The desire to break the land speed record goes back to the earliest days of the motor car, where inventors would compete against each other to see whose machine was the fastest. The race hit its peak ...

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 per ...

Tudor was lucky enough to be in Wales just as Sebastien Loeb was securing his 8th World Rally Championship title during Wales Rally GB 2011 and wrote a guest blog for ITV News covering the rally ...

On the morning of October 15, 1997, a dust trail streaked across Nevada's Black Rock Desert. At its apex, driver Andy Green braced himself at the wheel of thrust SSC as the jet-powered car reached ...

30 May 2023, 19:37 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Though it looks like a wingless plane, the Thrust SSC is a record-braking car, albeit one that managed to break the sound barrier 26 years ago ...

A deafening crack rang out across the Black Rock desert in Nevada as British driver Andy Green broke the land speed record - and the sound barrier. Green became the first human being to break the ...

Winter in 1997 was a glorious time to be alive. People were still hopeful after a change of government a few months earlier, England had just qualified for France 98, The Spice Girls were vying for ...

The insane Bloodhound SSC will make its attempt at a new land speed record next year. Currently holding the record at 763 mph is Andy Green, who piloted the Thrust SSC in 1997. Yes, that means the ...

A look at the car that wants to beat the 763MPH (1228KMH) land speed record set by the Thrust SSC in October 1997. The Morning After - A twice-weekly dose of the news you need ...

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 ...