Panoz Abruzzi:shiny

We are rather certain you will want one of these - this is the new Panoz Abruzzi "Spirit of Le Mans" supercar.

Company founder Don Panoz unveiled his masterpiece at the Circuit de La Sarthe - the home of the 24 hours of Le Mans - ahead of the upcoming race series.

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The hand-built Abruzzi gets an engine of an unspecified vintage sending 600bhp+ to its rear wheels and 590lb ft of torque to your small intestine. The body is made using Panoz's new ‘R.E.A.M.S' (Recyclable Energy Absorbing Matrix System) technology, which is lighter than carbon fibre but is dent-proof and shatter resistant.

The Abruzzi clearly takes design cues from the original Panoz supercar - the Esperante GTR-1 - and resembles an art-deco Batmobile. All it needs now is a rubber-clad psycho with vengeance in his brain and smoke bombs in his belt.

Just 81 of these beauts will be built, each dedicated to one Le Mans race, going up to 2013. Each one will have the race date and driver initials etched into the chassis.

You'll also be given a tutorial around the Bugatti Circuit of the Le Mans course and treated to ‘hospitality facilities' during the 24 hours of Le Mans. We can only imagine what the ‘hospitality' involves - beating peasants with a diamond-encrusted cane while man-servants pour champagne?

Panoz hasn't revealed prices, but if you have to ask, you'll probably be laughed out of the room and then beaten with aforementioned cane.

Vijay Pattni