A Swiss company has created the world's fastest ever road vehicle - a 340mph bullet-shaped cross between a motorbike and a car. The Acabion GTBO looks like a jet fighter cockpit on wheels - with stabilisers - and has the power-to-weight ratio of a Formula One car.
The high-performance vehicle is neither motorbike or car so designers had to invent a new category of vehicle called a Road Streamliner. Its makers claim it could reach 300mph in 30 seconds - much quicker than the Bugatti Veyron which takes 55 seconds to reach its top speed of 250mph.
An electric version with a top speed of around 300mph is also planned and its designer, former Porsche engineer Peter Maskus, sees it as the future of high-speed, low-emission transport. Manufacturers expect the GTBO to be in production and on the road within three years.
The bad news is the asking price is likely to be £1.5million.
