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The Land Speed Sunbeam Is Getting Restored, Its Story is Overshadowed by Controversy
The Land Speed Sunbeam Is Getting Restored, Its Story is Overshadowed by Controversy

8 Jan 2024, 17:42 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / An exciting, dark, and controversial story surrounds the Land Speed Sunbeam 1000 HP. It sported mechanics similar to Babs, the car buried for 42 years

 
Watch This Koenigsegg Regera Casually Busting the 0-250-0 MPH One-Month-Fresh Record
Watch This Koenigsegg Regera Casually Busting the 0-250-0 MPH One-Month-Fresh Record

16 Jun 2023, 12:56 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / It didn't take long for Koenigsegg to retaliate against the Rimac Nevera performance run set on May,17, 2023; the Swedish hypercar is King again

 
Restored 1979 Aston Martin Bulldog Finally Achieves Its 200-MPH Original Goal
Restored 1979 Aston Martin Bulldog Finally Achieves Its 200-MPH Original Goal

8 Jun 2023, 08:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It took the Bulldog 44 long and troubled years, but it finally crossed the 200 mph speed threshold that would have made it the world's fastest car back in the d

 
Mother Nature Is the Only Thing Putting the Brakes on the Land-Sailing Speed Record
Mother Nature Is the Only Thing Putting the Brakes on the Land-Sailing Speed Record

21 Oct 2022, 02:22 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / One of the most unusual speed records is the wind-powered land-sailing one. A conventional sailing champion is ready to smash it

 
Lister Storm: An Obscure 1990s Supercar With a Massive V12 That’s Still Fascinating Today
Lister Storm: An Obscure 1990s Supercar With a Massive V12 That’s Still Fascinating Today

12 Oct 2022, 12:32 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Although few know that it ever existed, the V12-powered Lister Storm was the world's fastest four-seater for more than a decade

 
Lightning Motorcycles Speeds Up Its 250-Mph Record-Breaking Hyperbike Project
Lightning Motorcycles Speeds Up Its 250-Mph Record-Breaking Hyperbike Project

21 Aug 2022, 17:26 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The current electric motorcycle land speed record holder wants to go past the 250 mph mark. They have the expertise and experience, and now they got the tech

 
Land Yacht Horonuku Closer to Breaking the World Record, to Hit 126 MPH on a Salt Lake
Land Yacht Horonuku Closer to Breaking the World Record, to Hit 126 MPH on a Salt Lake

4 Jul 2022, 03:29 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This three-wheeled vehicle with a single sail is about to take off on one of Australia's salt lakes, to become the fastest land yacht in history

 
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

 
NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Sets New Records on Mars, Aces Flight 25
NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Sets New Records on Mars, Aces Flight 25

14 Apr 2022, 17:11 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The little helicopter did it again. NASA's Ingenuity rotorcraft flew further and faster than it ever did since it landed on Mars

 
Tesla Model S Plaid Humiliates Porsche Taycan Turbo S at Virginia International Raceway
Tesla Model S Plaid Humiliates Porsche Taycan Turbo S at Virginia International Raceway

18 Mar 2022, 18:07 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla Model S Plaid is Elon Musk’s replica to Porsche Taycan’s expertise on the racetrack and it turns out the affordable supercar surpasses its rival

 
Twenty Years Ago, the Volkswagen W12 Nardo Broke Seven World Speed Records
Twenty Years Ago, the Volkswagen W12 Nardo Broke Seven World Speed Records

10 Mar 2022, 15:50 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / With an innovative engine mounted midship, the W12 Nardo took to the track that inspired its name in 2002, for a record-braking, 24-hour run

 
Glen Curtiss’ V8 Motorcycle Made Him Faster Than Airplanes In 1907
Glen Curtiss’ V8 Motorcycle Made Him Faster Than Airplanes In 1907

7 Feb 2022, 10:46 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / At the beginning of the 20th century a legend named Glen Curtiss put a big V8 on a motorcycle. He reached an impressive top speed and set a new world record

 
Rolls-Royce Spirit of Innovation Is Officially the World’s Fastest All-Electric Aircraft
Rolls-Royce Spirit of Innovation Is Officially the World’s Fastest All-Electric Aircraft

20 Jan 2022, 16:47 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Rolls-Royce Spirit of Innovation became the world's fastest all-electric vehicle. The World Air Sports Federation has officially verified two speed records

 
World's Fastest Electric Motorcycle Breaks Its Own Speed Record, Hits 283 MPH
World's Fastest Electric Motorcycle Breaks Its Own Speed Record, Hits 283 MPH

30 Nov 2021, 13:13 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Voxan's upgraded electric motorcycle set new speed records. With Max Biaggi at the helm, the machine achieved a 283-mph (456-kph) speed

 
Callaway SledgeHammer: The Corvette That Reached 254.7 MPH Back in 1988
Callaway SledgeHammer: The Corvette That Reached 254.7 MPH Back in 1988

19 Nov 2021, 16:31 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / With a hand-built, 880-hp, twin-turbocharged V8 under the hood, this mind-blowingly fast 1988 C4 is one of the most outrageous Corvettes ever built

 
Rolls-Royce All-Electric Aircraft Smashes Speed Record, Clocks 387 MPH
Rolls-Royce All-Electric Aircraft Smashes Speed Record, Clocks 387 MPH

19 Nov 2021, 12:39 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Rolls-Royce says that its all-electric aircraft has managed to break multiple records, including a speed record, reaching a top speed of 387,4 mph

 
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

 
Gulfstream G700, G600 Long Range Jets Complete Record-Breaking Flights
Gulfstream G700, G600 Long Range Jets Complete Record-Breaking Flights

6 Nov 2021, 02:17 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Gulfstream G700 and G600 long-range jets set new international city-pair speed records flying from different U.S. locations to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 
This Streamliner Broke the National Electric Record, It Now Stands at 353 MPH
This Streamliner Broke the National Electric Record, It Now Stands at 353 MPH

30 Oct 2021, 13:48 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / This is the fastest electric vehicle in the U.S., and it managed to set two records in two days. Its fastest run was clocked at an average of 353 MPH

 
Mowabusa Claims Title of the Fastest Lawnmower in the World With 143 MPH
Mowabusa Claims Title of the Fastest Lawnmower in the World With 143 MPH

8 Oct 2021, 08:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Retired engineer Tony Edwards spent the past couple of years and some £30,000 ($40,800) to build the speedy lawnmower, which, yes, can still cut grass