The fastest land speed record has been broken by a man named Charles Burnett III in a steam powered car. The long record had previously been held by a man named Fred Marriott and it was originally set in 1906 and his record has not only been beaten it has been absolutely shattered. The car reached an incredible speed of 139.843mph on two runs over a measured mile. This absolutely smashes the previous record of 127mph set over 100 years ago. However it is a shame that the new speed record fell ever so slightly short of the unofficial 145.607mph set by the Steamin Demon in 1985. The English team are hoping to shatter this record aswell as the original one made in late 1906. Since the motor itself has only one gear it accelerates very slowly indeed and needs a 2.5 mile run up at either end of the enormous test strip in a desert near to Florida. Used cars for sale in the local area have been thrown in at various stages of the project to contribute to the cars performance.

To try and get the car working to its full potential there have been numerous English engineers working as hard as possible to get the best technology available. In conclusion this is brilliant news for the car industry. Over a hundred car manufactures have contributed to the worlds fastest car and the demand to buy a renault has risen slightly in the local area. Except from the fact that people have been urged to buy a new mercedes for example the interest in the car industry has been given a new spark.

The world record for land speed has not been broken in over 100 years and there is an incredible amount of interest into car manufacturing being sparked from this event. Breaking the land speed record has really emphasised our advances in technology over the last twenty years and I believe it is only a matter of time before we see this land speed record broken again.