Thrust

by Richard Noble

The story of the world's first supersonic car and the entangled human emotions behind this great engineering achievement. It is the tale of Richard Noble's obsession with speed, from his early days with the crude self-built Thrust 1 jet car to the Thrust SSC - the fastest car in the world.

416 pages, Paperback

First published November 28, 1999

Reviews

[Kit White · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not recommended if you are a car nut, far too much about business and corporate stuff, sponsors and all that "couldn't have done it without..." and "suchandsuch was instrumental to the team" blowing-smoke-up-the-a**, ass-licking crap. Nowhere near enough of the nitty gritty technical stuff which I wanted to know about. Overlong too, far too packed out and read more as a book about Richard Noble, than by Richard Noble. But I probably had my expectations wrong...