"Thrust 2" redirects here. For the video game sequel, see Thrust (video game).
Motor vehicle
Thrust2
Thrust2 on display in the Coventry Transport Museum
Overview
Manufacturer
SSC Programme Limited
Designer
John Ackroyd[1]
Body and chassis
Class
Land Speed Record vehicle
Powertrain
Engine
Rolls-Royce Avon
Dimensions
Curb weight
10.6 tonnes
Chronology
Predecessor
Blue Flame
Successor
ThrustSSC
Thrust2 is a British-designed and -built jet-propelled car, which held the world land speed record from 4 October 1983 to 25 September 1997.[a]
The Thrust2 is powered by a single Rolls-Royce Avon jet engine sourced from an English Electric Lightning, and has a configuration somewhat resembling that of the mid-1960s-era J79 turbojet-powered land speed record cars of Art Arfons, collectively known as the "Green Monster" cars.
^"The Ackroyd Collection - About John Ackroyd".
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