Bloodhound SSC's shape is the result of extensive aerodynamic development, much more so than Thrust 2 or even Thrust SSC. The car has to be able to cut through the dense air at ground level at ...

The Thrust SSC project would simply never have even existed were it not for the dogged perseverance of Richard Noble and his team. Noble already held the previous land speed record behind the ...

As per the original plan, Bloodhound will use both jet and rocket power, and be driven by Andy Green, the serving RAF pilot who drove Thrust SSC to the record back in ’97.

Bloodhound SSC however is a very different kettle of fish, boasting some major differences to the original car that broke the record back in 1997. For starters Bloodhound SSC uses three types of ...

The Thrust SSC, quite literally, inherited the DNA of breakneck airborne vehicles. At the heart of the car was Rolls Royce's Spey (R.B.163 Spey 505-5) engine, which has appeared inside a variety ...

The Bloodhound SSC is the successor to the previous record holder, the Thrust SSC which set a 763 mph record over the course of one mile back in 1997. Unlike the Thrust SSC, the new Bloodhound is ...

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 ...

This Guinness-World Record Breaking Car is so fast that it needed a parachute to be slowed down! There is only one car in history that has ever broken the sound barrier, and it's called "Thrust ...