World's Most Expensive Cars|Top Ten Luxury Car in 2009

World’s Most Expensive Cars|Top To Luxury Car in 2009

1.Koenigsegg CCXR

The car has 1,018 bhp Horsepower,It will reach the speed of 0-100 km/h in 2.9 seconds with top Speed: 250 mph.Engine: 4.7 liter aluminum V8 Price: $2,173,950
Detachable storable hardtop with glass roof, rear wing, carbon ceramic brakes, hydraulic lifting system, navigation system, rear-view camera, DVD, CD, iPod, satellite radio, climate control, tire-monitoring system, leather carpets, roof stowage bag, car cover comes standard. Buyers can request custom leather interior and color options. You’ll need the right connections to get one of these–last March, production plans were cut from six cars to four.


2.Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport

The car has 1,001 bhp Horsepower,It will reach the speed of 0-100 km/h in 2.5 seconds with top Speed: 407 mph.Engine: 8-liter, 16-cylinder engine with a seven-gear, twin-clutch gearbox Price: $2,027,760. More than 700 hp in its "launch control" function are "continuously on standby” for a quick burst of speed, while cruise control allows constant driving at high speeds. Carbon-ceramic brake discs have interior ventilation; at speeds higher than 200 km/h, the rear spoiler serves as an additional brake. The car can come to a full stop from 100 km/h in just 32 meters.

3.Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster

 

The car has 678 bhp Horsepower,It will reach the speed of 0-100 km/h in 3.3 seconds with top Speed: 355 mph.Engine: Mercedes-Benz AMG V12 engine  Price: $1,882,920 Extras: There will be only five of these sold. The roof can be stored in the front trunk. Different drive modes of the sequential robotic gearbox and an adjustable suspension will make the car fun either on the road or on the racetrack.

4.Bugatti Veyron 16.4

The car has 1,001 bhp Horsepower,It will reach the speed of 0-100 km/h in 2.5 seconds with top Speed: 400 mph.Engine: 16-cylinder four-wheel drive Price: $1,738,080Extras: The Veyron has three diving modes that allow it conserve power, even at the highest speeds. (It needs only 270-280 horsepower to maintain speeds of 250 km/h.) Like the Grand Sport, the Veyron’s ceramic brakes slow it down faster than it can accelerate: it takes only 2.5 seconds to go from 0 to 100 km/h but it takes 2.3 seconds to come to a standstill from 100 km/h. The car is made of titanium, carbon, magnesium and aluminum–the lightest metals available, and some of the most expensive.

5.Pagani Zonda Cinque Coupé

The car has 678 bhp Horsepower,It will reach the speed of 0-100 km/h in 3.3 seconds with top Speed: 217 mph.Engine: Mercedes-Benz AMG V12 engine  Price: $1,738,080 Extras: The Cinque borrows traits from the upcoming Zonda R track-day supercar, but with an upholstered interior and no roll cage. It’s likely to be the final Zonda variant before the model’s replacement in a few years. There were only five of these sold for the 2009 model year; the car is currently sold out.

6.Lamborghini Reventon
 

The car has 650 bhp Horsepower,It will reach the speed of 0-100 km/h in 3.4 seconds with top Speed: 211 mph.Engine: 6.5-liter aluminum V12, 6-speed mechanical gearbox Price: $1,454,400 Extras: The Reventon was inspired by the F-22 Raptor fighter jet and named after one of history’s most famous fighting bulls. The entire body, excluding the roof and steel external door panels, is encased with carbon fiber. Introduced with the 2007 model year, just 20 of them will be made


7.Pagani Zonda F Roadster

The car has 602 bhp Horsepower,It will reach the speed of 0-100 km/h in 3.5 seconds with top Speed: 214 mph.Engine: Mercedes-Benz AMG V12 Mercedes-Benz AMG V12 mechanical 6-speed with twin plate clutch Price: $1,448,000 Extras: The Zonda F is Pagani’s top model and a tribute to five-time world champion Juan Manuel Fangio. It’s made largely of carbon fiber and titanium. Production of the Roadster F is limited to 25 units.


8.Maybach Landaulet

 The car has 604 bhp Horsepower,It will reach the speed of 0-100 km/h in 5.2 seconds with top Speed: 155 mph.Engine: V12 biturbo gasoline engine with 5-speed automatic transmission Price: $1,380,000 Extras: The roof can be opened fully at the rear, while the chauffeur’s compartment remains completely enclosed. Opening and closing the roof takes 16 seconds. Each armchair is encased in white leather. Partition screen with clear glass and curtains, reclining rear seats with leg and footrests, and a Dunhill umbrella are included.

9.Pagani Zonda F Coupé

The car has 602 bhp Horsepower,It will reach the speed of 0-100 km/h in 3.6 seconds with top Speed: 345 mph.Engine: V12 biturbo gasoline engine with 5-speed automatic transmission Price: $1,375,980 Extras: When the car debuted, Horacio Pagani dedicated it to Juan Manuel Fangio, a record-setting Formula One driver known as "El Maestro." It has Bosch ABS/traction control, a central carbon fiber safety cell with steel and carbon fiber roll bar; and a front- and rear-impact energy-absorbing structure made from carbon fiber. The car is currently sold out

10.Leblanc Mirabeau

 The car has 700 bhp Horsepower,It will reach the speed of 0-100 km/h in 3.3 seconds with top Speed: 230 mph.Engine: 4.7-liter V8 Supercharged Price: $861,798 (including $76,000 semi-automatic shifting option) Extras: The layout uses carbon fiber monocoques for ultra-high rigidity and security. Other parts of the chassis are made with titanium or magnesium. Some would argue that the fact that this Swiss stunner is street-legal makes the price tag worth it–most cars of its caliber are ready only for the racetrack. But be prepared for a sparse interior.

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New Space Shuttle X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle

The first robotic space plane X-37B launched by United States Air Force.

X-37B space plane weighs about 11,000 pounds and is just over 29 feet in length. It stands slightly more than 9 1/2 feet in height and has a wingspan just over 14 feet across.

Mission
The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, or OTV, is a non-operational system that will demonstrate a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the U.S. Air Force. The objectives of the OTV program include space experimentation, risk reduction and a concept of operations development for reusable space vehicle technologies.
Features
The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is the newest and most advanced re-entry spacecraft. Based on NASA’s X-37 design, the unmanned OTV is designed for vertical launch to low Earth orbit altitudes where it can perform long duration space technology experimentation and testing. Upon command from the ground, the OTV autonomously re-enters the atmosphere, descends and lands horizontally on a runway. The X-37B is the first vehicle since NASA’s Shuttle Orbiter with the ability to return experiments to Earth for further inspection and analysis.
Technologies to be tested include advanced guidance, navigation and control, thermal protection systems, avionics, high temperature structures and seals, conformal reusable insulation, and lightweight electromechanical flight systems. In addition, the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle will demonstrate autonomous orbital flight, reentry and landing.
Background
The Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office is leading the Department of Defense’s Orbital Test Vehicle initiative, by direction of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics and the Secretary of the Air Force. The Air Force OTV effort uses extensive contractor and government investments in the X-37 program by the Air Force, NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to continue full-scale development and on-orbit testing of a long-duration, reusable space vehicle.
NASA’s original X-37 program began in l999 and ran until September 2004 when NASA transferred the program to DARPA. NASA envisioned building two vehicles, an Approach and Landing Test Vehicle, or ALTV, and an Orbital Vehicle. The ALTV validated flight dynamics and extended the flight envelope beyond the low speed/low altitude tests conducted by NASA from 1998 through 2001 on the X-40A, a sub-scale version of the X-37 developed by Air Force Research Labs. DARPA completed the ALTV portion of the X-37 program in September 2006 by successfully executing a series of captive carry and free flight tests. NASA’s X-37 Orbital Vehicle was never built: but its design was the starting point for the Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle program.
The Air Force plans to conduct the first orbital test flight of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle in April 2010 with a launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on an Atlas V expendable launch vehicle. Re-entry and recovery activities will be conducted at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. or Edwards AFB, Calif.
General Characteristics
Primary Mission: Testing reusable space vehicle
Prime Contractor: Boeing
Height: 9 feet, 6 inches (2.9 meters)
Length: 29 feet, 3 inches (8.9 meters)
Wingspan: 14 feet, 11 inches (4.5 meters)
Launch Weight: 11,000 pounds (4,990 kilograms)
Power: Gallium Arsenide Solar Cells with lithium-Ion batteries
Launch Vehicle: Lockheed-Martin Atlas V (501)

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