Supercars are getting faster and faster, but few have managed to crack the 300-mph barrier. But why? Can't they just crank up the horsepower? Not quite.

The Thrust SSC is the fastest land vehicle ever according to the Guinness Book of World Records, with a max speed that defies all expectations.

To elaborate, let's start with the goalpost for the fastest car ever built. That title currently belongs to the Thrust SSC, which in 1997 became the first (and so far only) car to break the sound ...

The Bloodhound SSC is the offspring of the Thrust SSC that set the world land speed record in 1997, RAF pilot Andy Green blasting across the desert at 793 miles per hour. Whereas Thrust SSC was ...

Engineers have unveiled designs for a rocket- and jet-powered car that they say could bust the land-speed record wide open, potentially traveling faster than 1,000 miles per hour. The vehicle, called ...

Ron Ayers, the man behind the world's fastest car, the Thrust SSC, passed away at the age of 92. His vehicle was designed to hit supersonic speeds and break records, and it did just that in 1997 ...