Sadly, although I am not completely sure of this great comedic actor’s accumulated wealth, you normally have to be Brian to own these top end German motors. Mercedes has always kept a toe in the door with its supercars, then it stuck a full leg and maybe a bit of hip in with the Mercedes McLaren SLR.

When one goes through the archives of Mercedes supercar production, to be honest, it could be stored in my top drawer. I find it hard to include cars such as the C, E and S classes that had the AMG tuning treatment. They were designed to cart middle class people around in luxury, sticking a great working class V8 in the front just causes an awkward tension, just before over-steering into a concrete political debate.

So then we are left with the CLR GT which was a racing car, the AMG DTM cars again used for the track, the CLK GTR recently sold for £500,000 a piece and the McLaren SLR. Any others were either concepts or so old they were driven by Bruce Forsyth down the Iron Curtain in 1547 or whenever it was.

One other car stands out though, if not for outright power and performance, for its indescribably beautiful design – of course we are talking about the 300 SL. In 1954, 212 hp and a 160 mph top speed was incredible, its ‘gullwing’ doors opening to reveal a well machined two fingers up to being 1950’s and uncomfortably reserved.

This is the brilliance the SLS AMG is based on, the 2010 car looks stunning and with its 6.3 litre naturally aspirated V8 engine, it has enough grunt to force a trouser change from Brucey. 571 hp will propel you to 60 mph in just 3.8 seconds, but rest assured AMG will have been there from step one and its chassis will be perfect for the job in hand.

The car is expected to set buyers back around £200,000. It’s nice to see you, to see you is…not going to happen.