Sunbeam · 1929–present
Sunbeam Silver Bullet
The Sunbeam Silver Bullet was a world land speed record challenging automobile built by Sunbeam of Wolverhampton for Kaye Don in 1929. Powered by two supercharged engines of 24 litres each, it looked impressive but failed to achieve any records, and was the manufacturer’s last attempt at the record. Sunbeam previously won the 200 mph record in 1927 with the Sunbeam 1000HP, the first car to pass 200 mph. This record was broken in 1928, and the company decided to build a car capable of reaching 250 mph (400 km/h) to recover it. Only aero engines offered enough power to do so, and such a car would also provide a test bed for developing a new generation of aero-engines.
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- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Bullet_(car)CC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1351994200 · retrieved 2026-10-03
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