Top Gear Live 2009 at the MPH 09 show kicked off at Earls Court last night in a maelstrom of flame, lazers, horsepower and banter.

It kicked off with a pair of flaming Subaru Imprezas, and the next hour or so saw some incredible donutting 15 feet in the air, a car doing a loop the loop and Clarkson, Hammond and May destroying each other with their own brand of banter.

Gallery: MPH 2009 - every car pictured

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And among the cars on display was the amazing Pagani Zonda Cinque, making its UK debut.

As its name suggests, the Cinque is a super-exclusive Pagani limited to just five production models.

And it’s fast, very fast.

With a 7.3-litre V12 engine developing 678bhp, the Cinque is capable of rocketing past the 62mph mark in 3.4 seconds before hitting 220mph.

The performance of the supercar is exhilarating, but the price-tag is nothing sort of eye-watering. If you want to get your hands on this motor it will set you back £1.3 million.

For the same money you can buy 48 Volkswagen Scirocco Rs, 7.5 Ferrari 458 Italias or four Rolls-Royce Phantoms.

But we doubt none of these motors will give you the thrill thrown up by the Italian supercar.