How cool is this? In a chavvy, grossly over-the-top way, of course, but still incredibly cool. We haven't seen a rear wing that big since our ill-advised cruise along the Skegness beachfront.

This is Suzuki's big hope for victory in the Pikes Peak hill climb this weekend.

It's called the Suzuki Sport XL7 Hill Climb Special, and the gent with the slightly nervous look on his face is Japanese racing legend Nobuhiro 'Monster' Tajima, who's hoping to set a new Pikes Peak record this year.

Tajima won the event last year despite crashing in practice, and this year he reckons Rod Millen's 1994 record could be in trouble.

He's got the car to do it, too. Based on the XL7 - Suzuki's US-only softroader - the Hill Climb Special is fitted with a 3.6-litre V6 sourced from GM.

The displacement might sound modest enough but, thanks to a pair of monster turbos, it puts out a massive 993bhp. Admittedly that's at sea level - it'll lose a bit of power in the thinner Colorado air - but that's still a scary figure.

The time that Takima will be looking to beat is 10m 4.06s over the 20km course - a record set by Millen's massively modded Toyota Celica that's stood for 13 years.

Could a sub-10 minute run be on the cards? We'll find out this weekend.

Read Nick Trott's blog on 'Monster' and the Suzuki Sport XL7