Bloodhound Project

Check Out The Car That Will Hit 1000mph Next Year

This is Project BLOODHOUND. A jaw-dropping plan to go 1000mph, faster than the speed of a bullet, in 2015 to beat the current land/speed world record of 763mph over the course of 1 measured mile.

We chatted to Richard Noble, who is the second fastest man on the planet (he held the prev. land/speed record from 1983-'97) and also BLOODHOUND's project director, to find out just how he and his team plan to travel at mach 1.4 and survive to tell the tale. He met us at the Wilton Classic & Supercar show, where a prototype of the magnificent BLOODHOUND machine was on display. What better setting than to the revs of super cars engines (including our highly recommended Aston Martin Rapide S) to talk to the maverick speed pioneer?

In the video above, you'll find an outline of just how incredibly terrifying this monstrous machine really is:



0-1000mph in 55 seconds

3.6 seconds to travel 1 mile

135,000hp (25,000hp more than the QE2 cruise liner)

50,000G on the rim of the wheel at 10,200rpm

Faster than a Eurofighter

Carbon footprint of 4.1 lactating cows

20 tons of drag on the car at 1000mph

Thanks to Castrol Edge who are the proud sponsors of the BLOODHOUND project. Thanks to Aston Martin who leant us the brand new 2015 Rapide S to travel up in — you can read our review here