Record
Breaking and Extreme Land Vehicles
See:
Record breaking land vehicles
Record breaking sea vehicles
Record breaking air vehicles
Thrust SSC
Thrust SSC (Super Sonic Car) is powered by
two 25,000 lb thrust Rolls Royce 205 Turbojet engines. This
gives it a total power similar to 145 Formula 1 cars. Thrust
SSC weighs 10 tonnes and recorded a maximum speed of 766 mph
in the Black Rock desert Nevada, USA on October 15, 1997.
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Fastest Motorcycle 'Easyriders'
'Easyriders is the fastest motorcycle in the
world. 'Easyriders' achieved an average speed of 518.45 km/h
(322.150 mph) at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA on July
14th 1990.
'Easyriders' is powered by two 1500cc Ruxton Harley-Davidson
engines.
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Biggest Monster Truck
Bigfoot 5 is the worlds biggest monster truck. It has a 1996
Ford F250 pickup body with a 460 cu inch V8 for power. Bigfoot
5 weighs 28,000 lbs and stands 15 feet 6 inches tall.
The enormous tires are from an Alaskan Land Train, a vehicle
used by the US army in the 1950's. |
Longest Car
The longest car ever built was a 30.5 meter
(100 ft) limousine. The 26 wheeled car was mainly used for
promotion and films. It featured a swimming pool complete
with diving board, and a full size water bed. |
Most Powerful Production Car
The most powerful production car is the Bugatti
Veyron. The Veyron has a 1001 horsepower W16 engine giving
it a top speed of 252 mph (also the fastest production car
speed).
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Longest Freight Train
The longest freight train was 4.568 miles (7.353
km) it consisted of 682 ore cars pushed by 8 diesel electric
engines. The train traveled 171 miles (275 km) from BHP's
Newman and Yandi mines to Port Hedland in Western Australia
on June 1st 2001. |
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