Pushing physics to the extreme. Discover three of the coolest land speed record cars ever built, from jet-engine streamliners ...

Speed is everything in the automotive realm, but if you're going to be record-breaking fast, you might as well look incredible while you're at it. Luckily, the aerodynamic demands of true speed beasts ...

Monday 15 October marked 21 years since Thrust SSC set the current land-speed record of 1,227.985 km/h (763.035 mph) in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. The land-speed record, aka the fastest car on Earth, ...

What really happens when a car approaches the speed of sound? This video explores the incredible engineering challenges of ...

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 ...

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 ...

RAF WITTERING, England, June 19 (Reuters) - Andy Green broke the speed of sound in the mighty jet-engined Thrust SSC in 1997 but the fastest man on earth's latest record bid is in a car powered by two ...