YOU MIGHT THINK YOU'VE DRIVEN QUICKLY ON THE FREEWAY, BUT THAT'S nothing compared to ThrustSSC. This British-built beast became the fastest car on the planet on 15 October 1997, and no car has been able to match it.
ThrustSSC reached a top speed of 1 227.985 km/h and became the first land vehicle to break the sound barrier. Unbelievably, that was ThrustSSC's second record-breaking run - the car had already smashed the record nearly a month earlier when it hit a speed of 1 149.303 km/h.
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