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Media moguls, soccer stars, and oil barons – get your chequebooks out.

Swiss company Acabion has created the craziest production supercar of all time.

It’s faster than a Bugatti Veyron and more economical than a diesel supermini.

Here’s the low-down on the mad Acabion GTBO.

• It’s fitted with a turbocharged 1300cc Suzuki superbike engine producing more than 1500bhp per ton.

• This means acceleration from 0-224mph in 20 seconds and a top speed of 342mph.

• But Acabion maker has limited the top speed to a more conservative 292mph.

• It’s known as a 2+2 wheel concept - running on four wheels at low speed and two wheels at high speeds.

• For low speeds and reversing, the GTBO uses a 2kw electric motor meaning it’s a hybrid - so no Congestion Charge Mr Livingstone.

• At 110mph, Acabion claims the GTBO produces less than a third of carbon emissions than a Toyota Corolla diesel.

• It’s built from carbon fibre and weighs just 360kg.

• Inside it’s fitted with a £130,000, 26-speaker sound system.

• At 62mph it does 75mpg – more than any diesel supermini. And at certain speeds it manages 90mpg.

• There is room for two and the boot’s capacity is 150 litres – half the size of a Vauxhall Corsa’s.

• Just 26 will be produced between 2007 and 2011 with each GTBO taking 3 years to build.

Want one? The GTBO will cost you a cool £1 million.

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