IN THIS FEATURE Exclusive first drive 'Comfortably over 200mph' Front-mid-engine layout Carbonfibre monococque Mille Miglia throwback No race-track fugitive Infinitely driveable What a bargain!

Mercedes - with a little help from McLaren - goes after Ferrari and Porsche with its fastest production car ever, and 4car's John Simister is one of the very first to try it. So what's it like at 200mph?