Is it just another hyped-up supercar?
Every time a new supercar is announced, we tend to rush to the kitchen and digest the news with a pinch of salt. It's the same with the Keating Berus, a contraption coming from Keating Supercars.
Right, so Keating Supercars doesn't ring any bells? It's only natural as the company is not that popular, but they did make a debut in 2006 with the TKR, shown at that year's London Motorshow.
Also, if you happen to live in the United States and also developed a sixth petrolheadian sense, you might remember that back in 2009, Keating Supercars brought a 7-liter, 1,800-horsepower TKR deviation on the Salt Lake Flats in California, where it set a production car world land speed record after being clocked in at 260.1 mph (419 km/h).
But enough with the history lesson and fast forward to the future; 2017, to be more precise. That's when the automotive world is supposed to become acquainted with the Keating Berus supercar.
Named after a venomous snake known to herpetologists as the Vipera Berus, which for regular people is nothing but the common European viper, this almost-newborn supercar is expected to launch at the Monaco Top Marques event in April 2017. Leaving that aside, we're more interested in what the spec sheet has to offer.
Two versions will be available, a V8-powered Berus that promises 2.4 seconds for the 0-60 mph (96 km/h) sprint and a top speed of 230+ mph (in excess of 370 km/h).
But here's the exciting bit: the second version is an electric Berus delivering between 200 and 400 hp (150-300 kW) and a hip-breaking 1,054 lb-ft (1,429 Nm) of torque. That being said, I guess there's no point in discussing range issues.