Land speed record news - Salt shaker - 2009

Land speed record cars can get rather confusing. There's the 763mph Thrust SSC (officially the world's fastest car); the 350mph JCB Dieselmax (the world's fastest diesel); the upcoming 1,000mph Bloodhound with its rockets and jets; and now this - the 330mph Spectre Performance Infidel, which has just become the world’s fastest petrol-powered car.

And it's a Cadillac. Yup, somewhere in that sleek cigar of a body lurks a V8 lifted from a 70s Caddy, but pumped up to 8.7 litres, boosted by two turbos and kicking out a massive 1,900bhp.

And unlike most land speed cars, it runs purely on good ol' gasoline. The blokes who built it simply turned up at Bonneville, gave the Caddy a shunt in the right direction, fired up the big engine - which looks very much like a shonky bump start - then cracked 330mph in just three runs.

Then they went home to dream up the next plan. They reckon the car's got "a lot left in it", and will be back on the salt next year going for 400mph...

Watch the warp-speed video: