Mclaren p1 model car. In 1994 autocar road tested the mclaren f1 taking it to 211mph at bruntingthorpe proving ground. Like the f1 the p1 is a mid engine car which is made out carbon fibremain competitors of the p1 are the ferrari laferrari and the porsche 918 spyderthey all are quite similar when it comes to performance also on the silverstone circuit all three were within a second of. Mclaren ceo mike flewitt visits the garage to walk jay through his new p1 one of only 375 made and the first on american soil. But just before his untimely death he was working on a road car based on his m6a can.
Bruce mclaren built his fame racing even before his trademark orange cars saw success in formula one. You have the electric motor helping get the car off the line in the blink of an eye before the twin turbocharged gasoline engine. The mclaren p1 was first unveiled in concept form at the 2012 paris auto show and the production model is due to drop by an auto show sometime in 2013. The obsession continues in the p1 which strips such.
Mclarens focus on weight saving is legendary in the car business since the use of exotic rare earth metals all over their 90s f1 supercar. Mclaren automotive formerly known as mclaren cars is a british automotive manufacturer based at the mclaren technology centre in woking surreythe main products of the company are sports cars usually produced in house at designated production facilitiesin july 2017 mclaren automotive became a 100 owned subsidiary of the wider mclaren group. The p1 follows in the footsteps of the iconic mclaren f1 the car that pushed boundaries further than any of its rivals.