It uses the engine from an Audi R8, is as fast as a Ferrari 458 Italia to 60mph and costs over £230,000 - but this is no ordinary supercar.
UK supercar buyers looking for an untypical choice can now look to Slovenia after a new company called Tushek revealed its first car, the 197mph Renovatio T500.
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Designed by Alijosa Tushek, a race driver and Tushek's founder, the Renovatio T500 is built on an aerodynamic and lightweight carbon fibre bodyshell.
The T500 is in fact heavily based on a Slovenian kit car, called the K-1 Attack. It was first seen back in 2007 and it became a cult classic amongst motoring enthusiasts. The K-1 often featured a 220bhp 2.5-litre V6 engine taken from a Ford Mondeo. New models of the K1-Attack sold for an estimated 60,000 Euros.
Tushek will hope to achieve similar success with the Renovatio T500, but it will have a very restricted production run of just 30 units over the next four years. Each unit is set to cost 300,000 Euros in total, which translates to an estimated £235,231 in the UK market.
This price tag comfortably exceeds the prices for some of the more commonly chosen supercars on the market today, like the £178,461 Ferrari 458 Italia, the £168,500 McLaren MP4-12C and even nearly the £242,280 Lamborghini Aventador.
Any customers who get their hands on the premium-priced T500 will find it uses a 4.2-litre V8 petrol engine, taken from the Audi R8 supercar.
The engine produces 450bhp, which is considerably less compared to the likes of the Ferrari 458 and the McLaren MP4-12C which produce 562bhp and 616bhp respectively.
However like the Ferrari and McLaren, the new Tushek can cover the 0-62mph sprint in less than four seconds, 3.7 to be exact, and it boasts a top speed of 197mph which is just a few numbers down on its more prestigious rivals.
UK motorists interested in the Tushek Renovatio T500 can witness its British public debut on 5 September 2012 during the Salon Prive Tour d'Elegance hosted at Woodcote Park in Surrey.