Despite not delivering its on-track promise to date for 2004, Formula One’s McLaren racing has sufficient pedigree for Mercedes-Benz to synergy with it for any road car which develops the race track relationship.

The vehicle is as advanced because it is possible to become; stunning looks, a redefinition of the heritage made up of the Gull-wing Mercedes of the 1950s, along with a level of performance that was not seen since, well, because the McLaren F1 saloon car of the 1980s.

There’s little reason for trying to explain its capabilities – it’s everything you imagine, times ten.