Bugatti Chiron

Here's how badly the Bugatti Chiron messes with your mind: I just did 217mph on an ordinary Portuguese highway in daytime traffic and came home slightly disappointed that I didn't go faster.

We could have done 236mph if we'd waited until the next off-ramp, no question. That's the car's electronically limited top speed in its normal driving setup. Insert a second key down between the driver's seat and the rocker panel and the ride height and spoilers reconfigure themselves in a low drag mode that subs stability for the ability to slip through the air, and the speed limiter is raised to 261mph (420kmh). What'll it do without that limiter? We'll have to wait until next year to find out when Bugatti conducts a maximum attack run at VW's Ehra Lessien test track, but at least 280mph seems likely.Read more at www.oktilli.com