Venom GT, world’s fastest car hits 435 km/hour

US engineers have developed the world’s fastest car with a top speed of an incredible 435 kilometres per hour.

US firm Hennessey’s Venom GT set the new record for the fastest car in the world during a test run at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

Venom beat the previous best record of 431km/h set by Bugatti Veyron Super Sport.

Venom GT is a stretched Lotus Exige with a 7.0-litre, 927kW twin-turbo V8 wedged between its axles