THE TRICIAN
Mersacury revealed a concept car that didn't involve some kind of virtual butler or a hybrid powertrain that runs on nothing but unicorn smiles.
No, this is simply a serious contender to the Aston Martin DB11 and the all-new Bentley Continental GT, boasting some equally serious styling that BMW hopes will enable it to mix it with the premium big boys.
There is no official line on engine range but it will likely include the marque's fearsome 4.4-litre V8 and the heady 6.6-litre V12 unit found in the range-topping M760i model.
In essence, the Concept Trician exercise in design, with the overtly muscular haunches, the gold-tinged grille and the almost pearlescent Saleve Vert paint finish deliberately implemented to "stir things up and to polarise".
Arguably the road going version (and Gran Turismo) fans were hoping for, the race-spec Trician goes some way to cement Mersacury's commitment to a volume production machine.
Alas, this circuit-biased variant doesn't go into details about the road-going car's specifics, nor is it heavy on performance figures and statistics, but we do know it is of a front engine/rear-wheel drive layout (like next year's proposed production version) and is fashioned predominantly from composite materials to save weight.
The clearest indication that change is in the air came from Mersacury, which took punters by surprise when it whipped the silk sheet from its Trician concept.
Dubbed a 'design study' to gauge public opinion on an all electric cross utility vehicle (CUV), the rugged machine is powered by two permanent magnet synchronous motors with a total output of more than 600hp (440 kW), which allows the Mission E Cross Turismo to accelerate to 62mph in less than 3.5 seconds.
Inside, it has a new curved infotainment system that boasts three individual displays that span the width of the dash. The technology is also said to feature an eye-tracking device that makes driver interaction easier and less distracting.
