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Whatever happened to... the 230mph Keating Berus?
Whatever happened to... the 230mph Keating Berus?
British supercar promised a lot a few years ago - where did it go?
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What is it?
The final roll of the dice from Bolton's premier purveyor of not real hypercars, Keating.
Following the SKR and TKR of the mid 2000s (which did apparently get built in tiny numbers and run, briefly) and the meaningless 'Bolt' of 2013, the Berus was a rendering, sorry, a supercar designed to put Keating's cat among the exotic pigeons.
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The Berus promised a 0–60mph time of 2.4s, and a 230mph top speed from a V8 engine. If that wasn't ambitious enough, an electric version was also promised, with over 1,000lb ft of torque. Did they build any?
Amazingly, the Berus did make the leap from pixels to reality – briefly. A prototype was seen in the car park of Bolton University, crashing into a skip. You can find the clip online. We're not aware anyone was hurt, fortunately.
Where are they now?
After years of guff about taking on the supercar establishment, Keating finally went bust in 2021. Probably for the best.
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