AN Astley company is racing towards success with its world beating sports cars.

Keating Supercars has built a car it believes can achieve 275mph - a world record for a production car.

The company was set up by Anthony Keating after already establishing his Electromech engineering services company and the ZeeWax car wax brands.

Despite his early success, Anthony's ambition was not to be held down.

He set out to design and build a world-beating vehicle which could compete with established marques like Porsche and Ferrari.

He said: "The idea was born about 10 years ago. Auto engineering has always been my passion and my success with other ventures has given me the opportunity to develop the company."

The result was the TKR - a no-holds-barred supercar with performance to beat any of the world's best brands. Anthony and his team developed an ultra-modern prototype which went through a long process of modification and redesign until the final design was approved.

Power

And it was during this process that the team got the idea for the sister car SKR - where the power has been reigned in for modern road conditions.

Expertise from around the world was brought into make sure the Keating was at the forefront of technology.

Manufacturing the ultra-modern bodyshell was contracted to specialists in the Philippines, the advanced composite carbon chassis was developed by an industry leader in Italy and the engine is the most powerful made by US giant General Motors - refined by Keating's own engineers to give even more output.

All these efforts mean the car has performance never before seen on the road, and uses materials more likely to be found on the Formula One track.

The Keating is a global project at the cutting edge of science, but still lovingly hand-built by craftsmen in Astley

Anthony said: "We have had orders from Hong Kong and Australia, but nothing from the UK yet.

"Foreign market"

"We are building a left-hand drive model for the foreign market and will be holding a test day at a circuit soon for potential customers.

"We will also be taking the cars to a couple of shows this year."

Every car is unique, built to the customer's precise preferences - whether you want a stripped-down track racer or an eye-catching road cruiser.

Everything from the dashboard instruments, brakes, mirrors, seats and bodywork can be custom-crafted to the exact specifications required.

You can choose between four standard engines, tweaked to produce from 400 to 650 brake horsepower, or special options up to a seven litre, 1500 bhp twin turbocharged version.

Trials are still ongoing, but the team hope to mount their record attempt next month.

Prices range from £90,000 for a basic version, to £330,000 for the top of the range.

To find out more, visit keatingsupercars.co.uk

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