A British effort to build a 1,000-mph car recently shut down due to lack of funds. The Bloodhound supersonic car (SSC) was put up for sale at an asking price of $319,000, according to the BBC. But the ...

The dream of driving 1,000 miles per hour is stuck in neutral. Bloodhound SSC, a British project to build a land-speed-record car, found itself in a position familiar to many big-dream engineering ...

A privately-financed bid for the world land speed record has come to a halt with funding exhausted. Britain-based Bloodhound Programme Limited was developing a car called the Bloodhound SSC in an ...

Some sad news this morning for those who appreciate pushing the boundaries of science in pursuit of speed: the Bloodhound SSC project, a rocket car that's been aiming to hit the 1,000 mph land record ...

The land speed record looks set to remain unbroken for the foreseeable future The land speed record looks set to remain unbroken for the foreseeable future Though things look dire, one person who ...

It was announced Monday that Bloodhound Programme Limited and its assets have been purchased, securing a future for the land speed record program. Identified as the buyer was a British engineer and ...

TheBloodhound SSC land speed record vehicle is aimed squarely at breaching the 1,000 mph mark, smashing the previous land speed record by 287 mph. The Bloodhound SSC is the successor to the previous ...

The insane Bloodhound SSC will make its attempt at a new land speed record next year. Currently holding the record at 763 mph is Andy Green, who piloted the Thrust SSC in 1997. Yes, that means the ...

Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media ...

When traveling at 1,000 mph, the Bloodhound SSC land speed record car’s wheels will spin 10,200 times per minute—or 170 times per second. If part of the wheel comes off at that speed, you’re talking ...

Jonathan loves just about anything with a motor and a steering wheel. As a kid, Jonathan collected any kind of toy car he could lay his hands on, and begged his parents to take him to the monster ...

Sad news, everyone. Bloodhound SSC, the British project to shatter the land speed record, is dead. Breaking the 1,000mph barrier with a ground vehicle is neither an easy feat nor a cheap one, and it ...