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Automobile Misc – Full steam ahead! British Steam Car hits 131mph

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There’s something endearingly quixotic – and awfully English – about the British Steam Car Challenge. The team has spent the last ten years trying to successfully marry Victorian-age transport with modern technology in an effort break a 100-year-old steam land speed record. And, on Friday August 7 at Edwards Air Force base in California, they finally beat that world record speed with a run of 131mph – but because the FIA wasn’t present, it’s not yet official.

Dubbed ‘the fastest kettle in the world’, the 25-foot British Steam Car is designed not just to break records, but also to reinforce the viability of non-internal combustion engines. Because it’s an external combustion engine, it isn’t fuel specific and produces far fewer harmful emissions.

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