Thrust SSC (the initials stand for SuperSonic Car). Thrust 2's success came despite the lack of any significant aerodynamic design or refinement. Going supersonic meant that aerodynamics couldn't ...

with the Thrust SSC, the only car ever to travel faster than the speed of sound. And oh, hey — Bloodhound even released a new video commemorating that incredible feat. Video footage of the ...

Since the invention of the automobile a frantic race has been on to build the fastest car on the planet. Two people who know more than most about the coveted land speed record are the driving ...

No toy tanks, trains, caravans or boats were allowed. Image source, Beaulieu Motor Museum The final cars in the line-up were signed models of Bloodhound SSC and Thrust SSC (which hit 763mph in ...

The "car" in question is the Thrust SSC, and it managed to achieve that record thanks to a couple of Rolls-Royce Spey 202 jet engines. The top speed achieved by the SSC Thrust, as recorded by the ...

Ron Ayers, the man behind the world's fastest car, the Thrust SSC, passed away at the age of 92. His vehicle was designed to hit supersonic speeds and break records, and it did just that in 1997.

The team has pedigree: it’s led by Richard Noble, the man who set the land-speed record in 1983, and the director behind Thrust SSC, the car that currently holds the land-speed record of 763mph.

A rocket-powered car is on track to set a land speed record of 1000 mph, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Bloodhound SSC is the brainchild of Richard Noble, the British creator of Thrust SSC ...

It's been 20 years since the Thrust SSC made its record-breaking speed run, becoming the only car to ever travel faster than the speed of sound. Yet as its driver explains, it wasn't as simple as ...

But, taking a car like the Thrust SSC to speeds above 700 mph isn't a simple as holding the steering wheel straight and mashing the throttle. No, there's finesse and precision involved to break ...