{"id":2242051,"date":"2026-11-06T16:01:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T13:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2242051"},"modified":"2026-11-06T16:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T13:01:21","slug":"its-official-the-yangwang-u9-xtreme-is-the-worlds-fastest-production-car-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2242051","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s official. The Yangwang U9 Xtreme is the world\u2019s fastest production car. Again."},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"articleItem\">\n<p>    {&#8220;@context&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/schema.org&#8221;,&#8221;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Article&#8221;,&#8221;image&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/070-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg&#8221;,&#8221;mainEntityOfPage&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;WebPage&#8221;,&#8221;@id&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-news\/first-official-pictures\/yangwang\/2026-u9-speed-record\/&#8221;},&#8221;url&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-news\/first-official-pictures\/yangwang\/2026-u9-speed-record\/&#8221;,&#8221;author&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Person&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;Luke Wilkinson&#8221;,&#8221;description&#8221;:&#8221;Luke Wilkinson is Deputy Editor of our sister site, Parkers. However, he also writes news, reviews and features for CAR magazine. Heu2019s worked as a car journalist for five years now, having started his career as a Staff Writer at Auto Express in November 2018. He joined Bauer Media in February 2022.nHe was excited to work as a car journalist before heu2019d even finished his studies. As a university student, heu2019d visit his local car dealerships in his spare time (posing as a customer), and test drive cars. He would then write reviews on those cars for his own website to build up a portfolio to show to his future employer.nLukeu2019s efforts soon landed him an internship with the Daily Recordu2019s motoring supplement, Road Record. He worked for two weeks at the publication, gathering vital online and print magazine skills that would stand him in good stead for his entrance into the working world.nHighlights of his career so far include driving a V8 powered (and ULEZ exempt!) 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The Yangwang U9 Xtreme is the worldu2019s fastest production car. Again.&#8221;,&#8221;publisher&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Organization&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;Bauer Media&#8221;,&#8221;brand&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Organization&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;Car Magazine&#8221;},&#8221;logo&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;ImageObject&#8221;,&#8221;url&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/car-assets.bauersecure.com\/images\/logos\/car.200&#215;88.png&#8221;}}}<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"column xlarge-10 xlarge-push-2\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s official. The Yangwang U9 Xtreme is the world\u2019s fastest production car. Again.<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"hide-for-xlarge-up\">\n<div class=\"compact-author-info\">\n\tBy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/author\/luke-wilkinson\/\">Luke Wilkinson<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"dates\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dates__date\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPublished: Today 16:01<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source__inline\">\n<div class=\"preferred-source\">\n<div class=\"preferred-source__line-break\"><\/div>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=carmagazine.co.uk\" class=\"google-preferred-source-link preferred-source__link preferred-source__link--left\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"preferred-source__border\">\n<div class=\"preferred-source__inner\">\n<div class=\"preferred-source__google-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/assets\/images\/icons\/google-logo-46x46.png\" alt=\"Follow Car on Google\" data-src=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/assets\/images\/icons\/google-logo-46x46.png\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source__google-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tFollow <strong>Car<\/strong> on Google\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source__tooltip\">\n\t\t\t\tAdd Car as a preferred source on Google to see more of our latest content\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"cms-content\">\n<div class=\"in-page-gallery full-width thumbnails-bullets\">\n<ul class=\"carousel\" data-orbit=\"true\" data-options=\"bullets: true; resume_on_mouseout: false; timer: false; variable_height: true; slide_number: false\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/070-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-assets.bauersecure.com\/images\/1056x594\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Yangwang U9 Xtreme: new production car top speed record of 312.65mph, front three quarter driving, red paint\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/480x270\/070-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/720x405\/070-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/1056x594\/070-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg, (large)]\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption orbit-caption\">\n<div>Yangwang U9 Xtreme: new production car top speed record of 312.65mph, front three quarter driving, red paint<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/071-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-assets.bauersecure.com\/images\/1056x594\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Yangwang U9 Xtreme: new production car top speed record of 312.65mph, Marc Basseng at the wheel\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/480x270\/071-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/720x405\/071-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/1056x594\/071-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg, (large)]\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption orbit-caption\">\n<div>Yangwang U9 Xtreme: new production car top speed record of 312.65mph, Marc Basseng at the wheel<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/072-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-assets.bauersecure.com\/images\/1056x594\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Yangwang U9 Xtreme: new production car top speed record of 312.65mph, front three quarter static with Marc Basseng\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/480x270\/072-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/720x405\/072-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/1056x594\/072-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg, (large)]\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption orbit-caption\">\n<div>Yangwang U9 Xtreme: new production car top speed record of 312.65mph, front three quarter static with Marc Basseng<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleContent\">\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-reviews\/yangwang\/\" title=\"View all Yangwang  Reviews\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"info-link\"> View all Yangwang  Reviews<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"bold-links\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u25ba<\/strong> <strong>Yangwang claims the production car speed record with the U9<br \/><\/strong><strong>\u25ba<\/strong> <strong>It hit a top speed of 312.65mph on a closed road in Abu Dhabi\u2026<br \/><\/strong><strong>\u25ba<\/strong> <strong>\u2026 beating its own previous top speed record by almost 4mph<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-news\/first-official-pictures\/yangwang\/\">Yangwang<\/a> has finally banished the bee from its bonnet. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-news\/first-official-pictures\/yangwang\/u9\/\">U9 Xtreme<\/a> electric hypercar was already the fastest production car in the world, having hit a top speed of 308.4mph back in September 2025. That\u2019s fast \u2013 but it wasn\u2019t fast enough for the company\u2019s targets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yangwang always wanted the U9 to hit more than 500km\/h and, thanks to some extra fettling and a very long stretch of closed road in the middle of the Abu Dhabi desert, it\u2019s now managed it. The U9 has broken its own record, laying down a new top speed of 503.17km\/h (or 312.65mph if you can\u2019t wrap your head around the metric system).<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This record was set across two days. On day one, the U9 Xtreme hit 490km\/h (304mph). Yangwang\u2019s engineers then worked through the night, adjusting the angle of its rear wing, fiddling with its suspension to stop the imperfections in the tarmac from unsettling the chassis and tweaking its tyre pressures for better stability.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject show-for-medium-up hide-for-xlarge-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/480x0\/072-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg?scale=down\" alt=\"Yangwang U9 Xtreme: new production car top speed record of 312.65mph, front three quarter static with Marc Basseng\" class=\"wp-image-276033\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/480x0\/072-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg?scale=down, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/720x0\/072-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg?scale=down, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/1040x0\/072-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg?scale=down, (large)]\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On day two, the U9 set its record-breaking speed \u2013 and between each run, Yangwang trailed up and down the road with cleaning brushes to give the tyres the best possible chance of maintaining their connection with the tarmac. Sand is slippery and, with the attempt taking place in the desert, it wasn\u2019t exactly in short supply.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plus, as the video below shows, Yangwang recently had a bit of an off with another U9 undergoing speed testing in China, which it was keen to not replicate here.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The record was set by Marc Basseng. He was the test pilot for the previous U9 land speed record attempt as well as an unofficial global EV speed record in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-news\/motor-shows-events\/frankfurt\/2017\/aspark-owl-japans-take-on-the-all-electric-hypercar\/\">Aspark Owl SP600<\/a> back in 2024. He said: \u2018This time, we took on an entirely different challenge \u2013 pushing the limits of speed on a public road in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject show-for-medium-up hide-for-xlarge-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Unlike a dedicated test track, a public road presents a different set of challenges, making precision, stability and confidence in the vehicle more important than ever. Breaking a world record once is extraordinary but doing it again in such a different environment is truly special.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/480x0\/071-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg?scale=down\" alt=\"Yangwang U9 Xtreme: new production car top speed record of 312.65mph, Marc Basseng at the wheel\" class=\"wp-image-276032\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/480x0\/071-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg?scale=down, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/720x0\/071-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg?scale=down, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/276029\/1040x0\/071-yangwang-u9-xtreme-speed-record.jpg?scale=down, (large)]\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stella Li, executive vice president of YangWang\u2019s parent company BYD, said: \u2018I always tell people that our engineers are young, bold and maybe a little crazy \u2013 but in a good way!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Even as the team celebrated the astonishing 496.22km\/h (308.22mph) in Germany last year, they were looking through the data and discussing how to take U9X to its next level. 503.17km\/h (312.65mph) is a fantastic achievement, and it moves the benchmark for pure electric power even further ahead.\u2019<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the Yangwang U9 Xtreme\u2019s specs?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, they\u2019re quite\u2026 erm\u2026 extreme. It has an electric motor on each wheel, producing 744bhp <em>each.<\/em> That adds up to a grand total of 2978bhp. To frame that figure another way, the U9 Xtreme has more than two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-reviews\/bugatti\/bugatti-veyron-164-super-sport-2011-review\/\">Bugatti Veyrons<\/a> worth of horsepower.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you spend any length of time on social media, you\u2019ve probably seen this car playing hopscotch, too. That\u2019s thanks to BYD\u2019s DiSus-X Intelligent Body Control System, which can not only counteract pitch, roll and squat, but can also fire the wheels into the tarmac to launch the car off the ground. Which is handy for avoiding potholes, we guess.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject show-for-medium-up hide-for-xlarge-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Production of the Yangwang U9 Xtreme will be limited to just 30 units worldwide. Prices for this record-setting model haven\u2019t yet been confirmed, but the \u2018standard\u2019 model, with a little less than half the horsepower, is expected to cost around \u00a3200,000.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<aside class=\"about-author\">\n<h2 class=\"about-author-heading\">About the author<\/h2>\n<div class=\"about-author-inner\">\n<div class=\"main-author-summary-container\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"main-author-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/author\/luke-wilkinson\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/14254\/120x120\/lukewilkinson1.jpeg?quality=90)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"main-author-name-container\">\n<div class=\"main-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/author\/luke-wilkinson\/\">Luke Wilkinson<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"main-author-job-title\">Deputy Editor<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"main-author-byline\">Luke is the Deputy Editor of our sister site Parkers, but he spends plenty of time writing news, reviews and features for CAR. 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