The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites. The Museum of British Road Transport's new Spirit of Speed gallery houses the actual land speed record cars Thrust2 and ThrustSSC.

Interested in acquiring a rocket- and jet-powered land speed record contender? Then today's your lucky day because the Bloodhound LSR is for sale. We can guarantee two things: it won't be cheap, but ...

October 24, 2008 Current and former record holders Andy Green OBE and Richard Noble OBE are joining forces in an effort to set a new world land speed mark. The current record of 763 mph (slightly ...

THE engineer behind the ThrustSSC said he is mightily impressed with Coventry Museum's plans for the supersonic car. THE engineer behind the ThrustSSC said he is mightily impressed with Coventry ...

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 ...

It’s been nearly eight years since the Bloodhound SSC project was first announced. Yet the supersonic land vehicle that promises to be the fastest ever devised has yet to run. But soon the wait will ...

NEW BALTIMORE, Mich. – The current fastest speed achieved by a vehicle on land was set in 1997. Andy Green, a former Wing Commander with the British Royal Air Force, drove the ThrustSSC through the ...

The history of British motorsport is well stocked with underdog stories, most famously those of the “garagista” upstarts who conquered Formula 1 in the 1960s and ’70s before remaking the sport in ...

Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day. So, let’s get to the news. The current fastest speed achieved by a vehicle on land was set in 1997. Andy Green ...

Boom! The Bloodhound SSC - Britain's 1,000mph jet car - is here! That ‘Boom!' was, of course, the sound of the Bloodhound breaking the sound barrier, some 232mph before hitting its top speed. Not that ...