P1 [Official] McLaren P1 Supercar

Levi68 · Sep 28, 2012

Monster said:
Not so great from this angle, long front overhang.

It is FWD.

Monster · Sep 28, 2012

martinbo said:
Long front overhangs are normal on mid-engined supercars.

It just wasn't that obvious in the other photos.

Yaz · Sep 28, 2012

Just WOW!

Finally a modern day replacement for the legendary F1.

Well done McLaren.

Wunderkind · Sep 29, 2012

Surely McLaren could have charged an extra US$100,000-150,000 per right-hand drive example so the car could be legally driven in countries such as the UK, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, South Africa, etc. The problem is Japan. Most buyers of foreign cars in Japan want their cars to be left-hand drive for the perceived exclusivity.........

I can see there is global demand for 90-125 RHD versions (excluding Japan) of the P1 if McLaren would build them. But to be fair, 70% of the 90-125 would have been sold to buyers who would purchase them regardless of RHD or LHD.

Betty Swollocks · Oct 1, 2012

Wunderkind said:
Surely McLaren could have charged an extra US$100,000-150,000 per right-hand drive example so the car could be legally driven in countries such as the UK, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, South Africa, etc.

Don't know about the other countries but it's perfectly legal to drive a LHD car in the UK.

Sunny · Oct 2, 2012

It looks small next to the 918.

Cashmere · Oct 7, 2012

Soup · Oct 14, 2012

hoffmeister_fan · Oct 19, 2012

^^^Seeing side by side like that, the F1's influence cannot be denied.

Soup · Nov 13, 2012

Cashmere · Nov 28, 2012

Centurion · Nov 28, 2012

Impressive. Doesn't look at all too much different from the P1 Concept. Colour me excited.

Monster · Nov 28, 2012

The car needs wheels with central lock nut.

Centurion · Nov 28, 2012

Monster said:
The car needs wheels with central lock nut.

Surprisingly the concept does not. There must be a reason just like how the MP12-C has steel ant not carbon ceramic brakes as standard

Sunny · Nov 29, 2012

Monster said:
The car needs wheels with central lock nut.

Actually it is a pretty useless feature for a street car or even a semi-track car like GT3 RS. It's really advantage is faster pit stops - something completely irrelevant outside of professional racing. On top of that, it is not safe, there have been multiple incidents where the GT3/RS wheels have come off at the track. Porsche even had a recall for the center nuts (a pretty useless recall, but I won't go into the details here). Some people who track regularly have even converted their cars to 5 lug configuration.