That title currently belongs to the Thrust SSC, which in 1997 became ... The all-time fastest accelerating production car in the world belongs to the HEMI-powered Dodge Challenger SRT Demon ...

This helps it achieve the top speed despite a comparatively high drag coefficient of 0.35 Cd, making it more brick-like than the second fastest production car in the world, the SSC Tuatara (0.279 Cd).