The current land speed record stands at 763 mph, which was set back in 1997 by Brit Andy Green driving the jet-powered ThrustSSC. However, there’s a new race on to see who can beat that time, and this ...

According to the FIA, the title of the fastest land vehicle on the planet belongs to Andy Green’s ThrustSSC. It was bestowed upon it all the way back in 1997, when the machine shot past the sound ...

The team Aussie Invader, based in Perth, Australia, plans to get into the 1000mph Club with a rocket-powered mean machine that can do 0-1,000 mph in 20 seconds. Headed by Australian speed record ...

Who in his right mind would want to drive a car that can accelerate from zero to 1,000 mph in 20 seconds? Roscoe McGlashan for one.

The current world land speed record was set by Andy Green back in 1997 and sits at 736 mph, which the British fighter pilot achieved behind the wheel of a turbofan-powered car in the Nevada desert.

In January we learned that the United Kingdom's Bloodhound project aiming to set a new land speed record for a steerable car had come to a halt due to a lack of funding. However, Bloodhound isn't the ...

ROSCO McGlashan is building the world’s fastest car — he just needs somewhere in WA to race it. The 16m-long Aussie Invader 5R, a rocket on wheels, is the latest chapter of his lifelong quest to break ...

An Australian race crew hoping to beat their British rivals to a new supersonic land-speed record launched their bid Thursday, unveiling the first parts of their rocket-powered bullet car. Daredevil ...