Tag: P1

Fast forward to the present and McLaren is at it again, except this time with their hybrid hypercar the P1. To celebrate the car’s race iteration launch, the P1 GTR, McLaren brought the two supercars together for a little track fun.

TopGear Magazine is test driving the hierarchy of hypercars: a Ferrari LaFerrari, a Porsche 918 Spyder, and a McLaren P1. You can bet your pink-slips we’ll be keeping track of this track race.

McLaren’s smallest car is set to take the world by storm in the next few months. Using the same 3.8L twin turbo-charged V8 found in the P1, 12C and 650S, the new Sport Series McLaren will be set to take on smaller rivals like Porsche and Mercedes.

Having to drive a high-dollar supercar on public roads at legal speeds must be infuriating. Luckily, there are places to stretch the legs of creations such as the Ferrari Enzo and Porsche Carrera GT. EVO recently went to such a location: Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in the UK for the Vmax200 event. There, drivers were able […] More »

“Psh, what’s the big deal about the P1? It’s not like there aren’t other cars that make more power, jeez.” You’ve probably heard some variation of this argument on the forums or in the comment section of a car blog. Power and speed are so closely related in some people’s minds that the details are […] More »

If McLaren Automotive is going to make big numbers (4,000 sales a year), it’s going to have to create a relatively small one. One with a power output lower than those of the 12C and 650S. Its next model, currently named P13, is expected to develop 500 horsepower from the now-familiar 3.8-liter twin-turbo V8.  The […] More »

 UPDATE – Round TWELVE Winner: Carrera GT! Welcome to the 6SpeedOnline Super Car Shootout. Ah yes… March. I’ve never been one to pay much attention to March madness, when it comes to college basketball, but I do like the idea of a good tournament. So instead of blathering on-and-on about basketball on a car site, we’re doing our […] More »