Stanley was losing steam by 1910, as internal-combustion cars advanced not only in performance but also (as Kit Foster notes in The Stanley Steamer: America's Legendary Steam Car) in the techniques of ...
In August 2009, the British Steam Car, driven by Charles Burnett III, smashed a record that had stood for a century: the land-speed record for a steam-powered car. Burnett drove his vehicle on a track ...