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{{redirect|Thrust 2|the video game sequel|Thrust (video game)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use British English|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox automobile | image = [[File:Thrust2.jpg|300px]] | caption = Thrust2 on display in the [[Coventry Transport Museum]] | name = Thrust2 | manufacturer = SSC Programme Limited | aka = | production = | assembly = | predecessor = [[Blue Flame]] | successor = [[ThrustSSC]] | class = [[Land speed record|Land Speed Record vehicle]] | body_style = | layout = | platform = | engine = Rolls-Royce Avon | transmission = | wheelbase = | length = | width = | height = | weight = 10.6 tonnes | related = | designer = [[John Ackroyd (engineer)|John Ackroyd]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://woottonbridgeiow.org.uk/ackroyd/about.php|title=The Ackroyd Collection - About John Ackroyd}}</ref> | sp = UK }} '''Thrust2''' is a British [[jet car]], which held the world [[land speed record]] from 4 October 1983 to 25 September 1997.{{efn|name="Record"|This was achieved at the [[Black Rock Desert]] in [[Nevada]], [[United States|US]]. }} The Thrust2 is powered by a single [[Rolls-Royce Avon]] jet engine sourced from an [[English Electric Lightning]], and has a configuration somewhat resembling that of the mid-1960s-era [[General Electric J79|J79]] turbojet-powered [[Green Monster (automobile)#mediaviewer/File:Green Monster Nose.JPG|land speed record cars]] of [[Art Arfons]], collectively known as the [[Green Monster (car)#Land speed racing|"Green Monster"]] cars.
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