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Nissan GT-R Goliath Allegedly Sets New 1 Mile Top Speed Record at 402km/h or 250mph
Talk about a blazingly fast car – the 1,700hp+ Nissan GT-R Goliath by Switzer, which purportedly set a new top speed record in a 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) run for GT-Rs at the latest Moscow Unlimited 500+ racing event. According to the organizers, only two other vehicles have surpassed the 400km/h or 250mph mark in a 1 mile run, a "Ford GT at 267mph [430km/h] and a Chevrolet Camaro at 250 mph [402km/h]".
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Ten Mighty Sports Cars Hit The Drag Strip To Find Out Which One Has The Highest Top Speed
The organizers of the popular Unlimited 500+ event in Moscow, Russia, briefly halted their regular program of 1-mile drag races to host a 10-car duel in order to crown the tuned vehicle with the highest top speed. Among the ten cars that took part in...
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Nissan To Attempt Goodwood Hill Climb In Reverse
Professional stunt driver Terry Grant will try to reprise last year's attempt to complete the famous 1.16-mile Goodwood hillclimb course in reverse in a Nissan Leaf and in the process, set a new Guinness World Record for the fastest time over a distance...
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2012 Chevrolet Camaro Zl1 Runs The Quarter Mile In 11.93 Seconds
General Motors engineers recently took the new 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 to the drag strip to see how fast it could run the quarter mile (~400m). A showroom-stock Camaro ZL1 with the six-speed automatic and the factory-issued Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar...
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2001 Vw Jetta 1.8t Receives An Autopsy After Hitting The 500,000 Mile Mark
While covering 500,000 miles (804,500 kilometers) with the same engine is not something unheard of these days, it is not common either. Welcome to the world of Matt Marion, deputy editor at Men’s Health magazine, who recently hit the half-million...
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The World's Fastest Standing Mile Camaro Hits A Top Speed Of 253.1 Mph – 407.2km/h
Everyone and their mothers know everything is bigger in Texas, but some things were faster too at this weekend's edition of The Texas Mile. A heavily modified fourth-gen Chevrolet Camaro owned by Kelly Bise and built by Late Model Racecraft with...
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