When McLaren went
off the track and into the public roads as McLaren
Automotive, few doubted the company’s resolve.
The release in 2011 of the MP4-12C
proved the brand’s super exclusive
performance car pedigree. Now the P1
is coming. It’s the ultimate road McLaren and promises “to produce the best driver’s car in the world on road and track”
The camouflaged pictures
you see here are of the production P1 itself, being pushed to its performance limits on the racing track. Disguised as the car is, we can clearly
see its lines, the large air dams up
front, on the roof and at the rear, the retractable rear spoiler, and that single
windscreen wiper. A lot of the car’s
design has to do with increasing performance
through the knowledge garnered in Formula
One.
Engine details are obviously quite scarce at this point in
time, but speculation is that it will use a V8 engine with at least two turbos, spitting off around 650kW. We reckon even 550kW would be acceptable by our lowly
standards, but then again, we aren’t exactly in the market for a hyper car.
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