FASTEST CAR

1,000-mph Car? The Bloodhound SSC
A scale model of the Bloodhound SSC, a jet-powered car designed to exceed 1,000 miles per hour.


The Bloodhound SSC vehicle is expected to reach Mach 1.4, marking the greatest incremental increase in the history of the World Land Speed Record.



The 12.8-meter long, 14,158-pound (fueled), jet and rocket-powered Bloodhound SSC will be faster than a bullet fired from a handgun. Its 900mm diameter wheels will spin at over 10,000rpm, generating 50,000 radial g at the rim.




The pressure of air bearing down on the Bloodhound SSC's carbon fiber and titanium bodywork will exceed 12 tons per square meter. At this speed, pilot Andy Green will be covering a distance equivalent to more than four football fields per second.