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VIDEO: Cadillac-powered Spectre SpeedLiner sets world record for gas-powered, wheel-driven vehicles

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Cadillac_Powered_SpeedLiner_Sets_Speed_World_Record_vid'; Different automakers seek out different bragging. The same goes for tuning houses. The bogey in question may be the quickest lap time around a given race track (usually the Nürburgring), a particular horsepower figure, a performance benchmark, or, in some cases, a world land speed record. That's what Spectre Performance was after with their SpeedLiner, and that's what they got. Well, one category of LSR, anyway. The Spectre ... Read more →

Buckeye Bullet 2 claims land speed record for fuel cell vehicles, 300.992 mph Sam Abuelsamid

We first heard about the Buckeye Bullet 2 about two years ago when we covering the Ford Fusion 999 land speed record project. The student engineering team from Ohio State University was ...

227 MPH Audi A4 beats Bugatti to set world record for fastest car powered by biogas Jeremy Korzeniewski

After a few earlier attempts were unsuccessful in setting an official record, Jürgen Hohenester, a German racecar driver and automotive tuner, has finally set a new world record for reaching the ...

World Land Speed Shootout at Bonneville Michael Harley

We're suckers for speed, so we jumped at the opportunity to attend a press conference for an upcoming top speed shootout on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Unlike the countless speed contests held at ...

240 Alfas set World Record at Kayalami track in South Africa Noah Joseph

Click for a hi-res gallery of Alfa Romeo Kyalami Day The Alfisti in South Africa turned out in droves for Alfa Romeo Kyalami Day, setting a new world record for the most Alfas on the track at once. ...

VIDEO: Six records broken at Crusty Demons Night of World Records 1 year ago on Autoblog

After a three-way jump-off between Robbie Maddison, Ryan Capes and Seth Enslow at Calder Park on March 28 in Melbourne, Australia, a new world record for the longest distance jump from ramp to ramp on a motorcycle was set at over 351 feet by Robbie Maddison. In fact, the record was beaten twice ...

VIDEO: SSC Ultimate Aero TT record run caught on tape 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view new pics of the SSC Ultimate Aero TT's record run It was made (almost) official last week that Shelby Supercars' Ultimate Aero TT has been crowned the fastest production car in the world by the kind folks at Guinness – after they file the appropriate paperwork. Until ...

9ff Porsche 911 is the world's fastest droptop 2 years ago on Autoblog

Last month at Nardo, German car mag Auto Bild and tire manufacturer Continental sponsored a high-speed showdown, during which big-time tuners from all over -- Sportec, Brabus, 9ff, and TechArt just to name a few -- descended upon the circular track in Italy to see what they could wring out of their ...

VIDEO: Record breaking Brabus Rocket 3 years ago on Autoblog

Back in June, we told you about the Brabus Rocket and the tuner's goal of creating the world's fastest sedan. Then, earlier this week, we reported that the Rocket beat it's own record while hooning around the Nardo test track. Since mere words can't do such a vehicle justice, we've procured a few ...

Steve Fossett will attempt to break world speed record 3 years ago on Autoblog

Last Wednesday, during an event to promote his new book "Chasing the Wind," Steve Fossett announced his plans to break the world speed record of 763 MPH. The record attempt will take place sometime next year in the flatlands of Nevada, with Fossett behind the wheel of a 47-foot-long, 9,000-pound, ...

Making it official: Bugatti Veyron going for fastest production car 3 years ago on Autoblog

This came as a bit of a shock to us, but the Bugatti Veyron is not actually the fastest production car in the world according to that authoritative tome of useless and wonderful knowledge, the Guinness Book of World of Records. It seem Bugatti just never got around to scheduling an official ...

2-wheel land speed record falls in the flats 3 years ago on Autoblog

If we've learned anything from the JCB Dieselmax team, it's that records are meant to be broken, and why should our four-wheeled friends have all the fun? Last weekend the International Motorcycle Speed Trials began at the Bonneville Salt Flats with a record breaking two-wheel run by Team TOP 1 ACK ...

JCB Dieselmax does it! 3 years ago on Autoblog

Achieves new world land speed record with record two-way run of 328.767 mph Today driver Andy Green drove the JCB Dieselmax to a new world land speed record for diesel-powered cars by achieving an average speed of 328.767 mph on two runs. The JCB Dieselmax team spent the last two days replacing ...

Malaysian students set record for most crammed into a MINI Cooper 3 years ago on Autoblog

A team of 21 students from a college in Kuala Lumpur took four minutes to stuff themselves into a lime green 1999 MINI Cooper, waited the 20 seconds it would take, and made it into the Guiness Book of World Records, so they say. What's more is that the team repeated the feat for a TV crew ...






Autoblog Podcast #153: With Phil Berg

Phil Berg puts his reputation on the line and hangs with the podcast crew.

 
 

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