Guinness Book of World Records
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Finnish tire manufacturer Nokian Tyres has smashed its own ice-driving speed record set in March, 2011. The new record, an astonishing speed of 208.6 mph (335.7 kmh), was once again set by the firm’s test driver, Janne Laitinen, and beats the old record by 2.5 mph. Laitinen also used the same car, a stock Audi RS 6 (previous generation), but this time fitted with the company’s Nokian Hakkapelitta 8 studded winter tires. A set of Hakkapelitta 7s were used the last time. The tires measure in at 255/35R20, and at speeds above 200 mph their studs hit the ice 43 times per second. The...
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Aussies Break World Record For Simultaneous Burnouts: Video
Each year there is a car festival held in the Australian capital Canberra. Called Summernats, short for Summer Nationals, the festival attracts revheads of all kinds and is particularly well-known for its burnout competition. This year organizers took the burnout competition to a whole new level...
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Tightest Parallel Parking In Reverse World Record: Video
For many drivers, parallel parking a car is the hardest part of passing a driver’s licensing exam. Even licensed drivers often struggle with mastering the art of parallel parking, since these days it’s a little-used skill (in the United States, anyway). German stunt driver Ronny...
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MINI Sets Another Pair Of Oddball World Records
Automakers used to strive for world records in categories like maximum distance traveled over a 24 hour period, or maximum average speed over time, or even maximum distance traveled on a single tank of gas. These days, however, world records set by automakers seem just a bit less... substantial...
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MINI Sets Off On An Expedition For The Record Books
MINI, it seems, is going to great lengths to stay in the public eye these days. YouTube is filled with videos showing MINI in increasingly-odd and vaguely-disturbing scenarios, such as its “Not Normal” series. If there’s a point in showing a guy dancing in a bear costume, or a...
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Performance Power Racing Ford GT Sets 283 MPH Standing Mile Record
On October 16, Johnny Bohmer, owner of Performance Power Racing, strapped himself into the driver’s seat of his 1,700+ horsepower Ford GT, then pointed the nose towards the end of NASA’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway. The 15,000 foot runway, located on Merritt Island, would give...
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Just two weeks after Top Gear thrilled fans at a Top Gear Live show in South Africa by running a specially-built buggy through back-to-back loop-the-loops, Hot Wheels has managed to raise the bar with added spectacle at this weekend’s X Games competition. Instead of using a lightweight buggy, Hot Wheels ran two specially modified rally cars in a double, simultaneous loop the loop event. The height of the loops, 60 feet, was enough to shatter the previous Guinness Record for the tallest loop-the-loop, set in China by Youngman Lotus Automobile. According to driver (and Top Gear USA star)...
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MINI's Record Parking Job Wasn't As Easy As It Looked: Video
Earlier this month, we brought you video of Chinese driver Han Yue breaking the Guinness World Record for the tightest parallel parking job. After beginning with a successful run of 22 centimeters (8.7 inches), Yue kept going until he was able to squeeze his MINI Cooper Chinese Job edition into a...
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Ferrari North Europe Plans Record-Setting Ferrari Parade
If you find yourself at Britain’s Silverstone Circuit on Saturday, September 15th, you’ll likely be in for quite an event. Ferrari North Europe is attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the Largest Parade of Ferrari cars, and so far over 600 have registered for the event...
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MINI Shows You The Fastest Way To Parallel Park: Video
Parallel parking is one of the driving skills needed to obtain a driver’s license in most states. Student drivers often spend weeks knocking over cones and garbage cans before perfecting the combination of vehicle positioning and steering angle necessary to produce the desired results. If...
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'Porcelain Princess' Sets New Toilet Land Speed Record: Video
Jolene Van Vugt isn't a household name here in the U.S., but she's surprisingly quick on household bathroom fixtures. The fastest in the world, actually. Today, in Australia, at Sydney Olympic Park, Van Vugt set a new land speed record for a motorized toilet, reaching a puckering 46.605 mph average...
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Youngman Lotus L5 Sets Guinness Loop-The-Loop Record: Video
A Youngman Lotus L5, driven by Li Yatao, now holds the world record for driving the largest loop-the-loop
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The Koenigsegg Agera R has an official world record and video to prove it.
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2012 Infiniti M35h Sets Guinness Record For Quickest Full-Hybrid Acceleration
Hybrids aren't just for granola-snacking Birkenstock wearers anymore, and Infiniti is on a mission to prove it with the 2012 M35h hybrid. To do so, the luxury sedan has set a new Guinness World Record for the quickest-accelerating full hybrid on the market. We already knew the M35h was quick;...
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Koenigsegg Agera R Sets 6 New Production Car Speed Records
Swedish supercar marque Koenigsegg, the maker of the CCX and new Agera, has announced that it has broken no less than six world land speed records for a production car over the weekend. The records were broken with Koenigsegg’s latest beauty, the 1,115 horsepower Agera R, and took place at...
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German Driver Sets New Parallel Parking World Record: Video
English stunt driver and general behind-the-wheel-badass Russ Swift once held the record for parallel parking a car in the smallest space between two others. He did it, naturally, in a Mini, with the aid of a handbrake turn. The German who just reset the new record in a considerably smaller space...
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Mercedes Driver Sets 7,572-Foot Guinness World Record Drift: Video
Keeping a controlled slide going around a skidpad is harder than it sounds, but Mauro Calo was up to the task this weekend in England, setting a new world record for distance.
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3 Million Miles By 2013? Volvo P1800 Still Breaking Records
Modern cars can do over 100,000 miles without pausing for breath. If you really pile on the miles, you might have 200,000 or even 300,000 miles on the clock. If the car Gods are really shining on you, you might have managed more than half a million. Prepare to feel insignificant. Irv Gordon from...
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One of those pesky, little complaints that today's electric car just can't live down is the fact that it can't quite perform at the same level as its dirtier, gas-pumping brethren. It can't travel as far. It can't drive as fast. And it may just leave you for dead in the middle of nowhere. But the gap is slowly closing, and teams of determined engineers and drivers are showing what the electric car is capable of. Look no further than the fascinating world of absolute land speed records. A team headed by Don Wales, a driver that has a distinguished pedigree for land-speed racing, will attempt a...
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Bloodhound Land Speed Car Gets First Record (In Scale Speed)
If you've been following the race for the Land Speed Record you'll be familiar with Bloodhound SSC. The U.K-based team headed by Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green hopes to smash the previous record, set by Green himself, by achieving over 1,000 miles per hour. A car with the Bloodhound name has...
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Belgian Man Breaks Blind Speed Record With 192-MPH Run
Luc Costermans of Belgium has set the land speed record for driving while blind at an airstrip in France. Reaching a top speed of 192mph (308.78km/h) in a Lamborghini Gallardo, Costermans busted the old record by more than 25mph (40km/h). Blinded four years ago in an accident, Costermans dedicated...
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Bugatti Veyron To Attempt Guinness World Record For Fastest Production Car
On October 28th Bugatti will begin its attempt to get the Veyron recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's fastest production car. The attempt will take place at the Ehra Lessien test track located near Wolfsburg, Germany, and owned by Volkswagen. It kas an unbroken straight of 9.0...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran