Adrian Newey unleashed — a road-car-shaped machine engineered to beat an F1 lap time.
The RB17 is a track-only hybrid hypercar by Red Bull Advanced Technologies, designed under Adrian Newey. It uses a Cosworth-developed 4.5-litre naturally aspirated V10 producing roughly 1,000 hp at a redline of up to 15,000 rpm, paired with an approximately 200 hp electric motor for a combined output near 1,200 hp. Drive is through a six-speed Xtrac sequential gearbox to the rear wheels. Chassis technologies include active suspension, ground-effect aerodynamics with a fan-assisted underbody generating around 1,700 kg of downforce, and a dry weight under 900 kg.
Production is capped at 50 units at approximately £5 million (~$6.7 million) each. All allocations are sold. The RB17 is not road-legal. The production design was revealed in January 2026, the car ran at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July 2026, and Red Bull has targeted an official launch around spring 2027 with deliveries running through 2028 — no car has been delivered and no secondary market currently exists.
The RB17 is Adrian Newey's first ground-up design outside a Formula 1 chassis and Red Bull Advanced Technologies' first standalone hypercar. Track-only, fixed at 50 units, and engineered around ground-effect aerodynamics and active suspension, it sits at the head of the current generation of client-track hypercars.
| Variant | Years | Production | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| RB17 | 2026– | 50 | Cosworth 4.5L naturally aspirated V10 (~1,000 hp @ up to 15,000 rpm) + ~200 hp e-motor (~1,200 hp combined); 6-speed Xtrac sequential gearbox; active suspension; ground-effect / fan-assisted aerodynamics (~1,700 kg downforce); under 900 kg dry. Fixed production of 50 units, all allocated, at approximately £5M / $6.7M. Not road-legal. Production ongoing. |
No RB17 has yet been delivered. Every one of the 50 build slots is allocated; secondary access before deliveries begin runs through Red Bull Advanced Technologies and its authorised network only. Any offer to sell an allocation must be verified against the factory client register.
The RB17 is a client-support programme as much as a car. The full ownership experience — track use, transport, storage, engineering support — is factory-run out of Red Bull Advanced Technologies. Prospective buyers should evaluate the programme, not the car alone.
The RB17 is not homologated for any road jurisdiction. It cannot be registered, and its use case is limited to circuit driving with factory or authorised support. Insurance, transport and storage should all be arranged on that basis.
As a fixed-supply, headline-designed track hypercar with no road-going equivalent, the RB17 will be measured against comparable client-track programmes (Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro, Ferrari FXX-K Evo family, McLaren Solus GT). Long-term positioning depends on delivered performance, ownership-programme execution and how quickly early cars circulate.
No verified public auction results are currently available for this model. We publish sale figures only from examples we have confirmed against auction house records, and will update this guide as results appear.
Fixed 50-unit production, Adrian Newey authorship, factory-supported track programme, no road-going equivalent. Long-term positioning will be set by delivered performance and how the ownership programme executes; today the market is entirely primary.
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