One of the world’s most exotic and expensive cars will host one of the world’s fastest men when the German Maybach Exelero concept car makes its southern hemisphere debut at the Super Cheap Auto 1000 at Bathurst enroute to the Australian International Motor Show in Sydney .

The multi-million dollar Exelero - the only one of its kind in the world - will take two laps of Mount Panorama during the pre-race entertainment before the start of the Super Cheap Auto 1000 at Bathurst on Sunday morning.

Inside the Maybach will be former World motorcycle champion Mick Doohan who will be one of the privileged few to take a ride in the coupe that recently recorded a terminal velocity of 351.45km/h at the Nardo speed bowl in Italy . So prestigious is the machine that Maybach will fly its own driver from Germany to take Doohan on his ride.

The Exelero is powered by a 5.9-litre twin-turbocharged V12 engine producing 515 kW of power and 1020 Nm of torque – enough to push its 2.66 tonnes of kerb weight from rest to 100km/h in just 4.4 seconds. It rolls on huge 23-inch diameter wheels wrapped in 315/25-profile tyres from Fulda .

The German tyre manufacturer commissioned Maybach – a division of Mercedes Car Group – to build the concept as a mobile test bed for its new generation of ultra-wide tyres.

The Exelero also reprises its legendary streamliner of the 1940s which – once again using Fulda tyres – set a speed of almost 200km/h on one of Germany ’s then new autobahns.

The new car is based on the mechanical architecture of the Maybach 57 limousine, but the Exelero is 16cm wider and even longer at almost 5.9 metres – the result of its carefully streamlined shape.

Despite its frontal area, the Exelero’s drag coefficient is a low 0.27 – comparable to many sports cars.

The Maybach concept’s extraordinary styling is the result of cooperation between the company and students from the respected Pforzheim College of automotive design in Germany .

The designers wanted the Exelero to be road-legal, so the concept’s lights, mirrors, bumper bars and other safety features all comply with current European regulations.

Maybach says, however, that it has no plans to put the coupe into production.

The Exelero will be unveiled to the press at Sydney ’s Darling Harbour Exhibition Centre on October 13 and to the public the following day.

The Australian International Motor Show runs until October 23 and organisers expect it to feature dozens more new production models and concept cars. Details, including dates, times and admission prices can be obtained by visiting www.australianmotorshow.com