Check out these lap times and top speeds docs for an overview of my methodology. The following results come from the very detailed and scientific car testing I carried out on this YouTube channel. Listed below will be the five fastest non-rocket-powered cars around a regular circuit in GTA online (where braking, cornering and acceleration all play a part in getting a quick lap time), followed by the five fastest non-rocket powered cars on a long straight piece of road (when all cars are travelling at their maximum speed).
There are a lot of variables, but for the purposes of this article I'm going to focus on two of the most useful-lap times and top speed.