The Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, holds the title for the world's most extravagant private car collection, with an estimated worth exceeding $5 billion. Boasting over 7,000 vehicles, his fleet ...

Land speed records are hardly a new phenomenon; the first such mark of 39.34 miles per hour was set by Frenchman Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat in an electric Jeantaud Duc carriage way back in 1898. That ...