New Delhi: These cars have made all the ways to the record book. Here is a look at some amazing cars that are beautiful, powerful and record-breaking.Longest drift: 51.3 miles in a BMW M5Earlier in May this year, Johan Schwartz of the BMW Performance Driving School in South Carolina drifted a BMW M5 non-stop for 51.3 miles (82.6 km). The new record set by Schwartz surpassed the earlier record set by Abdo Feghali in a Chevrolet Camaro by over 40 miles (64 kilometres). His M5 rode on Continental ContiSport tyres. Most donuts: 280 in a WestfieldThe most consecutive donuts (280) in a car were achieved by Jamie Morrow in a Westfield Sport 1600 at the 2011 Trax event at Silverstone. The driver is from the UK. Fastest speed driven by a blind driver: 182mph (293kph) in a FerrariTurkish pop-singer Metin Senturk is the world's fastest unaccompanied blind driver. He drove a Ferrari F430 at Urfa airport in eastern Turkey to learn from Guinness World Records officials that his average speed of 292.89 kph broke the previous record of 284 kph, held by a British bank manager. Longest distance driven on two wheels: 371 kilometres in a BMW 316In February 2009, Michele Pilia of Italy drove a 1983 BMW 316 E30 on two wheels for fully 371.07 kilometres. Smallest road-legal car: AphaenogasterAccording to Guinness World Records, the smallest roadworthy car is ‘Wind Up' – a converted Postman Pat children's ride, which measures 52in (1,321mm) long, 26in (660mm) wide and 41in (1,040mm) tall. Highest mileage: 3 million miles in a Volvo P180074-year old American Irvin Gordon, broke the record for the most distance driven in a car using his cherry-red Volvo P1800S he bought in 1966. The distance averages around 60,000 miles (96,561 kilometres) per year. Heaviest limo: 23-ton Midnight RiderMidnight Rider is actually a gigantic limousine. The limo, created by Michael Machado and Pamela Bartholomew of the US, weighs a mighty 22,933kg, and measures 21.3m (70ft) long and is 4.1m (13ft 8in) high. It can accommodate up to 40 passengers in supreme luxury. Most expensive new car: $3.9 million Lamborghini VenenoYou need to spend nearly $3.9 million to buy a new 750bhp, 356kph Lamborghini Veneno. Most expensive classic car: $18 million Ferrari 250 GTOBritish DJ Chris Evans splashed $18 million on the car of his dreams: a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO. Sold by RM Auctions in 2010, it just beats the next most costly classic – another Ferrari, this time a 1957 250 Testa Rossa – which sold for $15.4 million in 2011. Highest altitude reached in a car: 6,688m in a Suzuki SamuraiThe highest altitude ever reached by a car is 6,688m (21,942ft), up in the Andes. Chileans Gonzalo Bravo and Eduardo Canales took their 1986 Suzuki Samurai to the peak of a volcano in the Atacama region of Chile in April 2007. Fastest-accelerating car: Ariel Atom V8The current Ariel Atom 3.5 claims that it can reach a speed of 0-62mph in of 2.7sec, but with a 500bhp V8 engine, a 0-60mph time of 2.3sec is quoted.
Updated on: October 24, 2013 19:06 IST
