LeBlanc Mirabeau; The Le Mans specification road car you've never heard of

The Mirabeau was the second car from the low-volume Swiss car producer LeBlanc.  It was originally intended for competition use in the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans, but as far as I can tell (please comment if you know otherwise), they never managed to even qualify.  It never did enter production, sadly, but three prototypes were built, all of which are currently residing in different car museums across Europe, making it one of the rarest working cars on earth.
          The car was powered by a mid-mounted Koenigsegg-developed supercharged V8 engine making 700hp and 627 lb.-ft. of torque, which enabled it to do the 0-60mph sprint in just 2.7 seconds, and max out at a top speed of 230mph.  Handling was probably very sharp and responsive too, thanks to a dry weight of only 1,790lbs./811kg.  To see how this compares to other hypercars of its day, take a look at the chart below.
 

Leblanc Mirabeau	Bugatti Veyron	Saleen S7	Koenigsegg CCR
0-60 – 2.7	0-60 – 2.5	0-60 – 2.8	0-60 – 3.0
230mph	267mph	248mph	245mph
700hp	1,200hp	750hp	806hp
627 lb.-ft.	1,106 lb.-ft.	700 lb.-ft.	678 lb.-ft.
1,790lbs.	4,044lbs.	2,865lbs.	2,601lbs.
$650,000	$2,000,000	$375,000	$650,000

But the LeBlanc company has since folded, and their website is for sale.  It is really too bad.  A car like this should have gone into production, to compete with the likes of the Saleen S7.  It could have become a legend.  But it went down because of financial issues, like most of the potentially good companies do.  It would have been a blast to drive, though.  Open cockpit, 700hp at the rear wheels, mid-mounted engine.....Oh, that would be great.  Well, we can only dream.