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.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Clash writes about extreme adventure and classic rock. As Andy Green prepares to hit 1,000 mph in his Bloodhound SSC ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Imagine driving so quickly that you could travel the distance of two football fields in a single second; that’s exactly how driver Dave Spangler behind the wheel of Team Vesco’s coveted Turbinator II ...

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 ...

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 ...