Scientists are developing a car that can go 1,000 mph!!!

British scientists think they’ve developed a car that can travel in excess of 1,000 mph. I’m sure you’re in good hands with Allstate, but I bet you buy a car like this and they wring their hands of your auto coverage.

After three years of aerodynamic research, construction is about to begin on the Bloodhound Supersonic Car which will be powered by a jet engine and a rocket with the record attempt slated for 2012 in South Africa.

I’m always a bit skeptical when dealing with automobiles with jet engines strapped to them, but maybe that’s just me.

Powered by a combination of a Typhoon fighter’s jet engine and a Falcon rocket, the car unveiled at the Farnborough International Air Show will develop 135,000 horse power or 180 times the power of a Formula 1 car.

This is the team’s last attempt in 1997 with the Thrust SSC that topped out at a mere 763 mph.

Oh, you meant a “for real” jet engine. So they have designed a pencil shaped car that has a fighter jet engine strapped to it that has to be “driven” by a pilot in the Royal Airforce? Impractical? Probably. Where do need to drive a car that could drive 1,000 mph outside of the flat and desolate highways of Texas? Why aren’t these scientists developing monster trucks that can jump 50 buses at a time? Let’s get our priorities straight British scientists!




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