1000-mph Car Planned

Posted by kdawson on Friday October 24, 2008 @12:54AM from the zum-zum dept.

Smivs notes a BBC report on a British team planning a 1000-mph record-breaking car. The previous land-speed record broke the sound barrier. The proposed vehicle will get from 0 to 1,050 mph in 40 seconds. "RAF pilot Andy Green made history in 1997 when he drove the Thrust SSC jet-powered vehicle at 763 mph (1,228 km/h). Now he intends to get behind the wheel of a car that is capable of reaching 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h). Known as Bloodhound, the new car will be powered by a rocket bolted to a Typhoon-Eurofighter jet engine. The team-members have been working on the concept for the past 18 months and expect to be ready to make their new record attempt in 2011."

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Car? Or rocket on wheels? by Madball · 2008-10-24 00:59 · Score: 0, Troll

While technically any wheeled vehicle is a car, this is not a car in any common sense meaning of the word.
1. You can't (and won't ever be able to) buy one.
2. You can only drive it at speed on salt flats.
3. You can't drive it on public roads (driver and pedestrian safety, shooting flames of death, etc).
4. Even if you could drive it on-road, its turning radius is probably a mile!
A better title might be "British team seeks to break land speed record, again." or even better "Yaaaawn"