For the last 15 years, Bloodhound has held the dream of setting a new land speed record with a rocket-powered car. But the goal of reaching 800 mph (1,287 km/h) doesn’t come cheap, and the team’s ...

For all those times when you must’ve thought to yourself, “man, I wish I had one of those supersonic cars,” now’s your chance. You’ll get the entire project to oversee and, hopefully, carry right into ...

The Bloodhound Super Sonic Car has conducted its first public runs. Using just the thrust of its jet engine, the vehicle raced to 210mph (340km/h) down the runway at Newquay Airport in southwest ...

It looks like something NASA would aim at the sky and launch into orbit but no, it’s a car. And by the time its builders’ blast it across a desert in South Africa next year, they hope to set the land ...

If you’re in the market for a used car, then how about the rocket-powered Bloodhound? OK, the $11 million price tag may be prohibitive, but just think of how many heads it’ll turn on the commute to ...

Getting a 1000mph car to go 1000mph isn’t particularly hard, you just need an absolutely MASSIVE engine. However, keeping it from exploding, taking off, crashing and more is the really hard part. The ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An earthbound jet known as the Bloodhound became one of the world’s 10 fastest cars this week, on target for its goal to set a new land speed record. “The feeling in this car is ...

Ever since its founding in 2007, the company behind the Bloodhound Supersonic Car has made no secret of its plans to smash the world land speed record and cross the 1,000-mph (1,600-km/h) threshold.

Bloodhound SSC is a British designed supersonic land vehicle, currently under development, with the aim of smashing the world land-speed record. The pencil-shaped car, designed for optimal ...

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