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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Rosco McGlashan is hoping his Invader 5R bullet car can set a new land-speed record in 2014. (Rex) An Australian race crew hoping to set a new supersonic land-speed record have unveiled the first ...

3D rendering of the Aussie Invader 5R by Clint Davis. According to Read, because the Aussie Invader 5R is a rocket-powered car, it doesn't require much run-up length prior to the timing traps"about ...

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 ...

Daredevil Rosco McGlashan barely stops for breath as he enthuses about what he declares is his "life's work" and his latest step towards its biggest achievement. That's because his brainchild Aussie ...