The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites. The Museum of British Road Transport's new Spirit of Speed gallery houses the actual land speed record cars Thrust2 and ThrustSSC.

Episode: 1444 In which ThrustSSC passes the sound barrier on land. Today, a very fast car.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Clash writes about extreme adventure and classic rock. As Andy Green prepares to hit 1,000 mph in his Bloodhound SSC ...

THE engineer behind the ThrustSSC said he is mightily impressed with Coventry Museum's plans for the supersonic car. THE engineer behind the ThrustSSC said he is mightily impressed with Coventry ...

According to the FIA, the title of the fastest land vehicle on the planet belongs to Andy Green’s ThrustSSC. It was bestowed upon it all the way back in 1997, when the machine shot past the sound ...

Imagine driving so quickly that you could travel the distance of two football fields in a single second; that’s exactly how driver Dave Spangler behind the wheel of Team Vesco’s coveted Turbinator II ...