Covid-19 has puts the brakes on the Bloodhound Land Speed Record project it was announced today. The multi-million-pound plan to smash 800mph on land to is looking for a new owner to take the team through to setting a new World Land Speed Record in 2022. In 2019, the Bloodhound team deployed out to South Africa to conduct high speed testing of the most advanced straight-line racing car in … [Read more...]
Tradelines 22 May
Honda has announced that reservations for its new urban electric vehicle – Honda e – are now open in the UK, Germany, France and Norway. A dedicated online reservation website allows customers to reserve a priority status to order the Honda e with a refundable reservation fee of £800 for first deliveries from Spring 2020. A Bloodhound new supporters' club has been launched and it's … [Read more...]
Newslines 18 December
Car-parts entrepreneur Ian Warhust has stepped in to save the Bloodhound supersonic speed project after it went into administration in November. The 1,000mph Bloodhound team said it is being bought for an undisclosed amount by the Barnsley businessman and a future plan will be unveiled in January. As many as 20 million individual Christmas leisure trips will take place this week in the … [Read more...]
Rocket-car project burns out
The super-sonic Bloodhound land speed record project has stalled. It ran into financial problems this year and engineers have been unable to find new sponsors for the 1,000mph rocket car, partly developed in Swansea. Now the car is up for sale and offers of £250,000 are being sought. The team behind the project over the last four years has hand-built the car with specialist support from … [Read more...]
Newslines 21 April
Volvo has chosen China to build its first EV. The Chinese owned prestige car maker will create a new model for the family and it’s likely to be sold world-wide. You can meet world speed challenger Richard Noble and the Bloodhound SSC team members at their Bristol technical centre on Monday 1 May. There’s even a simulator of the car destined to be the fastest ever on earth which you can … [Read more...]
Supersonic car must wait for paint to dry
The Bloodhound SSC car has moved into final stages of preparation for its first high-speed run in 2017. The car has returned to 3M’s Atherstone facility for its final paint job, where a top-coat is being applied that will have to survive supersonic speeds. Work on Bloodhound's upper chassis began on 19 December, after Volvo's parent company and China’s seventh largest car maker, Geely, … [Read more...]
Newslines 27 September
The company building London’s Black Cabs has now given a lift to the Bloodhound Project. Zhejiang Geely Holding Group has become the prime sponsor and will provide technical as well as financial support to the Project and promote its Inspirational Programme throughout Asia, which means plans for challenging the World Land Speed Record in 2017 are now back on track. Motorists who now get … [Read more...]
Newslines 5 July
Kia has refreshed and upgraded its 'little titans', the Picanto and Rio, with simplified model structures, extra equipment and new trim grades on its 5-door models. There are now three trim grades in the 5-door Picanto line-up – ‘1 Air’, ‘SE’ and ‘Sport’. ‘SE’ replaces the former ‘SR7’ and ‘2’ grades, with ‘Sport’ taking the place of the ‘3’ and ‘4’ grade. The entry-level ‘1’ model has been … [Read more...]
Rally, riding and racing boosts for Wales in 2016
A leading Welsh company has added its support to the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship. Pembroke Dock based Genpower are multi-brand distributors of generators, pressure washers, water pumps, air compressors and garden machinery. In a sponsorship package valued at £3000 Genpower will give vouchers against the purchase of any of the Hyundai equipment for which they are distributors … [Read more...]