Ayers would learn much on Thrust SSC—and another land speed car, 2006's diesel-powered JCB Dieselmax—that would inform his design for Bloodhound SSC. At first though, he was reluctant to get ...

The Bloodhound SSC is the brainchild of Richard Noble, the British creator of Thrust SSC, which was the first car to break the sound barrier when it hit 763 mph on a dry lake bed in Nevada's Black ...

Supersonic car pilot Andy Green describes setting the land speed record It’s the 20th anniversary of the Thrust SSC’s run. Up next, the Bloodhound. By Sven Gustafson Oct 19, 2017 1:00 PM EDT ...

A follow-up to the Thrust 2, the jet-power car that broke the land speed record in 1983, the SSC looked more like a wingless jet fighter than a car. Yes, it had four wheels, but they were hidden ...

Imagine These Car Drawings Going 1,000 Mph The team behind Thrust SSC — the world's fastest land vehicle — have been working hard to ready their even faster 1,000+… ...

The British team Bloodhound Supersonic Car (SSC) is comprised of some legendary land speed experience. Richard Noble was the man behind the Thrust SSC—the car that set the current land speed record.

It's the only car ever to do so. The Thrust SSC's record still stands today, but Bloodhound SSC will make a run for the record next year. The team says Bloodhound SSC can reach speeds of 1,000 mph.

It has been 20 years since the Thrust SSC became the first car to break the sound barrier and set a land speed record of 763 mph (1,228 km/h). Work is currently being done on breaking the 1,000 ...

On October 15, 1997, the Thrust SSC set a World Land Speed Record of 760.035 mph, and becoming the first and only car to break the sound barrier. That record may not stand for much longer, though.

The Thrust SSC is not competing in races right now. However, the public can witness the record-breaking car in Coventry, England, at the Coventry Transport Museum, where it is on display.

The top speed achieved by the SSC Thrust, as recorded by the Guinness Book of World Records and the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, was 763.035 miles per hour, or 1,227.985 kilometers ...

The highest speed ever achieved by a car on land, the Thrust SSC, is 763.035 mph (1,227.9 kph), and was set in 1997.