According to the BBC news on-line, the team that brought us "Thrust SSC" (the car that broke the sound barrier!) have decided on the design for the follow up project, the car to break 1,000MPH!
The car is to be called "Bloodhound", will be driven by Wing Commander Andy Green (who drove Thrust SSC) and will be fitted with a 400kg rocket above a "(1,000kg) EJ200 Eurofighter Typhoon engine loaned to the team by Britain's Ministry of Defence".
Click on this link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8374491.stm for the full story and a video of a mock race between Bloodhound and a Eurofighter. Top Gear, eat your heart out!
Oh, I almost forgot. Bloodhound SSC will be built in Bristol.
The UK team aiming to smash its own land speed record by driving a car beyond 1,000mph (1,610km/h) has settled on a final design for the vehicle.
The car is to be called "Bloodhound", will be driven by Wing Commander Andy Green (who drove Thrust SSC) and will be fitted with a 400kg rocket above a "(1,000kg) EJ200 Eurofighter Typhoon engine loaned to the team by Britain's Ministry of Defence".
Click on this link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8374491.stm for the full story and a video of a mock race between Bloodhound and a Eurofighter. Top Gear, eat your heart out!
Oh, I almost forgot. Bloodhound SSC will be built in Bristol.
This will be done at a special facility in Bristol's docklands area, right next to Brunel's famous iron ship SS Great Britain.