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Bonkers new Lotus has broken our 0-200mph benchmark - but not others

The Autocar Road Test first appeared in print in April 1928. Since then, thousands of cars have been given the treatment.

Our testing methods have developed over time, but our results with accompanying empirical testing, have remained rigorous and fiercely independent.

The £2million, 2013bhp Lotus Evija hypercar has smashed several records, cutting our established 0-200mph benchmark by a massive 40 per cent.

Its superiority is not as broad as you might think, though. As monumental as the Lotus is, it doesn’t actually take the crown of our 0-60mph test or 0-100mph test. Intrigued? Keep scrolling to discover the fastest accelerating cars to ever hit our timing gear.

Autocar’s landmark ten-page road test of the £2mil, 2013bhp Evija is in the 30th July print issue of Autocar, on newsagents’ shelves today, which is also available in digital form here.

0-60mph

1. Tesla Model S Plaid (2023) - 2.4sec

=2. Ferrari SF90 Stradale (2021) - 2.5sec

=2. Porsche 911 Turbo S (2022) - 2.5sec

=2. Lamborghini Revuelto (2024) - 2.5sec

=5. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (2011) - 2.6sec

=5. Porsche 918 Spyder (2014) - 2.6sec

=5. Porsche Taycan Turbo S (2024) - 2.6sec

0-100mph

1. Tesla Model S Plaid (2023) - 4.6sec

=2. Ferrari SF90 Stradale (2021) - 4.8sec

=2. Lamborghini Revuelto (2024) - 4.8sec

=2. Lotus Evija (2025) - 4.8sec

5. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (2011) - 5.0sec

0-150mph

1. Lotus Evija (2025) - 7.7sec

2. Tesla Model S Plaid (2023) - 9.4sec

3. Lamborghini Revuelto (2024) - 10.0sec

4. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (2011) - 10.2sec

5. Ferrari SF90 Stradale (2021) - 10.4sec

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0-200mph

1. Lotus Evija (2025) - 13.0sec

2. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (2011) - 22.2sec

3. McLaren F1 (1994) - 28.0sec

Standing 1/4 mile

1. Lotus Evija (2025) - 9.5sec at 171.6mph

2. Tesla Model S Plaid (2023) - 9.6sec at 152.1mph

3. Lamborghini Revuelto (2024) - 9.9sec at 149.3mph

4. Ferrari SF90 Stradale (2021) - 9.9sec at 146.8mph

5. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (2011) - 10.1sec at 147.9mph

Standing km

1. Lotus Evija (2025) - 16.2sec at 217.4mph

2. Lamborghini Revuelto (2024) - 17.7sec at 186.6mph

3. Ferrari SF90 Stradale (2021) - 17.9sec at 184.2mph

4. Tesla Model S Plaid (2023) - 17.9sec at 158.5mph

5. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (2011) - 18.0sec at 183.4mph 

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Murray Scullion

Murray Scullion
Title: Digital editor

Murray has been a journalist for more than a decade. During that time he’s written for magazines, newspapers and websites, but he now finds himself as Autocar’s digital editor.

He leads the output of the website and contributes to all other digital aspects, including the social media channels, podcasts and videos. During his time he has reviewed cars ranging from £50 - £500,000, including Austin Allegros and Ferrari 812 Superfasts. He has also interviewed F1 megastars, knows his PCPs from his HPs and has written, researched and experimented with behavioural surplus and driverless technology.

Murray graduated from the University of Derby with a BA in Journalism in 2014 and has previously written for Classic Car Weekly, Modern Classics Magazine, buyacar.co.uk, parkers.co.uk and CAR Magazine, as well as carmagazine.co.uk.

Matt Saunders

Matt Saunders Autocar
Title: Road test editor

As Autocar’s chief car tester and reviewer, it’s Matt’s job to ensure the quality, objectivity, relevance and rigour of the entirety of Autocar’s reviews output, as well contributing a great many detailed road tests, group tests and drive reviews himself.

Matt has been an Autocar staffer since the autumn of 2003, and has been lucky enough to work alongside some of the magazine’s best-known writers and contributors over that time. He served as staff writer, features editor, assistant editor and digital editor, before joining the road test desk in 2011.

Since then he’s driven, measured, lap-timed, figured, and reported on cars as varied as the Bugatti Veyron, Rolls-Royce PhantomTesla RoadsterAriel Hipercar, Tata Nano, McLaren SennaRenault Twizy and Toyota Mirai. Among his wider personal highlights of the job have been covering Sebastien Loeb’s record-breaking run at Pikes Peak in 2013; doing 190mph on derestricted German autobahn in a Brabus Rocket; and driving McLaren’s legendary ‘XP5’ F1 prototype. His own car is a trusty Mazda CX-5.

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V12smig 30 July 2025

Long gone are the days when 0 - 100 in 17 seconds was pub bragging rights....

Peter Cavellini 30 July 2025

After seeing Matt Priors face after he hit 200mph and the effect it had on him I don't think I'd want a car this fast, I think your health might suffer, you might find out your heart can't stand the G' force and ultimately I think you get bored with it.