No... this isn't a photo shopped image.. this is the real thing. Italian company Covini has confirmed the commercial production of the C6W pictured below - the world's first commercial 6-wheeler sports car.

Originally designed as a Formula One race car, and presented to the public in 2004, the Covini C6W is now to be come street-legal. As pretty obvious, the Covini C6W is very unusual, with 6 wheels, however these give further advantages to the car, namely better road-grip, thus it can corner at higher speeds, and improved absorbtion of street impacts at the front of the car, thus delivering a smoother ride.

The body of the car is made mostly of carbon fibre and fiberglass. The Audi V8 engine, similar to the one used in the Audi R8 4.2, has been specially tuned by Corvini to generate over 430 horsepower, allowing the car to cruise at a whopping 185MPH/300KMPH. The interior of the car exudes luxury, with digital instrument guages and blue leather bucket seats. You can get yours towards the end of 2009.

And if you still aren't convinced that this is not a photoshop arwork, check out the video of the car on the racetrack I uploaded a shot of it on the racetrack in the video section. Enjoy!