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Keating TKR Seeks 'Fastest Car in the World' Title

 Keating TKR Seeks Fastest Car in the World Title
Keating TKR world record car

Top speed of 260.1 mph

Following its first showing at London's MPH09 show last week, Keating supercars has announced plans to confirm the record for world's fastest car with their TKR supercar.

While details are limited, the TKR is powered by a 7.0-liter engine that produces 1800 bhp. Keating has been mum on details, but sources seem to suggest the engine is based on the LS7 from the Chevrolet Corvette (which makes sense, the picture is a horribly-cropped GM press photo).

During its first run at the Salt Lake Flats in California, the TKR hit a top speed of 260.1 mph - 3 mph more than the SCC Ultimate Aero and 7 mph faster than the Bugatti Veyron. If the car can repeat the same feat, it will earn the title as the world's fastest production car in the Guinness Book of World Records.

According to Tony Keating, founder of Keating Supercars based in Manchester, "The Keating TKR realizes our ambition to take on the world's finest supercars and win. This car rivals them all for looks, handling, performance and exclusivity. And best of all, it's British."

PROBABLY THE FASTEST CAR IN THE WORLD - KEATING TKR DEBUTS AT MPH SHOW

British supercar manufacturer and challenger for the production car world land speed record, Keating, will have its 260.1mph TKR supercar on display at this year's MPH Show featuring Top Gear Live at London's Earls Court on 5 November.

In the first of two runs on the Salt Lake Flats in California last month, the remarkable 7.0 litre, 1800 BHP Keating TKR smashed the current record, adding an extra 3 mph to the top speed of existing title holder, the Shelby Aero TT. Now the Manchester based company must do it again to ensure entry in the Guinness Book of World Records.

But before it returns to California, the breathtaking Keating TKR will make its MPH show debut in London tomorrow in front of capacity crowds.

Tony Keating, founder of Keating Supercars, said: "The Keating TKR realises our ambition to take on the world's finest supercars and win. This car rivals them all for looks, handling, performance and exclusivity. And best of all, it's British."

The awesome piece of engineering will be on the Reef Paint Shop stand at MPH The Prestige and Performance Motor Show.

Reef Paint Shop Managing Director, Andrew Figini, said: "We are delighted to have the association with Keating and be part of the MPH Show.

"We stripped the original red colour and replaced with a gloss black finish with custom flair in candy-brandy wine before clear-coating - it looks spectacular when the light hits it."

 

 

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Comments (34)

 jerry05cod4 jerry05cod4
This is most certainly not a day to day car... what sort of transmission handles 1800bhp without breaking every mile. The front seems like a mixture of the saleen and some zonda
November 10, 2009 12:34 am
 rooster82 rooster82
I wonder how this car will handle on a track. Also how fast do you think it will run on the Nurburgring ?
November 10, 2009 12:42 am
 Anthropos Anthropos
...the side of a Carrera GT and the rear of a Pagani Zonda. Looks like a crappy kit car.
November 10, 2009 12:48 am
 carcrazy1234 carcrazy1234
so this car needed almost 800 more horsepower to beat the veyron by only 7 mph? damn mother nature and its forces :P!
November 10, 2009 1:21 am
 GTRfan GTRfan
It looks a bit cheap...comparing against the Aero...
November 10, 2009 1:43 am
 Tashinga Tashinga
Good point carcrazy. Question, is this the mythical Barabus TKR?
November 10, 2009 2:08 am
 TheAlchemist TheAlchemist
very Saleen-ish (minus the 50 gills). Be nice to see something more original. No one is going to drive it this fast anyway (just for bragging rights), how does it handle/feel?
November 10, 2009 3:03 am
 erzhik erzhik
"This car rivals them all for looks, handling, performance and exclusivity". They can't be serious, can they? Oh yeah, this kit car looks better than the Veyron, sure.. [/sarcasm]. This pig makes Aero look like a super model. Why can't all these car companies realize that if you strip down Veyron of all of its luxury, it can literally destroy them?! Its so annoying hearing about these new car makers that think they can make a car better than Veyron. There is and never will be a car that even comes close to Veyron. And this home made kit car doesn't have anything, not even a good name.
November 10, 2009 3:16 am
 nickmini nickmini
Fastest kit car in the world. 1800ps(YES!) but only 3+mph on SCC Aero and 7+mph on Veyron? How efficient is that! How many 1800ps top speed run can it survive? less than 10?
November 10, 2009 4:13 am
 599FXX 599FXX
even one of the press release photo's shows them fixing it on the track during a photo shoot! and how about the closeup of the side intake, really well engineered and built!
November 10, 2009 4:31 am
 carbonfibreguy carbonfibreguy
IMO at least it looks better than the SCC aero...not liking the rear at all though!
November 10, 2009 5:27 am
 hbbs0069 hbbs0069
wat i dont get is wth is every1 mocking the TKR it surely does look like a zonda n saleen and 1 big reason for tht is this car was made by normal person with his own money not like multi billion dollar company such as VW then comes the 1800 bhp i agree tht its too much to acheive 7 bhp more but wat u guys are missing is tht its tuned frm a 7 litre corvette engine if u wanna critisize engines then Veyron is on the top WTF man 16-litres 10 raditors 4 turbos tht is BULL**** cars such as the TKR, SSC n ulitma GTR shld be praised for the engines
November 10, 2009 5:47 am
 Xenicide Xenicide
Because hbbs, it's so much easier to sit back and be critical of car companies when the only accomplishment they have in their lives is... nothing. The looks are similar to others because this seems to be an efficient aerodynamic setup. 1800 is a lot of ponies, but check out the Veyron. A car with half of it's horsepower can get 0-60 just as quick. At the time the Veyron set the record, we were all thinking the same thing, "Damn... 1000 horse power?"
November 10, 2009 6:09 am
 tootall tootall
And where on earth are they going with this coment "And best of all, it's British." Not exactly ALL British! Hello.......... The powerplant that resides within it's engine-bay is the Corvette's LS7, which the last time I checked was as American as apple pie.
November 10, 2009 6:50 am
 Beemer89 Beemer89
its no where near bugatti in terms of elegance.
November 10, 2009 8:18 am
 MusTang MusTang
one thing to say: this car isn't comfortable as a Bugatti
November 10, 2009 11:02 am
 mojtaba2 mojtaba2
why do they compare this stupid car to Bugatti Veyron. speed is not everything. let them talk when they can make a car as fast and as comfy as a Bugatti veyron!
November 10, 2009 12:11 pm
 e36mmm e36mmm
it looks like a pos kit car hardcore. Bugatti is laughing their rears off :D Nothing can beat bugatti veyron for speed, elegance and comfort.
November 10, 2009 1:57 pm
 dmanero dmanero
Looks impressive, but what with the body made of. I may be mistaken and I hope I am but is the front portition of the car made of wood. Also the car looks better with the wing.
November 10, 2009 3:51 pm
 radmeister radmeister
Too bad that the record will have to wait for Production car status, i doubt 50 have been built or sold yet. Same for the Aero, the Veyron is still king. And even if this thing is 7mph faster does it do it as elegantly and smoothly as a Veyron? Doubt it, if all you cared about was speed get yourself a rocket racer with a Jet engine and 20,000lbs of thrust.
November 10, 2009 4:36 pm
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