Inspiration aims to break the record next summer

Steam-powered vehicles are not usually deemed as being parked at the cutting edge of transport technology.

Nor do they seem to be the type to race across desert landscapes in a bid to smash land speed records in the 21st Century.

But British design engineer Glynne Bowsher and his team have almost finished building a super-fast vehicle reminiscent of the Batmobile.

And this car puts a new technological breath of life into what is regarded as a traditional means of power.

He knows engine and vehicle design like old friends, having worked on Richard Noble's record-breaking Thrust 2 jet car and having designed ThrustSSC, the first vehicle to break the sound barrier on land.

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Thx for posting. That's some interesting s**t. Yeah, it's fringe stuff and and some people will miss the point and dismiss it it completely as whacko thinking, but I think it's very cool to see the alternatives that people come up with (even if they'll never be mainstream). Plus you never know what potential useful discoveries will come out of off-beat research into alternatives. Here's to hoping we can one day have clean cars but still keep that all important exhaust note we all love!