The Jaguar XJ220 arrived as a statement that a traditional British luxury brand could build a road car capable of topping 200 ...

The average top speed for a current NASCAR race car is 199.46 MPH, and 200 MPH laps are commonplace. Before 1969, nobody had ...

John Neff is a veteran automotive journalist with over two decades of experience leading major outlets such as Autoblog and Motor1. Beginning his career as Editor-in-Chief of Speed, Style & Sound, he ...

For decades, the magic number for speed-obsessed drivers has been 200 miles per hour, a benchmark that once belonged only to ...

The sport of drag racing saw its first 200-mph pass in the quarter-mile on August 1, 1964, at Island Dragway (Great Meadows, New Jersey) when Don "Big Daddy'' Garlits drove his Swamp Rat VI dragster ...

Editor Note: HOT ROD is celebrating the 20th running of Drag Week by looking back in the event’s history books. One of the most prestigious honors is to be inducted into the HOT ROD Drag Week 200 MPH ...

These days, road vehicles hitting 200 mph barely registers within the minds of auto manufacturers or gearheads. It's almost expected that any high-performance car should top out around this mark, ...

A Maserati MC20 coupe recently reached a speed of almost 200 miles per hour – and there was no human driver behind the wheel at the time. The supercar achieved a speed of 197.7 mph while "robo-driver" ...

Small-scale, 10cc gas-powered racers can top 200 mph at the end of a tether. The broom can be flipped down to flip a tiny stick on the car to shut it off. Not all the tech is high. Mark Vaughn grew up ...

Ever since the automotive speedometer debuted early last century, motorists have been driven to see higher numbers on the gauge. On March 29, 1927, Major Henry Segrave set a benchmark behind the wheel ...