A New Ultimate Series McLaren Is Incoming, And It Will Be Even Faster Than The P1
McLaren is planning a second Ultimate Series model to follow the P1, and the project codenamed P15 is going to be even faster on track.
The car, as claimed by Autocar, will not be a hybrid like the P1, but it will produce even more power from the familiar 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 that features across almost all McLaren cars including the new 570S Spider, the exception being the 720S, which uses an upgraded 4.0-litre development of the same unit.
We’re led to believe that the P15 will have 789bhp to play with but as much as 250kg less weight than the P1, giving the new Ultimate Series monster an even greater power-to-weight ratio and even faster lap times. Only the P1 GTR will be faster on a circuit among McLaren’s other cars, the magazine estimates.
The P15 could even challenge the P1’s standing quarter-mile drag strip time of 10.2 seconds. The 720S from the Super Series, one step below the Ultimate Series, makes it in 10.4 seconds, so the P15 is surely going to have to be tangibly faster.
The £840,000 hypercar will be shown to customers first, later this year, with production limited to 500 units. Its aim is to be a road legal track beast, with a stripped-out interior but retaining two seats. We don’t have the rights to use Autocar’s renders, so head over there to check out the looks.
Via: Autocar
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I thought the p15 was supposed to be entirely electric
No hybrid no worries
Why would they be using the old 3.8 and not the new 4.0?
3.8 is their flagship
3.8 is their flagship
what’s the meaning in building track focused high Performance cars with prohibitively expensive prices for customers who don’t even drive them but let them get dusty in a garage for decades.
So, the P15 will release with the 3.8, rather than the upgraded 4.0. Then there’ll probably be a “New fastest McLaren” with the P15GTR, using the 4.0 and be even faster and track only.
It feels like McLaren is going full Apple, announcing and releasing cars that aren’t the best that they can be, because they’re developing a superior version to announce shortly afterwards
I knew about this for a few months now. It’s quite an interesting car. If you have the opportunity to buy it, I recommend you go for it. This will be the McLaren to have. It’s going to be awesome. Maybe I’ll see myself in one.
Whats sad is whoever buys it(maybe a few exceptions) will keep it in a climate controlled garage and never drive it. Then sell it for millions at auction.
(Monkey noises)
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