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It's a very exclusive club with an entry fee that starts at $100,000 and rapidly climbs skyward from that point. And even if you spend one million dollars to apply, there's only one way to ensure you'll be allowed in - that is to crack 200MPH.

Ever since the legendary Ferrari F40 roared to life in 1987, 200 miles per hour has been the supercar benchmark. In the 1990s only a handful of exotic sports cars could break through the elusive mark. However, since 2003 that handful has become a gaggle.

Each year the organizers of MPH, the Jeremy Clarkson-fronted performance and prestige motor show, showcase the fastest production-based supercars on the planet. The 2007 assortment topped the 2006 event that was highlighted by seven Ferrari Enzos, and a McLaren F1 LM. This past year’s line up included the ultra-rare and downright obscene. Roll call consisted of a Koenigsegg CCX, Pagani Zonda, Bugatti Veyron, a Gumpert Apollo and Ascari KZ1. If you’re looking for more familiar names, add in the Bristol Fighter, Lamborghini Murcielago, Maserati MC12, Porsche Carrera GT and Ferrari Enzo.

MPH show director, Lee Masters, is the loony genius responsible for assembling this wild and exclusive array of cars. “We’ve been in conversation with the companies who hold the keys to the most desirable cars on the planet. We bring the ‘200 mph club’ to London and Birmingham and parade the best of this year’s dream machines through the theatre and motor show,” said Masters.

Advancements in automotive technologies and a vastly increasing number of people in the ‘filthy rich’ category has made supercar ownership far more common. Thirteen 200mph+ capable supercars have been introduced since the debut of the MPH show in 2003. “We are living in a golden age of supercars. All of the new money that has washed into the world means the demand is higher than ever. New 200mph+ machines are being launched with a regularity we wouldn’t have dreamed of 20 years ago when the F40 was launched. The McLaren F1 was launched in 1994 and it wasn’t for nearly a decade that the top speed was beaten by the Veyron. We now have a situation where manufacturers are already claiming to have, or are aiming to beat, the Veyron’s top speed. There is an escalating power race going on between the top manufacturers and who knows, we could see top speeds approaching 300 mph in another 10 years,” Masters told Motive Club.

Know More: Check out the wild and crazy Brits that organize the annual 200 MPH club at: www.mphshow.co.uk

Bugatti Veyron [above]: The super rare Bugatti topped this years event with a speed of 253 miles per hour.

Ferrari Enzo: Once considered the ultimate sports car, the Enzo Ferrari managed only a sixth place finish at 217 MPH.

Koenigsegg CCX: Eleven miles per hour off the pace (243), the Koenigsegg CCX ran second to the Bugatti and slightly ahead of the McLaren F1.