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

Some of America's greatest V8 engines ever made don't have sky-high redlines. For instance, the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon ...

The sleek vehicle reached a white-knuckled 308.4 mph at the ATP Papenburg oval track in Germany, as Car and Driver reports, blowing past the previous record of 304.8 mph, which was set by the Bugatti ...

American Zach Hammer capped a breakout season in speed climbing by winning bronze at the World Championships in Seoul on Thursday. Hammer, a 19-year-old who made his Olympic debut in Paris, edged Reza ...

Natisha Dingle reached a top average speed of 309.01 mph at the 6th FAI World Cup of Speed Skydiving 2025 on Aug. 30 Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 ...

If you continue to doubt China's prominence in EV tech, look no further than the Yangwang U9 Xtreme, which has claimed the title of the world's fastest production car by knocking out a verified top ...

The 3,000-hp Yangwang U9 Extreme is the world’s fastest EV at 308 mph, and its purposeful design looks even sharper up close. Called the U9 Extreme, it moves the conversation beyond mass-market EVs ...

The year is 2019. The Bugatti Chiron Supersport 300+ has just hit 304.772 mph (490.484 km/h) on a test track in Germany. The world looks on in awe and disbelief, wondering if there will ever be a ...

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 ...

John Neff is a veteran automotive journalist with over two decades of experience leading major outlets such as Autoblog and Motor1. Beginning his career as Editor-in-Chief of Speed, Style & Sound, he ...

The Yangwang U9 was already the world’s fastest EV, having gone 293.5 mph in a speed run earlier this year, besting cars like the Koenigsegg Agera RS, Rimac Nevera, and Aspark Owl. This new run went ...

Civitavecchia, Italy — Along Italy's Mediterranean coast on Thursday, driver Fabio Barone raced across the flight deck of a navy ship while chasing a world record: the fastest car on a boat. Last year ...