Living with one of the world’s fastest cars in your garage must be difficult—unless you own a runway. Like having one of the most expensive bottles of whisky in your cabinet, you know that you’ll ...

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 ...

The automotive industry can trace its roots back to 1885, when Carl Benz developed the Benz Patent Motor Car. At this time, overall top speeds weren't much of a focus — all that mattered was a better ...

The new Yangwang U9 Xtreme hypercar set a new global production-car speed record. In a test, it reached 308 miles per hour. It took the lead from the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+. The Yangwang ...

Get ready for a storm of Huracáns and a — gaggle? — of Aventadors. Our list of the 10 fastest Lamborghinis that we’ve ever tested pulls almost exclusively from the extensive array of special editions ...

Get ready for a storm of Huracáns and a—gaggle?—of Aventadors. Our list of the 10 fastest Lamborghinis that we’ve ever tested pulls almost exclusively from the extensive array of special editions that ...

The Corvette ZR1's record-breaking performance is the second race in Season 10 of Edmunds U-Drags, the one-of-a-kind car vs. car challenge that tests critical performance elements such as braking and ...

Against Cruz Pedregon in the first round of eliminations at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Denso Sonoma Nationals on July 27, Austin Prock set the Sonoma Raceway Funny Car speed record at ...

When electric vehicles first came around, they had a lot of problems. They looked ugly, couldn't cover long distances, and most importantly, lacked speed and power. This made them unappealing to both ...