Brit car breaks record

A British-built sports car has beaten the likes of Ferrari and Porsche to regain a speed record, it was announced today.

The Caterham Super 7 Superlight R500 set a production car world record by stopping in 10.73 seconds after accelerating to 100mph in the Autocar magazine organised event.

Built in Caterham, Surrey, the R500 raced to 60mph in 3.21 seconds, having hit the 30mph mark in just

With 100mph reached in an incredible 6.92 seconds, the

1.45 seconds. Caterham stopped a mere 3.81 seconds later.

Autocar editor Steve Sutcliffe said the previous record set last year had seemed unbreakable.

"But if our annual 0-100-0 speed-test proves one thing, it's the sheer pace of automotive development," he added.

Having lost its 0-100-0mph record to the American Mosler MT900S last November, Caterham smashed its 2003 time by almost half a second.