Topic: CARS - on August 28, 2009 at 11:12:00 AM CEST
UK team breaks steam car record
A team of British engineers has broken the longest-standing world land speed record in California.
The steam car, Inspiration, recorded an average speed of 139.843mph (225.06km/h) at Edwards air base, in the Mojave Desert, smashing the 1906 record.