Bloodhound SSC 1000+mph car!

The British team that claimed the land speed record in 1997, taking a car through the sound barrier for the first time, is planning to go even faster. RAF pilot Andy Green made history in 1997 when he drove the Thrust SSC jet-powered vehicle at 763mph (1,228km/h). Now he intends to get behind the wheel of a car that is capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Known as Bloodhound, the new car will be powered by a rocket bolted to a Typhoon-Eurofighter jet engine.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Bloodhound
• SSC
• 1000mph
• Super
• sonic
• car
• world
• record
• bid

[dreamopeth]

put Richard Hammond in it......joke joke

[keithmayes]

Sounds good but at 1000 mph just a split second loss of concentration - like opening the window to throw out your empty coke bottle - could prove troublesome.

[IzumiKichida]

can you imagine the speeding ticket on THAT?!

[JimmyJunkster]

@jdrivas5 They found a dry lake bed in South Africa which has a better surface than Bonneville or Black Rock. Only problem is 1 million kg of stones which have to be removed by hand. Several hundred workers are nearly halfway through the job.

[topgeartim]

@dreamopeth nah, put captain slow, he'll be the fastest man then.

[101796bg]

how can it be piloted nobody can handle that?

[blueshift86]

@dreamopeth dreaaaad :P LOL - too funny!

[3TGV]

did that just drive on water?

[gamblemadman]

YOU JELLY???????

[Domocbgb]

so what chuck norris can walk faster then that

[Fleetfox10]

@eddiesteele nah,,its the stigs supersonic cousin

[593OLYMPUS]

@MeMrJust

It isn't easy - idiot. Even NASA said that the sound barrier couldn't be broken on land, but the Thrust team disagreed and showed Nasa and the world how it's done. Ask American Craig Breedlove - he has forgotten more about land speed record breaking than you will ever know. Craig was beaten by Andy and the team - but Craig was a gentleman in defeat. Not a tosser like you!