Fastest SUVs of 2024
Quite why anyone needs a rapid SUV is rather open to debate, but clearly, there’s a demand for rocket-powered tower blocks. Here is the pick of the fastest SUV models in the UK; the ten best cars for squashing your family up against the backs of their seats…
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The V6 turbo used by the Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio is fabulous for your ears (and it, too, is distantly Ferrari-related). 510hp is plenty enough to shove the Stelvio to 60mph in just 3.8 seconds. Not the best car here, perhaps, but one of the most fun.
How quick does your car have to be before it becomes ‘stupidly quick’? That’s the area in which the Tesla Model X operates. A standard Dual Motor version can crack 0-60mph in just 3.8 seconds, which means this big, roomy, family-friendly electric SUV can annihilate a BMW M3 in a straight line. If that’s not enough, the bonkers 1,000hp Tri Motor ‘Plaid’ version can do that same sprint in just 2.5 seconds.
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How fast you want your Cayenne to go is entirely down to what you can afford. A basic Cayenne is already pretty quick — managing 0-60mph in 6.2 seconds — but if you can upgrade, you’ll go quicker still. An E-Hybrid will drop that to 5.0 seconds, while a GTS will do it in just 4.8 seconds. Want the ultimate? Go for a Turbo, a Turbo S E-Hybrid or the insane Turbo GT.
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Packing the same 625hp 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 engine as the M5 super saloon, the X6M is hardly what you’d call pretty, but it sure is fast. It’ll reach 60mph from rest in just 3.8 seconds. Is that speed enough to offset odd styling and the lack of rear seat space? That’s up to you to decide…
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The Audi RSQ8 is mean and glowering, and frankly far more handsome than the Lamborghini Urus with which it shares a chassis and a 600hp V8 turbo engine. It’ll hit 60mph in just 3.8 seconds, which is a fraction slower than the Lambo, but then the Audi does cost about £55,000 less than the Italian car…
The AMG-engined GLC looks almost sensible amid some of the other company here, and it comes close to being — in comparison — a bargain. Thanks to that mighty turbocharged AMG V8 engine (the same as used by the Aston Martin DBX) and its 510hp, it can sprint from 0-60mph in just 3.8 seconds. If you want to spend less, there’s a still-rapid V6-engined GLC43 AMG.
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Want to hit 60mph rapidly, but in silence? Look no further, as the all-electric Mustang Mach-E GT will get you there in just 3.7 seconds. It’s also, by quite some distance, the most affordable car on this list, as befits a car with the Ford badge. Not the best fun to drive, but certainly quick enough for anyone’s needs.
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Can you call the Urus a proper Lamborghini, given that it shares a chassis and 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 with Bentley, Porsche, and even Audi (and, whisper it, the chassis is the same as that of the VW Touareg)? Well, it’ll hit 60mph from rest in just 3.6 seconds so it’s Lambo-fast. Lambo-good looking, though? That’s up to you…
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The Levante is neither the fastest car here (4.8 seconds 0-60mph) nor the most affordable, but it probably has the engine that sounds the best. The Trofeo model’s 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 is (distantly) related to the Ferrari F8 Tributo, so it sings a song that only Pavarotti can match. Well, almost…
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Sadly, the tall Aston doesn’t get that firm’s mighty V12 engine, but the 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 (borrowed from Mercedes-AMG) will probably do, what with its 550hp and 0-60mph in just 4.5 seconds. Oh, you want more? Well, Aston can oblige — how about the 697hp DBX 707 version, which will do 0-60mph in just 3.3 seconds. Best-looking car on this list? Maybe…
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