Bugatti Mistral claims land speed record for a production open-top car Record car is a one-off example costing $14.7 million ...

Inspired by the backyard engineering of land-speed ... Ford Zephyr 6 draft car (complete with column-mounted manual shifter), but he'll need a draft car with a higher top speed if he wants to ...

Finally, the car you clicked for: A genuine Bonneville salt flat car, aiming tor land speed records in its drive. This little ...

It should be no surprise, then, that the internal combustion engine and the land-speed record have evolved at roughly the same pace over the last century or so. In order to celebrate the ...

The land-speed record for steam-powered locomotion has been holding steady for 88 years at 127mph, but a team of British engineers and stunt drivers will attempt to break it with the Steam Car.

The Bloodhound supersonic car is back, under new management and preparing to renew its pursuit of the land speed record. The project went into administration last year, unable to secure the ...

It’s been over 18 years since the supersonic Thrust SSC set the world land speed ... To whet speed freaks’ appetites, we’ve rounded up some of the most extreme car world records ...

It's estimated that the car hit 104 mph on this run, but the fatal incident caused the US to ban public record runs, hence ...

The Lola-Drayson B12/69EV is a former Le Mans car turned land speed racer, which set the current 500 kg -1000 kg EV land speed record back in 2013. The Autolite Lead Wedge, recently for sale by ...

In 1926, Babs became the world's fastest car by reaching a speed of 171.02 mph.In the 1920s Pendine Sands in Carmarthenshire became famous in the story of the World Land Speed Record. The long ...

Land speed record cars are two to four times as fast as Indy, NASCAR, or Formula 1 cars. And the rules are wide open. So long as the car rolls on wheels, pretty much anything goes. Yet despite the ...

The UK-led bid to break the world land speed record is under threat once more. Ian Warhurst, who owns the Bloodhound car that's been built to go beyond 800mph (1,290km/h), says new money must come ...