LC6827 1905 Darracq 25.4-litre engine Chateau Impney 2015 HD

Starting the massive engine.... plus a run up the hill. The world land speed record breaking 1905 Darracq that boasts a fearsome 25.4-litre engine and is thought to be the oldest surviving V8 car in existence. The 200hp Darracq was designed as a sprint special and was completed on 28 December 1905. Just two days later it set the first of a remarkable string of records undertaken on both sides of the Atlantic. On 30 December 1905, untried and untested, the car reached the speed of 109.65mph, breaking the world land speed record."