From the SSC Tuatara to the McLaren F1, the fastest cars in the world are so extreme that there are only a handful of race tracks (or roads) to test them on.

BMW has a long and storied history of building cars that get off the line quickly and reach triple-digit speeds with ease. Of course, the fastest BMWs have historically been fitted with the fabled ...

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When it comes to the high-performance lineups of brands like BMW, it's easy to assume that the top-end is going to be the fastest. Not always.

A recent Autobild test pitted all currently available BMW M models against one another to find the fastest around Germany's Sachsenring race track.

Then comes the world’s fastest super sport sedan, an 820 HP BMW E90 M3. That’s nearly twice as much power than what the stock car used to make.

Some surprising brands have borrowed BMW's engine expertise over the years, resulting in some ridiculously fast cars that aren't BMWs.

The world record holder had the chance to test his Christmas present in advance, in Aschheim, near Munich at the BMW Vehicle Test Facility and find out how it is to reach 100 km/h in only 4.6 seconds.

The world's fastest cars come from a wide variety of automakers, from corporate-backed Bugatti to scrappy upstarts like Hennessey, SSC and Koenigsegg.

German luxury carmaker BMW unveiled the world’s fastest hydrogen-powered car at the Paris auto show. Dubbed the H2R, it's capable of exceeding 185 miles per hour.

And now, the 1982 BMW Alpina B7 S Turbo, a model that was briefly the fastest four-door in the world, could be yours.