Founded by Kevin Lyons, the company believes there is no US car that can compete with the likes of Bugatti, Pagani, Ferrari and Lamborghini. As such, it says it has set out to build a hypercar to do just that.

The LM2 Streamliner will apparently be powered by a 1,700 hp twin turbocharged 8.2-L V8 engine. According to Lyons, that will get the car from 0-60 mph (0-97 km/h) in a blistering 2.2 seconds and will give it a top speed of 290 mph (467 km/h).

Those figures would make the LM2 Streamliner the world's fastest production car. At the moment, however, it remains purely hypothetical. The vehicle is said only to be at prototype stage, and that's what will be on show in New York.