For the next seven days, the Jacob Javits Center is the chicest parking lot on Earth.
Eye-poppingly cool cars from around the world with multi-million-dollar price tags and speedometers that go above 200MPH have rolled in for the New York International Auto Show, a showcase dates back to the early 1900s and ranks as the largest attended motor event in the US.
Showy curves, gleaming bumpers, exotic interiors and maximum performance draw thousands of car buffs who take in 700 or so of the most cutting-edge rides in the world. Here are some of the fastest and coolest:
Most Futuristic Supercar
Zenvo Aurora Agil V12: $3 million
In the world of hypercars – super expensive, super-fast vehicles for people with supersized bank accounts – the Zenvo Aurora Agil V12 is hotly anticipated. From Denmark and produced in an ultra-limited edition of 50, the Agil won’t be available until next year — but visitors to the auto show can get a preview.
Jens Sverdrup, executive chairman of Zenvo Automotive told The Post: “I feel that a lot of the hypercar companies go wrong because they have crazy performance but you can’t drive the car through rush hour in Manhattan. “I want high top-speed numbers, but I don’t want to sacrifice lower speed performance,” he said of the Agil, which can easily top 200 mph. The car also has a Quiet Mode to muffle the sound of its roaring engine. “That way you can come home quietly and leave quietly,” Sverdrup added.
Car With the Highest G-force
2026 Lamborghini Temerario: $600,000
The 2026 Lamborghini Temerario can go from zero to 60 miles per hour in just 2.6 seconds, accelerating like a rocket with a hybrid engine which switches between electric and gas, pinning passengers back with a G-force of up to 1.7. But the real fun begins when you shift into Drift Mode, which has three levels in an ascending slide. “It disables traction control and safety features that would prevent you from drifting,” Anthony Perez, of Lamborghini Greenwich, told The Post.
That means a driver can purposely make the car lose traction at the back, making it slide sideways through corners. Perez hit drift mode at an automotive gathering in Portugal. “I did level one and went sideways in a controlled manner,” he recalled. “At level two, I completely spun out.” And the top level? Perez laughed, “They wouldn’t let us do level three.”
Most Expensive Used Vehicle
2019 Koenigsegg Regera: $3 million
The 2019 Koenigsegg Regera is one of the most expensive cars at the show, and is one of the few cars which has actually appreciated in value. “This is an exclusive car, no longer in production. You have to pay a premium to acquire it,” Aleksey Katkov, exotic sales executive at Manhattan Motor Cars, told The Post.
Crafted in Sweden, the car was produced in an edition of 80, with only a third or so of them reaching US shores, one in the collection of tech boss Sam Altman. The Regera is completely hand built with a top speed of 255 miles per hour, which is actually limited by the manufacturer to stop anyone going faster. “The pickup is instantaneous and you feel like you are in a fighter jet,” said Katkov.
And on the side of the car, “There is the [logo] of a ghost,” said Katkov. “It represents all of Sweden’s fighter pilots,” placed there by CEO Christian von Koenigsegg.
The SUV for Billionaire Dads
Rolls-Royce Cullinan: $509,000
Some cars are built for speed, others for grandiosity. The Rolls-Royce Cullinan is designed for the kind of family-friendly comfort only the ultra-rich can afford. That back seats are “like an armchair that hugs you. You feel cocooned in the back of a Rolls-Royce,” said Katkov, adding the Seats can massage and “you have a lamb’s wool carpet that leaves you feeling as if you are barely touching the floor.”
The Cullinan also a pair of chairs which pop out of the car’s hatchback, with a cocktail table situated between them. “This is a perfect family car,” said Katkov, “that feels like a private jet.”
The Power Performer
Bentley Supersports: $486,000
In the age of hybrids and purely electric vehicles, Bentley is going in the opposite direction with its 2026 Supersports. “It uses only gasoline,” said Katkov. “It is not a hybrid. It is the GT model, with the highest performance. Only 500 are being made.”
While electric cars can feel sterile, the Supersports, has what Katkov calls “a fun factor built into them,” adding: “You are actually driving a fun car as opposed to driving a computer. It has the performance capabilities of a race car.”
The Loudest Electric Car
Hyundai Ioniq 5: $35,000
Electric cars are virtually silent, but the Hyundai IONIQ 5 revs things up. The battery powered vehicle is outfitted with technology to simulate the roar and rumble of a gas-guzzling race car. “We wanted to add a visceral passion to driving,” Derek Joyce, a senior manager at Hyundai, told The Post. “A lot of that comes from feeling the engine, feeling the sound and having it correspond to the car’s RPM.” And if you really want to push the fantasy, there is an option that simulates “a supersonic fighter jet.”
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