BMW set a major hydrogen speed record two decades ago, but a new twin-engine challenger has appeared and it's threatening to ...

Steam power is one of those automotive ideas that never really went away. This ancient tech just kind of persists, never ...

JCB’s hydrogen-powered land speed car has begun testing in the UK ahead of a Bonneville bid to set a new FIA world hydrogen speed record.

British engineering giant JCB’s bid to set a world hydrogen land speed record is surging ahead – with the car now built and testing under way. The company unveiled its aim to set the record with the ...

Jessi Combs' tragic death this week has brought a renewed interest to one of the most extreme sports on Earth: land speed racing. The automotive legend died trying to beat her own 2013 women's land ...

Pete Aardema and Kevin Braun build custom racing engines in San Diego, California and their latest creation is a 6.0-liter V12 that’s being prepared to go hunting for land speed records. While Aardema ...

Time for a quick update on Shea Nyquist's quest to break the land speed record in a fully electric streamliner. The bike is up and running, albeit without any fairing panels on it yet, and Nyquist has ...

Lightning Motorcycles has unveiled the Tachyon Nb, a modified, streamlined version of the Strike electric sportsbike designed to take aim at the electric motorcycle land speed record, targeting speeds ...

There’s sad news from the UK this morning, and it doesn’t even involve Brexit. (Actually, it does, sort of.) Bloodhound SSC, the land speed record car that’s been designed to break the 1,000mph limit, ...

“For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: 'It might have been!'” - This line is from a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier and has been quoted probably too many times, but I found it ...