There are, broadly speaking, two ways to build a sports car. You can spend seven years developing a sensible, carefully engineered machine designed to do one thing extremely well.

Or you can apparently decide that one car should do everything, name it after a secret code from a legendary rally car, and then give it three personalities.

Welcome to the Angelelli Tipo 829.

The name is borrowed from the internal project code of the 1970s Lancia Stratos HF, which is already a fairly dangerous level of expectation to set.

Underneath, there’s a 3.4-litre six-cylinder engine producing around 500 horsepower, which is enough to make most roads feel considerably narrower than they were five minutes earlier.

First up is the Terra, because apparently ordinary roads are too predictable. Inspired by rally stages and hill climbs, it is designed to deliver traction and performance across mixed surfaces.

Think gravel, tarmac and the occasional moment when you wonder whether the scenery has become alarmingly close.

Then there’s the Strada, the civilised one. It is intended for fast road driving and long-distance touring, presumably for people who enjoy arriving at their destination without removing half their fillings.

Finally comes the Pista. This is the serious one: focused on lap times, with different power targets and dedicated accelerator and steering calibration.

Sadly, the numbers are still hiding in the bushes. Final power, weight and aerodynamic specifications have yet to be revealed.

So the Tipo 829 isn’t really one car. It’s three arguments with the same engine.