British sports car brand Trident, has announced its flagship Iceni sports car as the world’s fastest and most fuel efficient diesel sports car. That’s quite a claim!

Trident Iceni details

The Trident Iceniis the fastest diesel-powered sports car thanks to a 6.6-litre V8 turbodiesel engine, which delivers 294 kW and 948 Nm of torque in standard form. An optional performance upgrade pack raises output to 320 kW and 1286 Nm, while the track performance pack ups to 492 kW and 1422 Nm.

Top speed for the Trident Iceni is claimed to be over 306 km/h, with the ability to run for 3 218 km on a single tank of mineral diesel or bio-diesel (cooking oil, virgin rapeseed, linseed, palm, soya bean oil, kerosene and paraffin), which sounds rather impressive. All of this performances comes with a combined return of 4.1 litres / 100 km.

This is quite an interesting claim from the Trident Iceni and it’s refreshing to see diesel vehicles being marketed for something other than economy. There are some dynamic diesel vehicles out there and these combine both performance and low fuel consumption. Overseas you can purchase a diesel-powered Volkswagen Golf GTD, while locally the BMW 535d offers great performance but not at the expense of economy.