FUTURE MODELS:
Taking the ‘P’ for performance to the extreme — and then some
These are certainly exciting times for the Woking-based firm as the P15 will also be joined by a three-seat, F1-inspired hyper-GT
The most extreme road car in McLaren’s history is set to make its debut later in 2017, says Autocar magazine in the UK. Codenamed P15 and said to feature a 588kW engine with a stripped-out interior and overall weight of less than 1,300kg, the new model will be the second in McLaren’s Ultimate Series range after the hybrid P1. Designed to be the most extreme, track-ready but still road-legal car in the line-up, McLaren’s engineers have reportedly been given the freedom to prioritise performance over everything else and the P15 is said to be faster on a racing circuit than any McLaren, bar the track-only P1 GTR. At its heart is a tweaked version of McLaren’s 3.8l twin-turbo V8 said to produce around 588kW, making it more powerful than the 542kW produced by the road-going P1’s engine, but below the 673kW peak achieved when the P1’s electric motor is also in operation. The car’s weight is said to have been slashed by the use of McLaren’s latest Monocage II one-piece carbon-fibre tub and...
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