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Volvo Trucks’ Iron Knight beats two land-speed records

Danni Bagnall, Autocar UK     calendar26 Aug 2016

A record average speed of 105mph/ 169kph and a time of 21.29 seconds were recorded across a distance of 1000 metres; this also beat the corresponding record for the 500-metre distance, at 82mph/ 132kph and 13.71 seconds.

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