British steampunks have successfully tested a steam-powered car they want to see race across the California desert at 170 mph. They aim to break a record that has stood for more than a century.

Despite the untimely death of project manager Frank Swanston from lung cancer, the British Steam Car Challenge is still on for a record attempt at the Bonneville Salt Flats in August of this year.

The British Steam Car has made a couple of successful low-speed runs, but this one occurred in front of reporters from more than 60 publications gathered at a military base in West Sussex.

Who knew a World Speed Record set all the way back in 1906 at the Daytona Beach Road Course would be such a tough nut to crack? We've been following the British Steam Car Challenge and its team of ...

The 25ft-long British Steam Car - nicknamed the 'fastest kettle in the world' - reached an average speed of 139.843mph on two runs over a measured mile at the Edwards Air Force Base in California.

The British Steam Car has achieved its goal and broken the world's longest-standing speed record at Edwards Air Force Base in California - and then, for good measure, broken a second steam speed ...

New British steam engine up and running DARLINGTON, England, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Britain's first new steam locomotive built since 1966 rode the rails for the first time Friday.

The car's backers have called the 3-ton contraption "the fastest kettle in the world." Hunkered down in a California desert, now they just need to make it official.

The world record for a steam-driven car was set by a bloke called Fred Marriott in 1906 driving a machine called the Stanley Rocket at 127.6mph. Actually, it was the fastest any vehicle had gone ...

Once upon a time, I was driving a VW Golf, and was able to get it up to a whopping 80 MPH. I sure felt cool, but I'd look like a complete fool compared to the Inspiration, a British steam-powered ...

An iconic British steam train featured in Paddington 2 and Top Gear has become the first ever to be 'future-proofed' amid a wider plot to remove much-loved traditional traffic signals. The changes ...

The British Steam Car Challenge looks set to break a century-old record land speed record, with test runs of 131mph already putting the car out in front.