The SSC Tuatara and its variants were once shrouded in a remarkable layer of controversy, originally claiming a top speed of 331 mph. Sadly, this turned out to be a hoax, and SSC recommitted to ...

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 ...

Twenty years ago, Bugatti set the world production car top speed record with the then-new Veyron, at 253.81 mph. Just two years later, Washington-based SSC—a company which hadn’t even been around a ...