Wooden Bike Goes for Land Speed Record
30 May 2011, 09:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This is the name of a bicycle made entirely out of wood, using no bolts, no screws, no metal whatsoever. Just wood, and the additional glue here and there, meant to hold the entire contraption toget...
Breitling for Bentley Supersports Light Body Details Revealed
3 Mar 2011, 07:59 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Geneva is the place to be for automotive aficionados these days, as the Swiss venue is flooded with world and European premieres, one more attractive or interesting than the other. However, visitors...
Extreme Bentley Supersports Convertible Takes Speed Record on Sheet Ice
15 Feb 2011, 13:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Doing something only the Finns can, rally champion Juha Kankkunen achieved 205.48 mph (330.695 km/h) in a Bentley Continental Supersports convertible... on ice. The driver is no stranger to speed, a...
Land Speed Record in the Making: Bloodhound SSC
10 Feb 2011, 09:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ever since 2009, the world of those of us that try to set new heights in terms of speed has been buzzing at the word of a new machine aiming to break the land speed record. It is called the Bloodhou...
IVy Solar Car Breaks Speed Record
11 Jan 2011, 15:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The challenging world of solar cars just got a bit more exciting recently, after a new land speed record for this type of vehicles was set at a navy base in New South Wales, Australia. The fastest s...
Eurocopter X3 Preparing To Break Helicopter Speed World Record
21 Dec 2010, 18:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While we, automotive enthusiasts, like to keep ourselves busy by putting vehicles through their paces on twisty courses, torturing four pieces of rubber to get our excitement, there’s also a ...
2010 Paris Auto Show: Venturi Buckeye Bullet · Live Photos
1 Oct 2010, 12:02 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The 2010 Venturi Jamais Contente, also known in the USA as the "Venturi Buckeye Bullet", is an electric vehicle of over 800 hp, currently on display in the French manufacturer’s boot...
Honda RS125 Is the World's Fastest 125cc
20 Sep 2010, 09:12 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Honda RS125-powered streamliner has set a new speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats by achieving a two-way average speed of 146.77 mph (236.20 km/h). This way, the 41 bhp bike raced by 27-ye...
Toyota Hilux, a Super Mower Mover
13 May 2010, 13:10 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Some of you may remember our report from last November, which referred to a new lawn mower land speed record attempt scheduled to take place this summer. The Project Runningblade team is determined ...
Land Rover Supports Explorer to Break North Pole Speed Record
11 Mar 2010, 08:43 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / British explorer Ben Saunders will attempt to become the fastest ever to reach the North Pole on foot. However, British carmaker Land Rover will support the expedition, due to start on March 15. Tho...
NHRA Museum - First American to 400MPH 50th Anniversary Tribute
4 Feb 2010, 11:09 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Fifty years ago, race driver Mikey Thompson was setting an important motorsports milestone at the Bonnevile Speedway, reaching 406.6 mph, the fastest speed that an American driver had ever traveled ...
Record Drive for Techart GT Street RS
20 Jan 2010, 09:16 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After securing a new speed record for fullsize-SUVs at the High Speed Event in Nardo/Italy at the beginning of December 2009, the tuners at Techart Automobildesign broke the former lap record at the...
Aston Martin One-77 Breaks the 200MPH Mark
22 Dec 2009, 10:56 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Aston Martin’s One-77 supercar exceeded its original expectations and comfortably broke the 200mph mark in initial high speed testing. This means the car made on step closer to setting a new a...
Steinmetz and Klasen Set Fastest Opel World Record
16 Dec 2009, 15:58 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / {img align=left}Steinmetz in collaboration with Klasen Motors have set a world record for the fastest street-legal Opel. The record was achieved in October, at the Italian Nardo circuit, where the &...
Techart Sets New Fullsize-SUV Speed Record
14 Dec 2009, 15:40 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The tuners at Techart Automobildesign secured a new speed record for fullsize-SUVs at the High Speed Event in Nardo/Italy the past weekend. Test driver Sandro Reuter reached a top speed of 321,2 km/...
Keating TKR to Debut at MPH 2009
4 Nov 2009, 16:26 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / This year’s edition of London’s MPH Show featuring Top Gear Live will reportedly have some of the most exciting supercars in the world. The latest confirmation comes from British company...
The Fastest Blind Man on Earth: 200+ MPH
9 Oct 2009, 14:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / While we were minding our own business today, we came across a title reading: new world land speed record for the blind set by... Now, we know blind men (or women) behind the wheel of a car is not s...
Mission One Electric Bike Topped 150 mph
17 Sep 2009, 13:39 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Electric motorcycle manufacturer Mission Motor went testing one of its zero emissions machines in early September at Bonneville Speedway, managing to set a record 150 mph, which was higher than 70 p...
Victory Motorcycle Breaks Speed Record at Bonneville
14 Sep 2009, 13:15 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Ridden by Gregor Moe, a Victory Kingpin motorcycle managed to set a new national speed run record of 165.8 mph during the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The record was set...
CBR600RR with BST Wheels Broke Five World Records
2 Sep 2009, 10:34 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Carbon fiber motorcycle wheels manufacturer Blackstone Tek has been chosen to shoed a pair of CBR600RRs that entered the 200 MPH club at Bonneville Speed Week and broke five world records. Spons...