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Stories about: Guinness World Records

Fitting a Vehicle Through a 12.5-ft Gap Seems Easy, Let's Do It With a Side-Wheelie Truck!
Fitting a Vehicle Through a 12.5-ft Gap Seems Easy, Let's Do It With a Side-Wheelie Truck!

3 Oct 2023, 10:51 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Stuntman Marco Giony from Italy (Team Scorpione) achieved the feat with an HGV (heavy goods vehicle) and earned a Guinness World Records accolade, of course

 
Move Over, Plaid and Sapphire: Student-Built 'Mythen' Hits 62 MPH in Less Than One Second!
Move Over, Plaid and Sapphire: Student-Built 'Mythen' Hits 62 MPH in Less Than One Second!

12 Sep 2023, 13:02 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Please read that one more time. Now, again, aloud: a contraption that looks like an improvised go-kart (essentially that!) reached 62 mph in 0.956 seconds

 
Who's Your Mightiest Electric Van? Why, It's the Iveco eDaily, of Course! Wait, What?
Who's Your Mightiest Electric Van? Why, It's the Iveco eDaily, of Course! Wait, What?

3 Jul 2023, 13:07 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / An Iveco eDaily zero-emissions van recently towed over 153 tonnes (more than 168 US tons) to claim a Guinness World Record title

 
Aspark Owl's Quarter-Mile Average Speed Record Wasn't a Quarter-Mile Record – Here's Why
Aspark Owl's Quarter-Mile Average Speed Record Wasn't a Quarter-Mile Record – Here's Why

17 Jun 2023, 06:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The explanation will probably make you wonder about how bureaucratic matters can affect those willing to break automotive records.

 
Did the Aspark Owl Just Dethrone the Rimac Nevera? Here's the Answer
Did the Aspark Owl Just Dethrone the Rimac Nevera? Here's the Answer

25 May 2023, 22:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Reuters disclosed the Japanese electric hypercar achieved the highest average speed for the 1/8 mile and 1/4 mile. What about times?

 
NASA’s Crawler Transporter 2 Is Officially the World’s Heaviest Self-Powered Vehicle
NASA’s Crawler Transporter 2 Is Officially the World’s Heaviest Self-Powered Vehicle

30 Mar 2023, 08:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Guinness World Records recognized the NASA Crawler Transporter 2 as the world’s heaviest self-powered vehicle, at 6.65 million pounds

 
Video: Skoda Enyaq iV RS Electric Crossover Sets Guinness-Verified Drifting World Record
Video: Skoda Enyaq iV RS Electric Crossover Sets Guinness-Verified Drifting World Record

1 Feb 2023, 09:52 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / The Skoda Enyaq iV actually set not one, but two world records for drifting, which were certified by Guinness World Records

 
Elon Musk Becomes Biggest Wealth Loser in History, According to Guinness World Records
Elon Musk Becomes Biggest Wealth Loser in History, According to Guinness World Records

15 Jan 2023, 17:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Despite the uncomfortable title, Musk still is the second richest man in the world. Those who lost more than 60% of their investments cannot say the same

 
707 Mazda MX-5 Miata Roadsters Break the Record for Largest Parade of Mazda Vehicles
707 Mazda MX-5 Miata Roadsters Break the Record for Largest Parade of Mazda Vehicles

22 Sep 2022, 20:06 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Coincidence or not, the 6.2-liter Hellcat version of the third-generation HEMI launched in 2014 for the 2015 model year with 707 horsepower

 
Updated Delfast 3.0i E-Bike Is Stronger, Faster, and Smarter Than Ever, Still Just $7,300
Updated Delfast 3.0i E-Bike Is Stronger, Faster, and Smarter Than Ever, Still Just $7,300

15 Jun 2022, 14:51 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / This e-bike features a range of 200 miles, can crank out 134 lb-ft of torque, has a top speed of 50 mph, and even includes regenerative braking

 
Bugatti, Koenigsegg, SSC, and the Production Car Speed Record. Who Holds It?
Bugatti, Koenigsegg, SSC, and the Production Car Speed Record. Who Holds It?

22 Mar 2022, 06:11 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / What brand has the fastest production car in the world right now? Is it Bugatti, Koenigsegg, or SSC? Here’s what von Koenigsegg has to say and what's the truth

 
Strongman Gets Ready to Pull Several Cars With His Teeth in a World-Breaking Record
Strongman Gets Ready to Pull Several Cars With His Teeth in a World-Breaking Record

10 Nov 2021, 07:14 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Strongman Troy Conley is getting ready to pull more than five cars with his teeth in an attempt that will earn him a title in the Guiness World Records

 
Blue Origin's Spaceflight Smashed not One, But Four Guinness World Record Titles
Blue Origin's Spaceflight Smashed not One, But Four Guinness World Record Titles

2 Oct 2021, 21:27 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The Guinness World Records announced that Jeff Bezos and his crew broke four world records as part of the Blue Origin first crewed flight to the edge of space

 
Watch These Eight Ukrainian Men Pull the World's Heaviest Aircraft, a 364-Ton Metal Beast
Watch These Eight Ukrainian Men Pull the World's Heaviest Aircraft, a 364-Ton Metal Beast

30 Aug 2021, 00:40 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On August 26th, eight Ukrainian athletes successfully pulled a 364-ton Antonov An-225 Mriya during the WSF World Strongman Championship.

 
Watch This RC Car Speed Over Water in a World Breaking Record
Watch This RC Car Speed Over Water in a World Breaking Record

31 May 2021, 15:27 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / In a recent video uploaded by the Guinness Worlds Records, Michael Stallone breaks the world record for the greatest distance driven by a RC car.

 
Delfast Bikes Does the Unthinkable and Starts Breaking Away From PRC Production
Delfast Bikes Does the Unthinkable and Starts Breaking Away From PRC Production

25 Apr 2021, 13:20 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / Delfast has recently completed a crowd-funding campaign and is now using the funds to move production away from China and cutting delivery times.

 
Kia Used “Pyrodrones” to Light Up Reinvented Logo, Set Guinness World Record
Kia Used “Pyrodrones” to Light Up Reinvented Logo, Set Guinness World Record

6 Jan 2021, 12:13 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The South Korean company took to the skies for a fireworks show worthy of a record in order to highlight its new brand logo and “Movement that inspires” slogan

 
World's Fastest Wheelbarrow Hits 40 MPH, Looks Like a Deathtrap
World's Fastest Wheelbarrow Hits 40 MPH, Looks Like a Deathtrap

29 May 2020, 19:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We don't see a market for motorized wheelbarrows. But you never know, Japan might need something like this for all its older citizens

 
These Two Gamers Played a World Record 33 Hours of Need for Speed <span>· Video</span>
These Two Gamers Played a World Record 33 Hours of Need for Speed · Video

4 Nov 2015, 10:59 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Some people believe that spending countless hours in front of the computer is not healthy, but these two gamers managed to break a record doing so

 
Mazda MX-5 Sets New World Record
Mazda MX-5 Sets New World Record

17 Jun 2013, 12:42 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Mazda has set a new entry in the Guinness Book of World Records during the MAX-5 2013 event in Lelystad, Netherlands by forming the longest parade of driving Mazda vehicles ever, the Japanese automa...