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The Bluebird-Proteus CN7 is a gas turbine-powered vehicle that was driven by Donald Campbell and achieved the world land speed record on Lake Eyre in Australia on 17 July 1964. The vehicle set the FIA world record for the flying mile at 403.1 mph (648.7 km/h).
Craig Breedlove (March 23, 1937 – April 4, 2023) was an American professional race car driver and a five-time world land speed record holder. He was the first person in history to reach 500 mph (800 km/h), and 600 mph (970 km/h), using several turbojet-powered vehicles, all named Spirit of America .
Land speed records by surface Category Speed (km/h) Speed (mph) Vehicle Operator Date Certifier Refs On ice: 335.7: 208.6: Audi RS 6: Janne Laitinen 9 Mar 2013 FIA [19] On the Moon: 18.0: 11.2: Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV‑003) Eugene Cernan: 11 Dec 1972 (unofficial) [20] On Mars: 0.18: 0.11: Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity
Automotive superlatives include attributes such as the smallest, largest, fastest, lightest, best-selling, and so on.. This list (except for the firsts section) is limited to automobiles built after World War II, and lists superlatives for earlier vehicles separately.
To establish the top speed for cars the requirement is, in addition to the above, an independent road test with a two-way run. The mean of the top speed for both runs is taken as the car's top speed. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In instances where the top speed has been determined by removing the limiter, the test met these requirements, and the car is sold ...
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Porsche Taycan Turbo S 2019 Electric 2.6 s [106] [158] 560 kW Bugatti Veyron Super Sport: 2010 ICE 2.7 s [159] [160] 883 kW Porsche 911 Turbo S (991.2) 2016 ICE 2.7 s [161] [104] 427 kW McLaren 720S: 2017 ICE 2.7 s [162] 530 kW Porsche 911 Turbo S (991) 2013 ICE 2.8 s [163] 412 kW Audi R8 V10 Plus 2015 ICE 2.8 s [114] 449 kW Lamborghini ...
The longest Uber ride ever was surprisingly long -- and cheap. Kelsey Weekman. December 12, 2016 at 2:27 PM. Uber driver Janis Rogers is now a world record holder -- and one woman's hero.