THE FASTEST VEHICLES

WHEELED TRAIN

In April 2007, the TGV POS train, a French train operated by the

French National Rail Company, set a new world speed record for

travel on conventional rails. Between Meuse and Champagne-Ardenne 

TGV stations, the train reached a speed of 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph).

STREAMLINER MOTORCYCLE 

With an officially recorded top speed of 634.217 km/h (394.084 mph),

the TOP 1 Ack Attack, a specially constructed land-speed record 

streamliner motorcycle powered by two Suzuki Hayabusa engines,

boasts the title of the world´s fastest motorcycle.

SNOWMOBILE 

The world record of the fastest snowmobile is currently held by a

vehicle known as the G-Force-1 made by Canadian G-Force

Division. In 2013, the snowmobile broke its former record of

210.8 mph (339.25 km/h) on the wide open salt flats at Bonneville’s

land speed shootout, reaching a top speed of 211.5 mph (340.38 km/h).

They are planning to break the record again sometime in 2016.

Check out their video to see this bad boy in action:

DIESEL-POWERED LAND VEHICLE

Designed for the purpose of breaking the land speed record for a

Diesel engine vehicle, the JCB Dieselmax was driven to 350.5 miles

per hour (564 km/h) by Andy Green, a British Royal Air Force 

fighter pilot, in 2006.

PRODUCTION CAR

In 2010, Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, a sport car designed and

developed in Germany by the Volkswagen Group and manufactured

in France, reached a speed of 267.857 mph (431.074 km/h), creating

a new speed world record for street-legal production cars.

MAGLEV TRAIN

Developed and operated by the Central Japan Railway Company,

The L0 Series high-speed maglev train set a new land speed world record

for rail vehicles of 603 km/h (375 mph) in April 2015. At the same time,

it has become the fastest manned train in the world.

UNMANNED ROCKET SLED

In April 2003, an unnamed rocket-powered sled called Super Roadrunner

became the fastest vehicle ever recorded on land, accelerating to

Mach 8.5 and reaching a top speed of 6,416 mph (10,326 km/h) at

the Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.

MANNED ROCKET SLED

Ridden by John Stapp, a U.S. Air Force officer known as

“the fastest man on earth“, rocket sled Sonic Wind No. 1

reached a speed of 1,017 k/h (632mph) in December 1954,

claiming the title fastest unmanned rocket sled in the world.

ROLLER COASTER

Not a traditional vehicle but still a vehicle worth including in the list,

the fastest roller coaster in the world can be found at Ferrari World 

in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Known as Formula Rossa, the

roller coaster boasts a top speed of 240 km/h (150 mph).