Speed
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The Toyota Supra was no slouch in its time, but a newly-built drag racing version of the car has been taken to a new extreme. The Ekanoo Racing Outlaw Supra covered a quarter mile (0.4 km) in 6.05 seconds. The time was a New Import World Record in the Outlaw 6-Cylinder category.
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With four enclosed wheels, a transforming aerodynamic tail, a jet fighter style cockpit and a self-loading trunk, the four-to-six seater Acabion Da Vinci uses extreme aerodynamic profiling in an attempt to squeeze vastly more speed and efficiency out of its energy than any currently available car.
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The world of four-door sedans is about to get real, thanks to the 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat, unveiled Wednesday. Dodge claims it is the most powerful mass-produced sedan ever, at 707 horsepower, as well as the fastest, with a top speed of 204 mph (328 km/h).
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Genty has updated and uprated the design of its 2015 Akylone hypercar concept to provide even more power, with a 366 CID V8 with twin turbos that promises to put out more than 1,200 bhp, and provide the Akylone with a blistering 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) time of 2.7 seconds.
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Frenchman Francois Gissy has hit a peak speed of 285 km/h (177 mph) in just 6.7 seconds on his rocket-powered bicycle, making it the fastest anyone has ever ridden a bicycle.
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The Bloodhound team from the UK has turned to 3D printing technology for one of the most critical parts of the high speed vehicle – a tip that, if all goes well, will be the first part of the car to break through the 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h) mark in 2015.
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How does Usain Bolt consistently beat out his competitors? A team of physicists from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico have analyzed his current world record 100-meter run ... and the results are rather amazing.
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Graeme Obree has redesigned his Beastie prone bicycle ahead of an attempt to break the human-powered land speed record and, potentially, the 100 mph (161 km/h) barrier at the same time.
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SheerWind's Invelox is said to increase wind energy output by 600 percent and does not rely on high speed wind to operate.
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The Nissan GT-R recently set a new Russian ice speed record atop the world's deepest lake.
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A state-of-the-art rocket-propelled motorcycle built by Glenn Brittian has found a new home.
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A cheese-powered dragster designed by researchers at USU has set a new record for a vehicle of its class.
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