Like other new upper-echelon sports cars, the new Koenigsegg is a hybrid vehicle. And the hybrid design is extraordinary.

Boasting a 5L twin-turbocharged V8, as well as three electric motors, the 2017 Koenigsegg Regera is a very, very efficient car. The specially-designed powertrain-tech Direct Drive Transmission recycles energy as it puts the car through its paces; a unique torque converter transfers energy from the main engine, at lower speed, to produce electricity for the three auxiliary motors. What this all amounts to is a combined 1,475 foot pounds of torque producing at least 1,500 horsepower for the 3,589 pound total weight. Using the combined benefits of both electric and internal combustion engine designs, the car will launch to 248MPH from a standstill in—the company claims—under 20 seconds.

But the car is built for comfort, as well as speed. Doors, soft top, wings, hood and trunk are all remote operable, and may be additionally operated via smartphone: the company calls this comprehensive feature ‘Autoskin.’ Cabin noise is reduced to a very low level, and sustained, through a sub frame and rear-end design, an ‘active soft mount’ that absorbs vibration; the car may also be driven in a full EV mode for short periods, making operation entirely silent. Other features—such as titanium exhaust, and memory foam seating—are too numerous to list here.

Sportscar design has yielded the evolution of supercar and hypercar; Koenigsegg might’ve gone a step further, and deemed it a ‘metacar.’ But, as the company website mentions, Regera is Swedish for ‘to reign’; perhaps that indicates ‘metacar’ was an assumption of the Koenigsegg design and marketing teams from the very beginning.

The company will produce only 80 examples of the meta-engineered hypercar. Price: $1.89 million.