It looks as if supercar makers wish to sync their product growth cycles with one another. We’ve heard that Ferrari was making a successor to the LaFerrari for some time now, and with different area of interest opponents just like the Bugatti Tourbillon and the spectacular GMA T.50 already in the marketplace, the time is ripe for a brand new marquee hypercar from a significant producer.
Proper on time, McLaren has launched a teaser for a brand new top-of-the-line mannequin, set to debut on October 6. Within the video, the corporate asks a number of staff – together with CEO Michael Leiters, McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown, product technique boss Jamie Corstorphine and F1 driver Oscar Piastri – what makes a “1” automobile, referring to each the seminal F1 and the hybrid-powered P1.
Based mostly on this, we will anticipate the brand new automobile to characteristic a easy alphanumeric title with a letter subsequent to a “1”. The consensus appears to be that the subsequent mannequin may even should be a once-in-a-generation hypercar that represents the top of McLaren’s automotive efforts and push the boundaries of what’s potential. No stress, then.
Not a lot is understood in regards to the automobile, solely that it’s rumoured to characteristic an all-new V8 engine, unrelated to the one within the 750S. It’s additionally prone to massively enhance on the P1’s plug-in hybrid vary, trumping it on each efficiency (a mixed 916 PS and 900 Nm, a zero-to-100 km/h time of two.8 seconds, a high pace of 349 km/h) and effectivity (an all-electric vary of 10 km).
GALLERY: McLaren P1
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