496 km/h and Three Thousand Horses: China’s Yangwang U9X Blasts to the Top of the Hypercar World

For decades, Europe held the crown in the hypercar game. Now China has slammed its card on the table—and it is nothing short of outrageous. The Yangwang U9 Extreme, better known as U9X, has rewritten the record books with a 496 km/h top speed and a Nürburgring lap time that humiliated its closest rivals.