There is some suspicion this would be a stillborn attention-grabber, but deliveries are now made of this stunning-looking carbon fibre-bodied coupe.

Powered with a 4.6 litre engine with 320PS (along with a more powerful still 5.0 litre SV-R arrives with 400PS) the rear-drive car should order. Acceleration and handling are stunning – the ‘standard’ SV is near to a race car for the road, and also the SV-R promises to become more so – and top speed is about the high side of 260kp/h.

Little luxuries come second to performance, that is as it needs to be for a car of the calibre.