Red Bull Advanced Technologies has begun final assembly of the first of the 50 Adrian Newey-designed, £5 million RB17 hypercars that it plans to launch next spring and deliver to clients over the following two years.

 

In an exclusive meeting with programme chief Rob Gray, the highly experienced Red Bull Formula 1 designer turned RB17 technical director, Autocar viewed the first car's near-complete passenger cell and tail section, plus the Cosworth-designed V10 engine and Xtrac hybrid gearbox that will power it to a 220mph top speed via F1 levels of acceleration.