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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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. |
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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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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