Another Yankee with a twin-turbocharged V8, the SSC Tuatara has been the root of some speed record controversy. Five years ...

The 1020 hp Tesla Model X Plaid might be the quickest accelerating all-wheel-drive American car. But it doesn't have the highest top speed. The Model X Plaid can accelerate from 0-60 mph in 2.9 ...

Last month, BYD's luxury brand Yangwang took the EV speed crown away from the Rimac Nevera with its 2,959 horsepower U9 Track/Special Edition. The car hit 293.54 miles per hour, but that simply wasn't ...

Automakers have competed for the title of who has the fastest car arguably since the dawn of the automobile. It's one of the most perennial questions of automotive history — how fast can we get a car ...

Land speed records are hardly a new phenomenon; the first such mark of 39.34 miles per hour was set by Frenchman Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat in an electric Jeantaud Duc carriage way back in 1898. That ...

It isn't unheard of for today's fastest street-legal cars to reach top speeds of 250 mph or more. After an exhilarating ride like that, it's hard to imagine ever being able to drive 65 mph again, let ...