Thrust2

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.

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