Ferrari Racing Days at Silverstone; Felipe Massa leads a record parade

Although it has not yet been officially ratified as a Guinness World Record, there's no doubt that, a new world record was established for the biggest parade of Ferraris ever organised. 964 Ferraris took to the Silverstone circuit to beat the previous record of 490 cars dating back

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Fisker sets two electric vehicle world records

Fisker Automotive helped set two new world records for electric vehicles at an event organised by the company's Dutch retailer, Fisker Nederland.

The Southern California automaker is now first to hold the world record for highest number of

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Rhys Millen sets new world record at 2012 Pikes Peak Hill Climb in Hyundai Genesis Coupe

Rhys Millen claimed yet another world record and overall victory at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Millen set a blazing pace to the summit in his hillclimb-prepared Hyundai Genesis Coupe racecar, needing only 9:46.164 to make international motorsports' most

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Touareg adventurer sets off on new world record tour

Rainer Zietlow and his team have set off on a new record-breaking trip - the long-distance adventurer is aiming to do 23,000 kilometres from Melbourne to St. Petersburg in a Touareg powered by the standard engine. Zietlow plans to cover the route from the earth's

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Nissan Leaf to reverse into the record books

In theory, it goes just as fast backwards as it does forwards. And now comes the proof.

At the Goodwood Festival of Speed (June 29-July 1), the 100 per cent electric Nissan Leaf will attempt to complete the famous 1.16-mile Goodwood hillclimb course as

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Renault ZOE sets new world record for distance travelled by production electric car

Renault's 100 per cent electric supermini, ZOE, has set a new world record for the longest distance travelled in 24 hours by a production electric car. Completing 363 laps of the Aubevoye

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SLS AMG + 178 mph golf ball = World's farthest golf shot caught in a moving car

Formula 1 legend and DTM driver David Coulthard and professional golfer Jake Shepherd set a Guinness World Record at Dunsfold Aerodrome, Surrey, as part of a viral film for Mercedes-Benz UK.

David, who was driving the awesome 571 hp Mercedes-Benz SLS

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Ford Focus 1.0-litre EcoBoost sets 16 world speed records

It’s just a few months since the Ford Focus 1.0-litre EcoBoost went on sale and already it has gained many admirers for its fuel efficiency.

But now the 125 ps Focus 1.0-litre EcoBoost also proved its surprising performance by setting 16 Federation Internationale

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Nissan GT-R and multi world record holder Usain Bolt headline new Nissan global brand campaign

Triple Olympic gold medalist and multi world record holder Usain Bolt can run 100 m in 9.58 seconds. He also discovered that when driving the Nissan GT-R that he can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.8 seconds. So the Olympic gold medalist and world's fastest man

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World record holder covers 76.44-metres/second in new Jaguar XJ

World Record hurdler and Jaguar Academy of Sport Ambassador Colin Jackson has hit a new personal record of 171 mph in the new 510 ps Jaguar XJ Speed Pack at the Jaguar Proving Ground in Warwickshire.

In 1994, Jackson set an as yet unbeaten time of 7.3 seconds

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