McLaren P1 production ends – all 375 P1s now completed

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The McLaren P1 has now finished production, with the last of the 375 hypercars from McLaren completed, two years after it started.

The McLaren P1- McLaren’s £1 million hypercar – went in to production in October 2013, seven months after the production-ready car was shown at Geneva, and now, just over two years later, McLaren has finished the final car in the run of 375.

The P1 – originally shown as a concept at the Paris Motor Show in 2012 – is the spiritual successor to the legendary McLaren F1, and although many would still claim the F1 is the greater car, the P1 has been far more commercially successful as just 64 F1 road cars were sold.

The P1 – with its 903bhp thanks to a 727bhp 3.8 litre V8 and electric motors – may not yet have achieved the same sort of status as the F1, but it’s looking like it may end up being as good an investment.

We did ask recently if the P1 will be the only new car never to depreciate, and with used examples currently on offer for twice list price it does look like the P1 will be as safe a place for your money as the F1 has become (although the F1 was selling at a big discount in the years after its production ended).

The end of P1 production means McLaren really has nothing to offer in their Ultimate Series toy box, apart from the track-only P1 GTR, and as you can only have one of those if you already have a road-going P1, it doesn’t really count.

Mike Flewitt, McLaren CEO, said:

The McLaren P1™ has achieved more than we ever expected of it since it was first previewed little over three years ago, both as a new generation of supercar, and in enhancing the McLaren brand globally.

As the direct ancestor to the fabled McLaren F1 – and the first in a new breed of hybrid-powered supercars – it had big shoes to fill, and it has more than succeeded. It has established itself as a true contender, proving to be more than a worthy rival on both road and track against long established rivals.

It has done a fantastic job of becoming the halo product for the McLaren Automotive brand as we have grown the business into the three tiered, profitable outfit that we are today.

We guess McLaren’s attention must now start to turn to a replacement for the P1, although any P1 successor is unlikely to arrive before the end of the decade.