Leaving the airspace above New York City at 2,455 miles per hour, SR-71 tail number 64-17972 would set a transatlantic speed record on Sept. 1, 1974.

Visiting a world around another star is the holy grail of space exploration, but the fantastically long transit distances are prohibitive. If we want to get to the star next door, like the crew of The ...

The Bugatti Veyron did not just edge past its rivals, it reset the definition of what a road‑legal car could be. By combining ...

No matter the functional improbabilities of unleashing your car's top speed on public roads, there's still something magical about knowing just how fast a hypercar like the Koenigsegg Jesko can go.

While most people settled for vehicles that took them from point A to point B, a few thrill-seekers built these wingless planes on wheels that reached astonishing speeds. Since the first automobiles ...

AI-Driver of Politecnico di Milano Sets New Autonomous Speed Record with Indy Autonomous Challenge Maserati MC20 Coupe, reaching 197.7 mph (318 km/h), during the 1000 Miglia Experience Florida, at ...

Dylan Phillips has a sense of humor, a need for speed, and now, officially, the fastest wheelbarrow in the world. As he’s quoted in a BBC article: “Everyone loves it—it’s so stupid. You can’t help but ...

Bentley has turned a frozen Swedish lake into its latest proving ground, sending the Bentley Flying Spur Speed to a ...

Tom Hunt's attempt to break Vincent Colliard's blistering Hercules Inlet to South Pole speed record has come up short by ...

A driver going 283 mph trying to set a land speed record during a racing event at Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats died Sunday after he lost control of his rocket-like vehicle called the Speed Demon ...

Slow Wi-Fi is a modern bugbear for many people, but thankfully we might soon be cranking those speeds up. Scientists at University College London (UCL) have set a new world record in wireless data ...

It's not uncommon for cars that are in one way or another important for the automotive industry to pop up on the auction block from time to time. Whether they marked the beginning of an important ...