Ferrari brings fighter jet on wheels

Ferrari’s new supercar looks like a fighter jet on wheels, as the Italian auto giant unveiled $4million beast called FXX-K Evo.

The FXX-K Evo is a tweaked version of the already mega-exclusive FXX-K - Ferrari's track-only hypercar that's based on the $1.3 million road-legal LaFerrari - and is the ultimate Top Trumps model.

The FXX-K Evo has a 6.3-litre V12 engine using the same petrol-electric Kinetic Energy Recovery System - also known as KERS - that F1 machines have been boosted with in recent years.

Everywhere you look the FXX-K Evo boast a sharpened and flared piece of bodywork.

This includes a twin-profile rear spoiler, two side wings and a central fin, all of which work in tandem to produce incredible levels of pin-it-to-the-road grip.

The company says it generates a whopping 640kg of downforce at a speed of 124mph. It is just like a car carrying an enormous tree trunk on the roof.

Deemed far too extreme to ever be fitted with number plates, owners will only be able to use one in competition events or driving days at race circuits.

It is not even available for everyone, Ferrari hand-pick the owners of their FXX cars, and this one will initially be offered to existing FXX-K customers who find that their current 1,000bhp-hypercar just isn't quite fast enough through a set of sweeping bends.

These millionaires and billionaires will be offered an upgrade on the non-Evoluzione model - of which around 40 were made.

There's been no confirmation of the price Ferrari will be demanding, but with standard FXX-Ks fetching around $3million don't expect the Evo to cost anything less than $3.5 to $4million.