The automotive industry has given us a smorgasbord of legendary hypercars, whether they have more of an emphasis on looks and style or setting world records around a race track. Even the rise of EVs and the fall of gasoline has not curbed the world's desire for wild, over-the-top automobiles. Red Bull, however, thinks the world needs one more hypercar and is planning to give it to us. Meet the Red Bull Advanced Technologies (or RBAT) RB17.

Lets hear the nitty gritty on RedBulls first production car

The powerplant will be a twin-turbo hybrid V-8 capable of over 1,100 horsepower and the backbone will be a bespoke carbon tub. The body has also been designed by Formula 1 legend Adrian Newey to have an emphasis on ground effect aerodynamics. The weight figure is even more outrageous as the target is 900 kg (1,984). That means 1,100 horsepower in a car with ground effects that weighs less than a Mazda Miata.

In an interview with Autocar Adrian Newey said, "It will be a skirted car, so flexible skirts - because we can – and clearly large ground effect tunnels, active suspension as it could be driven on circuits that aren't as smooth as and we’re trying to avoid having very stiff suspension"

Of course, there will be a decent amount of Formula 1-based witchcraft going on to supplement the hybrid hypercar's active suspension, flexible side skirts to aid with the ground effect, and an energy recovery device to help cut back on Turbo lag.

The standard RB17 will be for track use only and not street legal; however, as the customer will be involved in the production stage, the RB17 is already set to be offered with a street-legal conversation kit should you need to buy a carton of milk.

In terms of how the car came to be in the first place, Christian Horner, CEO of RedBull racing and RBAT also told Autocar, " Adrian Newey unleashed" and that "Adrian wanted to do a car back in 2014, and at that point in time, we found a route through that by doing all the design work for the Valkyrie in partnership with Aston Martin."

The RB17 will also be produced in extremely limited numbers. Production will start in 2025 with only 15 models being built per year, in total there will only be 50 RB17s.

In terms of price, the RB17 will cost an eye-watering $6.1 million, which amounts to £5 million and €5.79 million.

They apparently even put some thought into the name. Red Bull named its 2020 season Formula 1 car the RB16, the 2021 model the RB16B, and the 2022 F1 car the RB18, so RB17 naturally filled the gap.