Typically, when we think of the fastest cars in the world, iconic names like the McLaren F1 and the Bugatti Chiron come to mind. Both nameplates rightfully earned their places in automotive history ...

For a brief moment nearly two decades ago, a niche American supercar humbled Europe’s elite. It stormed past Bugatti and seized its world record, forced them to retaliate, and then... vanished?! No ...

This SSC Ultimate Aero held the record of world’s fastest production car until recently, when the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport took the lead.Mike Markovich/CNET When we first covered the ...

The design has been finalised for the world’s fastest car, set to be the first to top 1,000mph (1,610km/h). The Bloodhound SSC team are undergoing ‘parametric optimisation’, tweaking the blueprint ...

Twenty years ago, Bugatti set the world production car top speed record with the then-new Veyron, at 253.81 mph. Just two years later, Washington-based SSC—a company which hadn’t even been around a ...