Fitted out with jet and rocket engines, the Bloodhound SCC is thought to have a top speed of an incredible 1,000mph, faster than the speed of sound.
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The short footage, uploaded to the ‘Turbo_ignite’ Instagram page shows the vehicle streaking across the desert.
It is unclear exactly when or where the video was filmed.
The clip says the Bloodhound SCC can produce an eye-watering 135,000hp.
In comparison, an Aston Martin V12 Vantage, which is no slouch on the road with a top speed of 200mph, produces 690hp.
The Bloodhound SCC got under way in October 2008 with the aim of travelling at supersonic speeds to break the existing world land speed record of 763mph.
It was hoped driver Andy Green would break his own record which had been set in 1997.
However, the Bloodhound project, ran into financial trouble with the original backers going into administration in late 2018.
Entrepreneur Ian Warhurst bought the car, keeping hopes alive.
Grafton LSR Ltd was formed to oversee the ambitious plans with the vehicle being renamed Bloodhound LSR.
The project was stalled though due to a lack of funds and the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
That was after some speed testing took place in Hakskeen Pan, in the Mier area of the Northern Cape, South Africa.
The first runs took place in October 2019 with further runs in November 2019 hitting a top speed of 628mph – the eighth vehicle to attain a land speed of over 600mph.
Warhurst stepped aside as boss in August 2021 and Stuart Edmondson, the project’s Engineering Operations Manager, took over.
In July 2022 Edmundson said that, although on hold, the Bloodhound LSR project was “very much alive” but funds were needed, estimated to be between £8-12million.
Edmundson is now on the hunt for a new driver to take the wheel on the ambitious project.
The vehicle is currently housed at the Coventry Transport Museum.
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