The world's rarest supercars

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Bugatti Veyron ‘Pur Sang’

The Veyron is the world’s most famous supercar – it features a 1,001bhp 8-litre engine which helps it accelerate from 0-62mph in 2.5 seconds and a top speed of 253mph.

And this is the Bugatti Veyron Pur Sang edition – a limited production run of just FIVE cars.

The Bugatti Veyron Pur Sang has a completely different paint scheme to the standard car – none.

Each Pur Sang is unpainted, revealing the Veyron’s pure aluminium and carbon-fibre bodyshell, complete with a diamond-cut finish and high-gloss aluminium wheels.

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Ferrari F50

Most people celebrate anniversaries with dinner or a holiday abroad – not so Ferrari, who decided to celebrate its 50th anniversary with this: the Ferrari F50.

The F50 is a mid-engined two-door, two seat convertible which features a 4.7-litre V12 engine producing 513bhp and carbon-fibre bodywork.

The Ferrari F50 accelerates from 0-60mph in 3.7 seconds and can hit a top speed of 202mph.

Just 349 examples of the wide-bodied Ferrari F50 were built from 1995 to 1997.

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Lamborghini Reventon

Lamborghini is famous for producing some of world’s most outrageous machines – the Lamborghini Countach, Diablo and the classic Miura are all stunningly fast and achingly beautiful.

And the Italian carmaker – owned by Audi – has added another string to its bow with the 650bhp Lamborghini Reventon.

The Reventon’s design is inspired by a jet fighter, and the bodywork is made from carbon fibre.

And the 650bhp 6.5-litre V12 engine from the Murcielago LP640 powers the supercar from 0-62mph in 3.4 seconds and on to a top speed of 211mph.

The entire production run of 20 Lamborghini Reventon’s has already been sold, with one reportedly coming to the UK. And the price? £800,000.

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McLaren F1

It’s made from gold, magnesium, titanium and carbon fibre, cost £640,000 when new and is arguably the most famous British sportscar ever.

The McLaren F1 was designed by Gordon Murray and features a 6.1-litre BMW V12 engine producing 627bhp and a top speed of 240mph. This power accelerates the F1 from 0-60mph in just over three seconds, making it the world’s fastest production car for seven years.

Only 100 examples of the McLaren F1 were built, and of these just 64 were intended for the road, with the rest going into racing.

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Mosler MT900

This British-built rocket is the road-going version of one of the front runners of the British GT race series, with the ‘900’ denoting the car’s weight in kg.

The ‘standard’ Mosler MT900 is fitted with a 5.7-litre V8 engine producing 350bhp, but earlier this year we reported on a one-off 7-litre Mosler MT900 with a claimed 585bhp – in a car which weighs the same as a Ford Fiesta.

The standard Mosler MT900 can accelerate from 0-60mph in 3.5 seconds and hits a top speed of 150mph.

There have reportedly been just THREE completed Moslers MTs, and eleven racing versions.

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Pagani Zonda

The Pagani Zonda debuted in 1999 at the Geneva motor show with all the supercar credentials.

The Zonda’s curves are crafted from carbon fibre, it is rear-wheel-drive and houses a series of high performance engines from Mercedes-Benz’s tuning division, AMG.

The standard Pagani Zonda uses a 6-litre V12 AMG engine from Mercedes-Benz, producing 402bhp, while the newest Zonda ‘Cinque’ uses a 7.3-litre AMG engine producing 678bhp.

Pagani reportedly makes just 25 cars per year, and since the car’s debut in 1999, less than 100 have been built.

Porsche 959

The Porsche 959 was born on the dusty tracks of the Paris Dakar rally, and when it debuted in 1985, it was hailed as one of the most technologically advanced supercars of its time.

The 959 uses a turbocharged 2.8-litre ‘boxer’ style engine to produce more than 440bhp – some claim the engine is capable of up to 600bhp – and was one of the first supercars to use four-wheel-drive.

And the success of the Porsche 959 in the Paris Dakar rally convinced Porsche bosses to install their new four-wheel-drive system into all future 911 Turbo models.

Approximately 330 Porsche 959s were built during its three-year production run.