IT looks like something out of a computer game, the sort of car that might exist only in a re-imagined Tron or a Gran Turismo cheat mode, writes William Scholes.
But the otherworldly AM-RB 001 is not a digital dream; it's a carbon fibre-bodied, V12-engined reality, one which will cost between £2 million and £3 million when the first examples reach their owners in 2018.
This extraordinary car is the result of a collaboration between Aston Martin and multiple Formula One world champions Red Bull Racing and promises to be as seminal as McLaren's fabled F1 road car of 1992.
The McLaren was what happened when you let Gordon Murray, the era's leading F1 designer, lose on the brief of building the ultimate road car.
Freed from the constraints of the Formula One rulebook and starting from a completely clean sheet of paper - which almost never happens in car design - Murray fashioned a car that has yet to be truly surpassed.
As an example of Murray's single-mindedness and McLaren's money-no-object approach, look no further than the gold leaf lining the engine bay. Murray justified the extravagance because gold was the most efficient heat reflector he could find.
Fast forward to 2016, and Aston Martin and Red Bull have 'done a McLaren' by allowing the most successful F1 designer ever off the leash on a road car.
Adrian Newey's achievements are numerous but they include designing cars which have won more than 80 Grands Prix and his teams 10 world constructor championships.
He is the only F1 designer to have won titles with three different teams - Williams, McLaren and Red Bull - and his Red Bulls won four consecutive titles between 2010 and 2013 for his employers as well as Sebastian Vettel.
It's why he earns millions every year - his salary is said to be around £10m - and why the Aston Martin/Red Bull project is so eagerly anticipated by enthusiasts; with Newey's DNA woven throughout, the AM-RB 001 should be special indeed.
Unlike the current crop of hypercars - the McLaren P1, Ferrari LaFerrari and Porsche 918 Spyder - the Newey car shuns a petrol-electric hybrid drivetrain in favour of a purely petrol motor.
As with the McLaren F1, the AM-RB 001 gets a bespoke V12 engine.
Despite already having some epic V12s in its repertoire, Aston Martin has designed an all-new, mid-mounted, high-revving, naturally aspirated engine specifically for the car.
Exact details have yet to be disclosed, but Aston Martin says it will have the potency to achieve the engineering holy grail of "a 1:1 power-to-weight ratio; 1bhp per kilo of weight".
The whole car is bespoke from the tyres up, but it is the aerodynamics - the black arts of which Newey is a master - which will set the AM-RB apart from established hypercars.
According to the design team, the car "boasts truly radical aerodynamics for unprecedented levels of downforce in a road-legal car" and "thanks to the genius of Newey's design much of this downforce is generated through underfloor aerodynamics".
That's why the car's striking bodywork - shaped by Aston Martin designer Marek Reichman - is free from fins, spoilers and other addenda.
The extreme aerodynamics are why the Newey car could have as profound an effect as the McLaren F1 had almost 25 years ago.
"I've always been adamant that the AM-RB 001 should be a true road car that's also capable of extreme performance on track, and this means it really has to be a car of two characters," says Newey.
"That's the secret we're trying to put into this car - the technology that allows it to be docile and comfortable, but with immense outright capabilities."
The suspension and transmission borrows heavily from motorsport, yet is said to also "deliver the on-road usability and comfort levels that sit at the heart of the concept".
The Aston Martin and Red Bull team say that "Newey's unrivalled knowledge has enabled the AM-RB 001 to be extremely light and compact, yet offer genuine comfort and space for driver and passenger and house a V12 engine".
Taking all the ingredients together, as well as the track record of everyone involved, mean the claim that "the AM-RB 001 is an unprecedented fusion of form and function - a car engineered to be entirely useable and enjoyable as a road car, but with the capability to perform like no road car before it on a race track" does not sound like the usual motor industry hyperbole.
And if the 'standard' car isn't quick enough for the well-heeled owners, Aston Martin will be building track-only examples, "the projected performance of which is in line with that of today's LMP1 Le Mans sports prototypes".
Between 99 and 150 road cars will be built as well as 25 track versions.
Aston Martin boss Andy Palmer says "the AM-RB 001 is a truly remarkable project".
"As the project gathers pace its clear the end result will be a truly history-making hypercar that sets incredible new benchmarks for packaging, efficiency and performance and an achievement that elevates Aston Martin to the very highest level," he says.
