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.

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 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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

No wonder the folks at the British Steam Car Challenge were so hell bent on besting that time. Burnett III drove the vehicle twice, posting times of 136.103 for the first run and 151.085 mph for ...