Mercedes has launched its Project One hypercar at the Frankfurt motorshow, billing the 1,000bhp road car as a "Formula One car with MOT approval".
Project One is powered by a modified version of the 1.6-litre turbocharged hybrid engine that also drives Mercedes' current W08 Formula One car. It boasts an acceleration figure of 0-200km/h in under six seconds and will continue towards a top speed in excess of 350km/h.
Lewis Hamilton drove the car onto the stage in Frankfurt where he was joined by Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche.
"Motorsport is not an end in itself for us," Zetsche said.