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 ...

World-class UK research is helping to build the fastest car in the world thanks to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council World class ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Welsh university is part of a team aiming to set a new land speed record in 2012 by breaking through the 1,000mph (1,610km/h) barrier. Swansea University's College of Engineering is assisting the ...

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 ...