The top speed achieved by the SSC Thrust, as recorded by the Guinness Book of World Records and the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, was 763.035 miles per hour, or 1,227.985 kilometers ...

It's a cloudy morning in August 2014 and, on an industrial estate on the outskirts of Avonmouth near Bristol, a team of engineers is at work on Thrust's successor.The car, Bloodhound SSC, marks a ...

A follow-up to the Thrust 2, the jet-power car that broke the land speed record in 1983, the SSC looked more like a wingless jet fighter than a car. Yes, it had four wheels, but they were hidden ...

On October 10, racing driver Oliver Webb got behind the wheel of one of SSC's new Tuatara hypercars and, on a closed stretch of Nevada State Route 160, reached a top speed of 331.15mph (532.93km/h).

SSC founder Jerod Shelby has questions about Bugatti's 304.77-mph top speed claim. His 1750-hp Tuatara just smashed that record with a 316-mph two-way average speed.

This is the Bloodhound SSC. When finished, it will be powered by a jet engine bolted to a rocket. Together they will produce 47,500 pounds of thrust. And the retired Royal Air Force pilot who ...

But then, seemingly out of nowhere, SSC North America - operating at the time as Shelby Supercars - emerged with the Ultimate Aero TT, which in 2007 set a new production car speed record of 255.8 mph.

Jaguar has revealed their Bloodhound SSC F-Type R support vehicle, ... the Thrust SSC which set a 763 mph record over the course of one mile back in 1997. Unlike the Thrust SSC, ...

Getting a car to crest the 250-mph mark takes over 1,000 horsepower. Just ask the engineers behind the Bugatti Veyron or virtually any of the competitors at events like the Texas Mile. It's a heck ...

Way back in 1997 the first supersonic car ever built smashed the world land speed record. The Thrust SSC was silent in its menacing and deliberate approach, until it finally passed you with a ...

Green holds the current record, hitting 763mph (1,228km/h) in the Thrust SSC in 1997. The Bloodhound is expected to top 1,000mph on its run, which will take place on Hakseen Pan, ...

Bugatti races its Chiron Sport against a fighter jet in a new short film Listen, by now, any geek off the street can tell you that Bugatti makes insanely fast and powerful cars. It's been at it ...