A brand new McLaren hypercar could also be simply across the nook, and never simply any previous hypercar, however the successor to the P1.
McLaren on Wednesday launched a video to social media itemizing the attributes of its vehicles whose names finish with the quantity “1,” i.e. the F1 and P1. The video concludes with the date Oct. 6 on show, suggesting that that is when the P1 successor might be revealed.
The timeline corroborates a report from March, which claimed the P1 successor could be revealed by the top of the 12 months, primarily based on data offered by supplier sources.
An earlier report claimed the automobile would arrive in 2026, although this can be when manufacturing begins.
The brand new automobile, code-named P18, would be the subsequent installment in McLaren’s Final Collection, whose final addition was the Speedtail grand tourer.
The P18 is predicted to characteristic a plug-in hybrid powertrain utilizing a newly developed twin-turbocharged V-8 as its fuel part. Whereas the configuration is identical as what McLaren used within the P1 launched greater than a decade in the past, the brand new automobile is predicted to learn from a a lot lighter hybrid system. Peak output must also be increased than the 1,055 hp of the Speedtail, which was additionally a V-8 plug-in hybrid. That ought to end in a major enhance in efficiency in comparison with the P1, which had 903 hp.
Different options are tipped to incorporate a newly developed carbon-fiber tub, gullwing doorways (as a substitute of McLaren’s typical butterfly doorways), and Formulation 1-inspired styling. Manufacturing is predicted to be restricted to lower than 400 items.
