Records
18-Year Old California Motorcycle Rider Sets Speed Record
Tags: Motorcycles, Records
By Tim Charlet on September 24, 2018
A brand-new Royal Enfield Continental GT has set a new land-speed record at the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats – with 18-year old Cayla Rivas at the controls. The Fresno, California based female rider navigated the five-mile salt-flats course to an average speed eclipsing 150 miles per hour and backed it up during the return trip to officially set a land speed record during the annual Speed Weeks.
Read MoreLucid Air Turning Heads and Setting Records at Laguna Seca
Tags: Electric Cars, Records
By Tim Charlet on September 21, 2018
A recent report indicated that the Lucid Air turned in some impressive track times at the legendary Laguna Seca road track in Northern California. The published report indicated that this new concept car eclipsed a lap record set by the Jaguar I-Pace EV and was much quicker than several conventionally-powered sports cars as well.
Read MoreBMW iNext Set to Make 2021 Debut
Tags: Electric Cars, New Model, Records
By Tim Charlet on September 20, 2018
BMW is set to introduce a new electric-powered crossover in 2021 – and they are calling it the Vision iNext. The newest entrant to the EV crossover segment is the first use of a brand-new vehicle platform.
Read MoreBy Zlatan Stankovic on January 15, 2018
While some Guinness World Records are fairly easy to obtain, some take great planning, effort, and skill to complete. For BMW, they decided to go for one of the toughest records of all; the longest drift over a period of eight hours.
Read MoreAgera RS Sets New 0-400-0 km/h World Record
Tags: Koenigsegg, Koenigsegg CCX, hypercars, Records
By Zlatan Stankovic on October 20, 2017
Your move, Bugatti: Agera RS shatters Chiron's 0-400-0 km/h record. Not so long ago, everybody was talking about the Bugatti Chiron and how they beat the 0-400-0 km/h world record. In the coming weeks, they enjoyed the attention but now this is set to come to an end after the Koenigsegg Agera RS went even faster.
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