Watch the McLaren Speedtail in motion

We were all pretty excited to see the

reveal of the McLaren Speedtail

last week, looking like something the Silver Surfer rode in on. But now, on

YouTube

, tucked away amid the jumble of videos of talking heads offering commentary on the still images of the hypercar, is one little snippet of video of the Speedtail actually moving under its own power.

It’s moving very slowly, being driven out of the doors of the also-futuristic

McLaren

Technology Centre HQ in Woking, England, by

senior designer Alex Alexiev

, who apparently supplied the video to the McLaren

dealership

in Newport Beach, Calif.

You can hear the engine at high idle. You can see Alexiev in the center seat, the front aero wheel covers remaining stationary, and the taper of that long, long tail as the car heads off into the English countryside.

There’s not much more to it than that. But the chance to see this car in motion for the first time, even if it’s just a 250 mph car going 2 mph, whets the appetite for seeing a whole lot more.