Keating SKR and TKR (2008): first official pictures

By Ben Pulman

First Official Pictures

23 April 2008 08:30

A British Bugatti costing £90,000? Or another loopy sports car from Lancashire? The Keating SKR and TKR launched today have 1500bhp potential and top speeds that challenge the Veyron's - but it's difficult to dispel our innate cynicism about yet another new British supercar manufacturer.

But Keating is launching its two supercars with rides in fully functioning cars, both on a private test track and on public roads, so CAR Online has today gone to Southport in the north west of England. We aim to find out whether Keating Supercars is another unfortunate joke on St George’s day or something worth making noise about.

After all, if you ignore companies like these you might be missing out on meeting the next Lee Noble or Simon Saunders, respectively the men behind Noble and Ariel.

It’s the dream of Anthony Keating, and the success of his power generation company Electromech means he can now indulge his dream and produce his own supercar. Keating’s exacting standards are blamed for the eight-year development process, but the company claims everything is unique. Even the door mirrors are of Keating’s own design.

And if you think the Keating supercars look familiar, that's because they are. The TKR was shown at the London motor show in 2006, badged as the Barabus.

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By Ben Pulman