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New McLaren W1 Fastest Road Car

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The fastest lapping and fastest accelerating road-legal McLaren ever!

October of 2024, marked the 50th anniversary of Emerson Fittipaldi winning McLaren’s first ever Formula 1 event, taking both the driver’s and manufactures championships. To honor that occasion, McLaren has unveiled this new vehicle. McLaren’s latest road car, the hybrid W1, has 1,258 horsepower and is spiritual successor to the famous F1 and P1 McLaren hypercars.

McLaren’s site for photos, videos and specifications click HERE 

Bettering even the super-lightweight and track-focused McLaren Senna – by an astonishing 3 seconds a lap at McLaren’s Nardo reference circuit – W1 is also the fastest accelerating road-legal McLaren ever.

At $2.1 million apiece, just like it predecessors tiny production numbers ( P1 375 units and F1 106 units) only 399 units will ever be produced.

“The McLaren W1 is a celebration of both the excellence of the iconic McLaren F1 and McLaren P1TM and the manifestation of McLaren’s World Championship mindset. With our new Ultimate supercar, we are again pushing the boundaries of real supercar performance with an epic hybrid powertrain featuring our all-new MHP-8 V8 engine, the most advanced aerodynamic platform of any McLaren road car and extensive use of advanced lightweight materials. This allows us to engineer a supreme track driving experience from the same car that gives unparalleled driving enjoyment on the road.

“Formula 1-derived aerodynamics, pure rear-wheel drive and McLaren hydraulic performance steering showcase McLaren’s approach to purposeful innovation as a racing company that always delivers the best possible performance. It is therefore no surprise that the new W1 is our fastest-lapping and fastest accelerating road-legal car ever. It also provides the purest driver connection by remaining true to the principles that underpin the ultimate supercar driving experience. This really is a car that only McLaren could create.”
Michael Leiters, Chief Executive Officer, McLaren Automotive

  • Epic all-new V8 hybrid powertrain with 1258 hp – the highest power output of any McLaren ever and greater than all core competitors
  • All-new MHP-8 V8 combustion engine revs to 9,200rpm
  • Formula 1-inspired ground effect aerodynamics and McLaren race mode combine to deliver world-first, radical ‘road to track’ character transformation, lowering ride height by 1.5 inches at the front and .5 inches at the rear and engaging up to 2,200 pounds of downforce
  • New W1 is fastest-accelerating and fastest-lapping road-legal McLaren ever, achieving the astonishing combination of being quicker than their Speedtail to 186mph in a straight-line and 3 seconds a lap ahead of a McLaren Senna on McLaren’s reference track
  • Incredible acceleration of 0-124mph in 5.8 seconds and 0-186mph in less than 12.7 seconds
  • New McLaren Race Active Chassis Control III suspension with Race mode ensures unparalleled breadth of capability across both road and track
  • Unique seating design integrated into the Aerocell monocoque for the purest driver connection to the car techniques
  • Seats are fixed so pedals, steering wheel and primary controls move to fully embrace driver within the cockpit environment
  • Just 399 customer cars will be produced – and all are already customer allocated, which is McLaren’s way of saying fuck off if we don’t know you very, very well.

 

McLaren has production scheduled to begin mid-year 2026.

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