The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites. The Museum of British Road Transport's new Spirit of Speed gallery houses the actual land speed record cars Thrust2 and ThrustSSC.

Episode: 1444 In which ThrustSSC passes the sound barrier on land. Today, a very fast car.

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