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The InterCity 225 was designed to achieve a peak service speed of 140 mph (225 km/h); during a test run in 1989 on Stoke Bank between Peterborough and Grantham, an InterCity 225 was recorded at a speed of 162 mph (260.7 km/h). [9]
The time it takes a vehicle to accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour (97 km/h or 27 m/s), often said as just "zero to sixty" or "nought to sixty", is a commonly used performance measure for automotive acceleration in the United States and the United Kingdom. In the rest of the world, 0 to 100 km/h (0 to 62.1 mph) is used.
Many elements change how fast the car can accelerate to 60 mph. [ii] [iii] Tires, elevation above sea level, weight of the driver, testing equipment, weather conditions and surface of testing track all influence these times. [3]
The maximum speed for the Saturn V rocket was 25,000 mph. The maximum speed of a Bugatti Chiron (the fastest production road car) is 305 mph. The Mitubishi Mirage (the cheapest car available in ...
Police say Tague was driving over 100 mph on a residential street where the speed limit was 25 mph. "Every day I wake up and it literally feels like a horror show," Anne Vanker, Flynn's mother ...
In July and August 2023, he hit speeds of 127 mph, 143 mph, 102 mph, 150 mph and 155 mph – all on separate days. Photos of his speedometer tracking these speeds were found on his cellphone.
Locomotive 91012 (now 91112) holds the separate record for the fastest non-stop journey between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley; 3 hours 29 minutes on 26 September 1991, [9] [22] running within the 140 mph (230 km/h) speed limit but hauling a shortened set of only five coaches plus DVT. The time converts to an average speed of 112.5 ...
The driver weaved in and out of traffic and hit a top speed of 140 mph on Interstate 275, troopers said. The driver went off the highway and was stopped by troopers, according to highway patrol.