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They're going for a land speed record, not a wheel-driven land speed record. So a Category C vehicle (Special Vehicle) and not A (Special Car) or B (Production
by SAI_Peregrinus 11y ago
They're going for a land speed record, not a wheel-driven land speed record. So a Category C vehicle (Special Vehicle) and not A (Special Car) or B (Production Car). While it's not a car it IS an automobile.
- userbinator 11y agoMore precisely, land wheeled speed record meaning the vehicle still rolls on the ground. Rocket sleds can go much faster because of their lack of wheels... this one reached Mach 8.5 (~10000km/h): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:8.5_Mach_rocket_sled_030430.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:8.5_Mach_rocket_sled_0304...
- vacri 11y agoSounds like there's an impending division between wheel-powered and unpowered-wheel land vehicles...