I think that the land speed record is currently held by Richard Nobles Thrust SSC, jet car. It managed around 760 mph.
Hoevr, the fastest road car I think is a Bugatti Veyron, at about 260 mph.
How’s this for some more figures.
A car travelling at 30 mph on a typical dry asphalt road will skid to a stop in some 13 metres.
A car travelling at 260 mph on the same road will skid to stop in 984 metres
A car travelling at 760 mph on the same road surface will skid to stop in 8.4 kilometres, if it didn’t wear its tyres and wheel rims out first!
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