The attempt to build a car to take the Bugatti Veyron, which suggests most people as a futile exercise. The Veyron 987bhp was developed by Volkswagen powerful empire with almost unlimited amounts of money. For Anthony Keating, British engineer behind the new Keating TKR, it was a case of: the larger and more expensive they are, the harder they fall.

Making its debut at MPH show in London this weekend, the TKR arrive fresh to pick up his scalp in the first place, after having recorded a top speed of 260.1 mph - a car full 7 mph faster than the Veyron, and 4 km / h over faster than the existing record for the road, 256.1 mph, held by Shelby Supercars Ultimate Aero. The figure was recorded last month at The Mirage in California, but Keating and his creation can not enjoy the glory yet. The man and the machine to repeat the feat with the participation of officials from Guinness World Records.

The road legal TKR blazing speed has been reduced to an impressive off-the-shelf components. The car can have a team behind him a humble count at 15, but its firepower is formidable. Behind the two crew seats is a 7-liter V8 from General Motors, which has been equipped with a pair of compressors and adjusted to an inch of his life. The result is that Keating has lured some of the 1,800 shp credible V8. Let's get this in perspective, okay? This figure means that each cylinder delivers 225bhp, or more than the turbocharged engine found in the Golf GTI.

Wearing a cast engine chassis is carbon fiber, an improvement over the steel space frame of Keating's previous models, it is much easier. So easy in fact that TKR weighs 995 kg, making the Veyron looks 1888 kg on the need for a visit to Fat Fighters, and take a copy of the application from 0-60 miles per hour less than 3sec.

All this has a price, if the PTR, $29670. It is a big issue for a company without a pedigree, but for the handful of customers Keating pursues the idea of outgunning Veyron for less than one third of the cost can be irresistible. On behalf of Keating, the car is the fruit of 10 years of hard work. Mounted on the evolution of TKR with the operation of its electronics business, fulfilling their desire to see a British supercar ranked the fastest in the world.

All Keating has to do now is to get him and his car on the Bonneville Salt Flats in September and try PTR have what it takes to be the undisputed king of world speed. "We want a distance of 10 miles instead of four miles in El Mirage. We must do 300 mph," says Keating.

Keating TKR Car Specification :

• Engine 6996cc, V8, twin superchargers
• Power 1,800bhp @ 5700rpm
• Transmission Five-speed sequential
• Fuel/CO2 Not available
• Acceleration 0-60mph: less than 3sec
• Top speed 260.1mph
• Price $29670
• Road tax band M ($29670 a year)
• Verdict If you want to travel faster, buy a Learjet