The 5 fastest cars of the 2016 Jaguar Simola Hillclimb

These were the 5 quickest machines at this year’s event that was won by historic racing driver and car collector, Franco Scribante.

1) 1972 Chevron B26: Franco Scribante

Powered by a Suzuki V8 engine (basically two Hayabusa motors mated together in a high-revving union), this bright orange Chevron smashed the previous Hillclimb record by posting a final run time of 38.646 – an incredible average speed of 176.9km/h.

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2) 1993 Nissan GTR R32: Desmond Gutzeit

Although it couldn’t quite match Scribante’s Chevron this tricked out R32 remains a thoroughly impressive piece of kit thanks to its 1500hp motor, grippy all-wheel drive system and advanced launch control software. Biblically quick out of the starting blocks it ended the event with a 40.324.

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3) 2013 Subaru WRX: Anton Cronjé

Cronjé likes to keep a tight lid on the modifications done to his WRX. And we don’t blame him because it’s quick enough to keep a Nissan GT-R trailing in its wake. This wild Subaru posted the third fastest time of the event with a 42.564.

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4) 2016 Nissan GT-R: Wilhelm Baard

Full factory support and a long list of performance modifications make this the quickest GT-R of the field. 2011 winner and Nissan global test engineer, Wilhelm Baard, steered the 1 000kW ‘Godzilla’ to an easy fourth place finish with a time of 42.745.

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5) 2016 Nissan GT-R: Jaki Scheckter

The very experienced Jaki Scheckter (son of ex-Formula 1 driver, Ian Scheckter) blitzed his way to the top of the new Supercar Shootout class in a showroom-specification Nissan GT-R. Scheckter's final run of 43.591 not only earned him class honors but also saw him claim the fifth official fastest time of the weekend.