Shelby (no relation to the late race driver Carroll Shelby) started SSC North America in Richland Washington back in 1998. The company produced the Ultimate Aero from 2004 to 2013 and in 2007, the six-liter supercharged V8 sports car took the title of “world’s fastest production vehicle” with an average top speed of 410 km/h (256.18 mph). The Aero held onto its title for three years until the advent of the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport in 2010, which hit 267.856 mph before being dethroned by the 277.87-mph Koenigsegg Agera RS in 2017.

The Ultimate Aero