On October 15, 1997, Wing Commander Andy Green and the Thrust SSC set the land speed record in the semi-arid region of Black Rock Desert. 20 years after that seminal moment, the record is slated to be ...

The Bloodhound Supersonic Car has had one hell of a rough time these past few years. Aiming to be the first car to hit 1,000 mph, the whole operation went into administration before being saved by ...

Practical mechanics escapes many people. Others can happily maintain a bicycle, or build their own engine. But how many people can build a car capable of over 1,000mph? These people can. Alex Goy is ...

The Bloodhound SSC crew has two missions in mind with their upcoming land speed machine—break the standing land speed record of 763.035 miles per hour, then go onto beat that by eclipsing 1,000 mph.

The Bloodhound SSC, a marvel of modern engineering, will make its first public run this October at Cornwall Airport in Newquay. This highly anticipated event will see the car driven by Wing Commander ...

This spring we brought you news of the Bloodhound SSC land speed record-seeking jet car as it made aerodynamic breakthroughs in computer simulation on its quest for 1,000 mph. This weekend, the car ...

Bloodhound SSC, the British-built vehicle that is eventually set to become the first car to break 1,000mph (1,600km/h), has again delayed its record-breaking attempt, this time until at least summer ...

A privately-financed bid for the world land speed record has come to a halt with funding exhausted. Britain-based Bloodhound Programme Limited was developing a car called the Bloodhound SSC in an ...

The dream of driving 1,000 miles per hour is stuck in neutral. Bloodhound SSC, a British project to build a land-speed-record car, found itself in a position familiar to many big-dream engineering ...

Sometime in 2017, the Bloodhound SSC could become the fastest car in the world. The previous record was set in 1997 by the Thrust SSC, driven by Wing Commander Andy Green, after the car achieved a ...

The Bloodhound Supersonic Car (SSC) team from the UK is continuing its journey towards claiming the world land speed record. After testing its rocket engine last year, the team has turned to 3D ...

In between sipping cups of Earl Grey tea and producing oddly prescient dystopian satires, the British like to set land speed records. Back in 1997, a group of enterprising British engineers ...