McLaren P1

Pic of head engineer/test driver.

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wow so perfect

This will eventually deserve it’s own thread but:

The McLaren P13, the third member of [the] company’s road car range will cost £120,000 and deliver 450bhp… The mid-engined Porsche 911 Turbo rival, codenamed P13, will mark the entry point for McLaren ownership – and a well placed source says it will take styling inspiration from the £866,000 hybrid P1, rather than the 12C… Given its shrunken size and carbon fibre construction, the P13 will weigh even less than the 1,434kg 12C and significantly less than the 1,600kg 911 Turbo. Power should come from the same in-house-designed 3.8-litre V8 turbo.

An entry level, P1-looking, 911 fighter? :clap:

Thats a pretty good way to spend $200k, and am I reading it correct that the smaller and lighter 200K car shares the same motor as the 1.4mm super car?

This car… Is gorgeous. Everything about this just looks so right.

Based on Josh’s post it looks like all of McLaren’s line up will have the same (similar) 3.8l engine.

Only the P1 has a motor.

ungh… a $200k Mclaren would be nuts but what would service and distribution look like?

i guess you would buy through a ferrari or Lambo dealer?

that scares me… maybe it would be Gentry Lane in Ontario since it’s the british car (Lotus) dealer?

still scares me…

i’m scared.

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I assume you guys saw that the P1 ran a 6:47 Ring time?

Toronto has a McLaren dealership, I’m assuming there are others.

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i did not know that.

Leno’s video of the P1 pick-up

man Leno is such a poo commentator… mis-speaks a bunch (hood scoop vs roof scoop). Get Chris Harris in a P1 immediately please.

I only have 138k on mine.
I don’t like the tail lights.

Honestly, that car is about as sexy as they come. If I had easy access to the “Stan’s Dad Cum Explosion” picture, I’d post it.
–Zigg

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He really wasn’t the best to have drive this car. Clarkson would’ve been amazing.

Tell me, though, that car doesn’t sound like it’s a Honda V8. I hear teh veeh-tech yo.

The only reason Leno was given first drive was because it was his car that he just purchased. Unless I’m mistaken?

Wow, the last record belonged to the ACR Viper, and it was shattered by more than 25 seconds, balls

Lol

This is a teaser.

whoa

Not only does that beat the current road-legal record holder (Radical SR8 - 6:48) but it also may have possibly beaten the Zonda R (6:47.50) as well.

So your non street legal, non race legal, race car sucks now.

I have the most awkward boner right now

Pics or it didn’t happen.

Hahaha it’s gone now, but it will come back again soon at another inappropriate time

I’m perfectly happy with taking his word for it.