but PS - german horse power a.k.a. Pferdestärke ......
metric horsepower not imperial hp in which this list is
some cars have their metric figures listed though. Like Königsegg.
The other thing to remember is that before 1972, engines were rated with net horsepower (engine with no accessories like alternator, p/s pump and open manifolds). Since 1972, they are rated in SAE which is a fully dressed engine with all accessories, including A/C even if the vehicle it would be going in doesn’t have a/c and a full exhaust system. Both are measured at the flywheel. Plus manufacturers have slight tendency to lie about the horsepower numbers and it can go both ways. Ford lied about the 2000 Mustang Cobra R’s (the terminator mustang) to the point they had to recall them when the buyers found out they were over rated. Ford ended up having to change the intake and retune the ecm so the cars would actually have the horsepower that ford claimed originally. GM was well known to under rate a lot of their higher performance vehicles so that they would never be rated higher then the corvette (with a few minor exceptions like the Buick GNX). The 93 Z28 is a good example of this. The corvette was rated at 300hp in 93. The camaro was rated at 275hp. But dyno tests on the LT1 camaros have shown between 253 (auto)-268hp (manual) at the wheels, which puts crank horsepower at about 315hp. The corvette is about 320hp due to less restrictive exhaust routing and a slightly different intake.
@@maYdaY1337 why ' ö ' in koenigsegg??
will up to speed be back next week?
I hope
PLEASE
Hopefully
Please
Hope they bring it back
Ive seen maybe 100 of Donut Media's videos, still killing me with the Horsepwrrr haha
Would have loved to see this with the power to weight ratios added as well.
Could we just appreciate that Duesenberg's record for power wasn't broken like 20 years?
same thoughts, I hope one day they get a reboot akin to the treatment Bugatti had.
The Duesenberg brothers were genius engineers but poor businessmen. They only cared about building the cars, not how well they sold or how much profit the company made. Small manufacturer that built high horsepower cars that cost a lot of money meets the Great Depression and the manufacturer lost.
Duesenburg was the pride of Indiana back then I would assume
11:24 anyone else see the word “boob” lol
Yes, I'll take the Chrysler Boob special any day lol!
Chrysler *BooB* special
@@BoberMcBoberson yes but without the chrysler and special
At 300B??? LOL, I did now and thank you.
14:45 "Lamborgeinmachein Countachinein LP5 digigy QV" that's quite the name they gave it :O
3:45 The Isotta Fraschini Tipo KM was also the first car to ever be made in color.
Sometimes when I click on these videos, I ask myself “what the hell are you watching”😂
hearing james sound like a high school girl make me wonder even more
@@aarontse6583 lmaooo
Me after my Baseball-game that I lost, but the team mom brought snacks: 12:02
Everyone liked that
Underrated comment
23:05 this is why i love this guy
Conan's "in the year 2000" bit cracked me up XD
Wasn’t there some muscle cars in the late 60s that had like way over 400HP, beating the Muria’s 380?
quite a few, actually.
Yeah like the challenger hemi. Wasn't that like 485hp or something
Yes Ford & Chrysler had 425 HP & Chevy had 435 hp . In 1970 the 454 was rated at 450 HP all these motors were underrated & this was just the factory rating.
So in that case...why was the Muria still listed as the most powerful car in these years if Detroit put out more powerful ones? That’s what I’m confused about. Did James mess up or is there some other reason why they weren’t mentioned?.
I'm guessing someone just likes Lambos they are a nice car. I don't really know for sure but they did skip a few years & added some race cars so not completely accurate it was just for fun.
As an italian guy I love how James tries to pronounce italan words
it hurts me
Simp
22:27 theoretically it can hit 315mph
Theoretically my Saab can break 315 hp too.. its a pretty bad theory though
@@1TieDye1 do u even know what u r saying ??
@@1TieDye1 do your research buddy .. and search about something called drag coefficient
@@kavyabansal2139 technically he’s not wrong, if his saab got launched out of a car sized cannon he could hit 315 mph
@@_Xenux 😂😂
7:34 I will never not be disappointed when I go through something frame by frame in hopes of finding an Easter egg, only for it to be a random frame with no deeper meaning.
Sad #1 isn't the Hennessy Venom F5, that because it isn't actually for sale yet? 1800herspers
whoa. crazy seeing you here. Love your videos, man!
Holy thats crazy, ngl thought it was only a concept
Lotus made a production car with nearly 2000HP.. Hennessy lacking
@@jonathantaylor2810 *Is going to make
I was hoping to see the venom as well
Donut is literally all I watch now. So much quality content and really likeable team of presenters. High fives to everyone and a glass of milk for Nolan, keep up the good work.
In my opinion he acts too much like a clown
@@Peca.kaspic exactly
Same man.
There were several American muscle cars in the late 60s to early 70s that made well over 400hp. For example, in 1967, the Coronet 500 with the 426 Hemi made 425hp. In 1970, the Chevelle SS 454 made 450. Most muscle cars made during the Miura's so-called hp reign made more power than the Miura.
If you ever do an updated one of these I think I’d be cool to see what each cars msrp was when it was new
Day 277 of asking James to do an Up to speed on his Dad
yeah, there he is
keep going, we'll support you until it happens
Yes
Respect the grind
Maybe.....
8:59 Bruh the Doozie model went super saiyen lol
18:15 Bugatti kicks in. 18:37 Koenigsegg was born. 20:57 Koenigsegg got Serious. 21:12 Dodge was born. 21:55 Bugatti: Oh dude What if i pull out this? The centodenci? 22:09 Koenigsegg: Oh you thought i was done?
I'm glad you're giving cars away the right way.
This video was educational, interesting & funny.
No better tf mate
i like how grossy just pop up in the most random vids comment section ever
NO IT WASNT
Go away
Stfu
Where's Up To Speed james? that was the highlight of my thursday.
They probably cannot do up to speed because of the draconian lockdowns in California.
He said in the last up to speed that there wouldn’t be another until he teaches Nolan how to ride a bike, I guess he’s a slow learner🤷♂️
@@westermatt he was still able to do them from home early on
I love chitty chitty bang bang. One of my favorite musicals of all time and favorite childhood movie
All the older cars look more futuristic than now days cara
There was that amazing 1930s French coach built era - Bugatti, Tablot Largo (the freaking tear drop makes my tears drop)
"This is an Up to Speed on Post Malone"
Up to speed sadly is long gone.......
@@weekend_drawer_supe4368 it will return stupid
@@coolshift6783 why are you calling me stupid? As you can see it has been gone for atleast 3 months and no sign of returning.
@@weekend_drawer_supe4368 You are stupid for saying that because their was another dude who commented the same thing and donut replied that it is coming next week
@@coolshift6783oh cool
Ah yes statue of liberty's per second, a classic imperial unit of measurement
anything but meters
Padraig Staunton ANYTHING but metric units, cause 'MURICA!
the saloon and look at that chain.. that's a nice chain
Doozie Model Super Saiyan...makes sense to me why it was that powerful for it's time
Can't wait for that up to speed on rocket bunny 😉
we need another list with "the highest torque production car every year"
it will repeatedly go to some cummins dodge year after year lol
@@THESLlCK probably it all dodges but it would most likely be almost all diesel powered vehicles.
@@CamaroAmx yeah but I specifically said cummins which is only diesel. And for 2020 you can get a dually cummins dodge with 1,000lb ft of torque
@@THESLlCK and I’m talking about the whole timeline would be filled with diesel powered vehicles.
@@THESLlCK or a 6.7 powerstroke, which actually takes the cake
1:42 The IRS is coming for this demon.
I did a road trip from UK to southern Italy once, and driving through the beautiful roads of France you get a lot of car guys at the rest stops. Lots of germans in Gwagons. Then these 2 old english guys with driving caps and goggles etc roll up in a Bentley 6 speed getting a lot of attention they didnt even want. I was amazed to see that thing so far from home on the French motorways with 80 mph speed limits. It was loud.
7:35 broken frame for a sec
Yep
Did I just get fight clubbed?
Bhd🤪🤪tf u doing here😂😂
@@n01928 I think we did
The Regera was made in 2018 as well you just love the Demon😂
The Chiron was made back in 2016 and is still being made
I would love to see one on top speed and the quarter mile, Studebaker Avanti didn't make the list for horses but it did set a world record for speed in a production car
The for Fairlane thunderbolt even has the snorckle intakes beside the headlight like the challengers
Didn’t the 1970 superbird have 425 horsepower with the hemi
The Chevelle SS 454 had 450HP
I'm pretty sure the 69-70 mustang boss 429 was reported at 300 for insurance but is actually like 500
@@GiuseppeSimonetti I remembered the SS 454 as well, and had to verify it. There were plenty of muscle cars in the late 60s that beat what he listed.
James: “koenigsegg make the most horsepower in a production car” Henessey Venom f5: “Hold my Beer”
Shell car!
@@madarauchiha2067 didn't you see it drive?
Ain’t even a production car yet lmao
Not legitimate anyways lol
@@zuranku they are like “hey guys i know we dont have any top speed runs or any proof that it goes 300mph but just take our word for it”
6:20 I felt this
I'm guessing he left this one off for a reason but the Vector W8 apparently had 625HP and was produced from 1989-1993. I know Vector's reported top speed was never tested but I didn't think the HP stat was exaggerated. Then again I'm probably missing something.
"Im 35 years old😕" he kills me😂😂😭 lmaaao
And the valley girl hispano skit👏🏾🤣
23:02 that was a damn good rock skip
9:03 the car legit went ssj lol
I love these characters that he goes into. Especially when he got to the Ferrari Super America