The last McLaren P1 of the 375 car run of McLaren’s supercar was sold on Sunday, according to McLaren boss Ron Dennis. [nggallery id=1413 template=customlinks] The LaFerrari may have sold out before it was even revealed, but with a long history of hypercars from Ferrari, that’s no surprise. But the McLaren P1, although a direct […]
Has the McLaren P1 lapped the Nurburgring in a record 6 minutes 47 seconds?
A new video from the Nurburgring of the McLaren P1 on track claims the P1 set a new lap record of 6:47s yesterday. We knew McLaren were back at the Nurburgring with the P1 in an attempt to make good on Ron Dennis’s promise that the P1 would lap the ‘Ring in under 7 minutes. […]
First McLaren P1 customer cars delivered & specs and performance confirmed
The first of the customer McLaren P1 cars have been delivered, and McLaren have confirmed performance figures for the P1 – 0-62mph in 2.8 seconds. [nggallery id=1413 template=customlinks] With McLaren starting production of the P1 earlier this month,and the P1 has now starting to arrive in the hands of real customers (which, it appears, is […]
McLaren P1 back at the Nurburgring in attack mode
It seems McLaren is back at the Nurburgring with the prototype P1 in an attempt to take the track record from the Porsche 918. It was brave of Ron Dennis to declare – before the McLaren P1 was anywhere close to finished – that the it would be able to lap the Nurburgring in under […]
McLaren P1 driven by Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson (video)
With the first customer McLaren P1s now rolling out of Woking, Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson has bagged himself a drive in this video. It’s only a few days since McLaren revealed the first customer P1s are now rolling out of McLaren’s clinical production facility in Woking, and it looks like Jeremy Clarkson has bagged one […]
McLaren P1 production starts in Woking
Production of the first customer McLaren P1s has started at McLaren’s facility in Woking, seven months after being revealed. [nggallery id=1653 template=customlinks] The Geneva Motor Show in March saw the arrival of the first production version of the new McLaren P1 (and its arch-rival, the LaFerrari). But it’s taken until now – seven months later […]
McLaren 12C GT Sprint costs £234,000
The track only McLaren GT Sprint, revealed in July, will cost £195,000 plus VAT, making it £234,000 in the UK. [nggallery id=1569 template=customlinks] Back in July, McLaren revealed the 12C GT Sprint – and debuted it at the Goodwood Festival of Speed – a track only 12C that fills a gap between the regular road car and the […]
McLaren P1: New photos & video of production P1
With the first McLaren P1 customer cars soon to arrive, McLaren has released video and photos of the final production car hot weather testing. [nggallery id=1629 template=customlinks] We’ve had a surprising amount of McLaren P1 news in the last couple of weeks, with a claimed lap time at the Nurburgring that didn’t quite meet expectation, […]
McLaren P1 – Driven by Jay Leno at the Top Gear track (video)
American TV host and comedian, Jay Leno, has become the first person outside McLaren to drive the new P1, taking to the Top Gear track at Dunsfold. [nggallery id=1413 template=customlinks] We reported just a few days ago that the McLaren P1 has all but sold out, and one of those buyers is America’s petrolhead in […]
Has the McLaren P1 done a 7m 04s lap of the Nurburgring?
There’s a strong rumour from the Nurburgring that the McLaren P1 – McLaren’s new supercar – has narrowly failed to beat a 7 minute lap. Last month we reported that McLaren had a new P1 at the Nurburgring which had the ‘XP2R’ moniker painted on its nose. The interwebs were full of speculation that this […]