When we talk about speed, the usual names that pop up in the mind are Koenigsegg, Pagani, and Bugatti, often in the same vein as words like twin-turbo V8, carbon fiber chassis, and next-gen ...

There is only one car in history that has ever broken the sound barrier, and it's called "Thrust SuperSonic Car," which achieved this feat back in October 1997 after reaching speeds of 763 miles per ...

Twenty-six years ago, in the spring of 1997, this outrageous rocket on wheels broke the sound barrier and became the fastest land vehicle ever built. The automobile was created to revolutionize ...

Ron Ayers, the man behind the world's fastest car, the Thrust SSC, passed away at the age of 92. His vehicle was designed to hit supersonic speeds and break records, and it did just that in 1997. The ...

If there's one common thread between many motoring enthusiasts from all over the world, it's a love of speed. Going fast is its own reward to some, fueling a passion for setting land speed records and ...

Automakers have competed for the title of who has the fastest car arguably since the dawn of the automobile. It's one of the most perennial questions of automotive history -- how fast can we get a car ...

Solid metal disks are the only material capable of supporting the required centripetal acceleration of spinning that fast without failing catastrophically. Its wheels are solid disks of aluminum, each ...

It's been 12 years since RAF fighter pilot Andy Green OBE and Thrust SSC scythed through the sound barrier on their way to the current World Land Speed Record of 763.053mph. So Green and former record ...

TheBloodhound SSC land speed record vehicle is aimed squarely at breaching the 1,000 mph mark, smashing the previous land speed record by 287 mph. The Bloodhound SSC is the successor to the previous ...