News

JCB chases land speed record

Audi has proved how a diesel engine can win top-line races, but how fast can a diesel car go? The diesel land speed record has remained untouched since August 1973, when Virgil W Snyder worked his Thermo King Streamliner up to 235.756mph. Today's Audi R10 racer isn't much slower than that, so clearly there's a leap to be made. And the company about to make it is that doyen of digger-makers, JCB.

3 May 2006

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Best cars

Best cars of the 2000s – the best cars from the best of times

The 2000s was a decade that went supernova for the performance car market. We count down just a few of the very best cars of the decade

6 Oct 2025

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Opinion

When Performance Car magazine closed, two writers and a Subaru kept driving

Porter recounts the extraordinary day that led to the birth of evo

6 Oct 2025

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Reviews

RML GT Hypercar review – the Porsche 911 taken to the ultimate extreme

As close as anything’s gotten to being a modern day 911 GT1, the RML GT hypercar is a 900bhp monster

7 Oct 2025