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This 1992 Ferrari Wowed the Crowd at a Cars & Coffee Event in California
This 1992 Ferrari Wowed the Crowd at a Cars & Coffee Event in California

12 Feb 2024, 08:00 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / Amir saw a Ferrari for sale in a magazine back in the mid-1990s. And he just had to have the car. Once he bought it, he took it racing

 
Long-Lost 1938 Chevrolet Bonneville Record Car Found in a Yard After 50 Years
Long-Lost 1938 Chevrolet Bonneville Record Car Found in a Yard After 50 Years

13 Jul 2023, 14:55 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Built and raced at the Bonneville Salt Flats in the 1950s, this 1938 Chevrolet Master Deluxe has been missing since the 1970s.

 
Project ‘Black Spear’ Is a Streamlined CGI Mercedes EV With a Love for Salty Racing
Project ‘Black Spear’ Is a Streamlined CGI Mercedes EV With a Love for Salty Racing

29 Nov 2022, 11:30 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Buddy El-H, a CGI automotive designer better known as “buddythedesigner” on social media, has imagined an electrifying Bonneville Salt Flats Speedway idea

 
Family of Five Crashes Tesla Model X on Bonneville Salt Flats, Everyone Walks Away
Family of Five Crashes Tesla Model X on Bonneville Salt Flats, Everyone Walks Away

6 Sep 2022, 09:21 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / A family of five escaped with minor injuries after their Tesla Model X crashed at night on the Bonneville Salt Flats at 100 mph, prompting a lot of questions

 
Unlucky Drivers Find Out that a 30-Minute Rain Can Mess Up the Bonneville Salt Flats
Unlucky Drivers Find Out that a 30-Minute Rain Can Mess Up the Bonneville Salt Flats

9 Aug 2022, 18:08 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Some people knew it was going to rain, others had to find out on their own. Here’s how things went at one of the most famous places in America

 
This 1968 AMC Javelin Set a Speed Record at Bonneville, It Can Be Yours
This 1968 AMC Javelin Set a Speed Record at Bonneville, It Can Be Yours

20 Apr 2022, 20:12 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Driven to a flying mile speed of 161.73 mph, this 1968 Javelin is one of many AMCs that set records with Craig Breedlove behind the wheel

 
2022 Rivian R1T Goes to the Bonneville Salt Flats, It Runs Like the Wind
2022 Rivian R1T Goes to the Bonneville Salt Flats, It Runs Like the Wind

4 Apr 2022, 18:47 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / As was the case with Tesla when it first delivered its cars to customers, now Rivian owners are looking to test their new EV trucks. Here’s one attempt

 
Five Years Ago, This VW Reached 205 MPH (330 KPH) and Became the World’s Fastest Beetle
Five Years Ago, This VW Reached 205 MPH (330 KPH) and Became the World’s Fastest Beetle

9 Nov 2021, 09:52 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / With a stock body and a thoroughly upgraded engine, this little car blew past the 200 mph mark and became the fastest Beetle ever built

 
See the World's Fastest Cars Hit 400 MPH and Set Records at the Bonneville Salt Flats
See the World's Fastest Cars Hit 400 MPH and Set Records at the Bonneville Salt Flats

19 Aug 2021, 12:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / High-speed addicts have been racing hot rods at the Bonneville Speedway since the 1910s and have reached top speeds of more than 600 mph since then

 
Watch Tesla-Powered Electraliner Hit 240 MPH, Break 2/E Land Speed Record. Twice
Watch Tesla-Powered Electraliner Hit 240 MPH, Break 2/E Land Speed Record. Twice

25 Aug 2020, 15:36 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / EV West aims to break the land speed record for electric vehicles, but since it lacks experience, it decided to start with the 2/E weight-limited class

 
EV West Is Going for an Electric Speed Record at Bonneville Using Tesla Power
EV West Is Going for an Electric Speed Record at Bonneville Using Tesla Power

4 Aug 2020, 10:05 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The electric hot rodders at EV West are building something less attractive but a lot more impressive: a custom electric land speed record breaker of sorts

 
World’s Fastest, Record-Breaking Alfa Romeo Spider Can Be Yours for $35,000
World’s Fastest, Record-Breaking Alfa Romeo Spider Can Be Yours for $35,000

6 May 2020, 06:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The car is being sold without engine and transmission, but needs only a few modifications and repairs to be brought back to the Bonneville Salt Flats

 
Blind Racer Dan Parker Is Building a 2008 C6 Corvette to Set New Speed Record
Blind Racer Dan Parker Is Building a 2008 C6 Corvette to Set New Speed Record

25 Mar 2020, 11:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Former racer is determined to prove his blindness can’t take him out of the game, will probably have a go at the 2013 record this fall

 
Hyundai Nexo, Sonata Hybrid Run Amok in the Desert, Chasing Records
Hyundai Nexo, Sonata Hybrid Run Amok in the Desert, Chasing Records

23 Oct 2019, 14:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Both cars were driven during their runs by Dean Schlingmann, a driver who also happens to be senior powertrain engineer at Hyundai America Technical Center

 
Volkswagen Jetta GLI-based Prototype Hits 210 MPH At Bonneville Salt Flats
Volkswagen Jetta GLI-based Prototype Hits 210 MPH At Bonneville Salt Flats

18 Sep 2018, 16:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / More than 210 miles per hour in a Jetta with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbo? Yep, that's exactly what Volkswagen did at the Bonneville Salt Flats

 
Volkswagen Goes for Bonneville Land Speed Record With Near-Production Jetta GLI
Volkswagen Goes for Bonneville Land Speed Record With Near-Production Jetta GLI

8 Aug 2018, 12:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A not-so-heavily modified Volkswagen Jetta GLI will try to break the land speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats this weekend

 
Indian Scout Streamliner Goes for 200 MPH at Bonneville Salt Flats
Indian Scout Streamliner Goes for 200 MPH at Bonneville Salt Flats

2 Aug 2018, 08:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Indian and Lee Munro, great nephew of Burt Munro, will be attempting to reach 200 mph (321 km/h) in the 1,350 cc class. next week.

 
Honda Hits 261.875 MPH With 660 cc-Powered Vehicle at Bonneville
Honda Hits 261.875 MPH With 660 cc-Powered Vehicle at Bonneville

22 Sep 2016, 11:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Honda S-Dream Streamliner, a vehicle that can hit up to 266 mph from just three cylinder and 0.66 liters displacement

 
Modified VW Beetle with 543 HP Reaches 205 MPH at Bonneville
Modified VW Beetle with 543 HP Reaches 205 MPH at Bonneville

19 Sep 2016, 17:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / 205 mph is not the maximum that can be achieved by this higly modified VW Beetle. Don't be surprised if they have another go next year

 
3,000 HP Venturi VBB-3 EV Aims for 600 KM/H Speed Record on the Bonneville Salt Flats
3,000 HP Venturi VBB-3 EV Aims for 600 KM/H Speed Record on the Bonneville Salt Flats

21 Jul 2015, 12:51 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / The godfather of all EVs will try to make a comeback in August on the famous Bonneville Salt Flats, where it intends to reach 600 km/h and set a new EV record