This is the first of three videos and in it we get to follow Bruce McLaren, the company founder, while he tells a short version of his life on the day he died in a car crash with only 32 years of age. "On that beautiful summer day, on that race track, I did something more than leave a name and a memory, hopefully i became an inspiration". You did, thank you.
The successor to the legendary F1 supercar will be named the P1 and has been shown in the Paris Motor Show in September 2012, but one thing is the look of the car another is how it drives, and the people at McLaren are hard at work on that aspect, so to prove that they released this video featuring the new supercar in a "relentless testing program".
Even if the new car still has some camouflage it doesn't look any different from what we have seen. The somewhat weird lines are a proof that form follows function. Rumors point to an V8 twin-turbocharged engine with 3.8liters and around 800hp, meaning it will be fast. Probably even faster thanks to the use of carbon fiber to keep the weight down.
The production version should be introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in March with sales starting in the summer. Only 500 will be built for a price of over €750.000 ($1.000.000).
The P1 is the spiritual successor to the F1, a car that revolutionized the automobile world in the 90s, and is still loved and worshiped by many.
When the concept was introduced at the Paris Motor Show, McLaren said the production version would retain almost everything from the concept and they complied with their word. 97% of concept is exactly equal to the final version, and the differences are summed up to a few vents that will be added to the front bumper to allow some of the warm air coming from the radiator to exit from the side, and at the back there will be a tighter mesh that will still allow a view of the engine.
Nothing was revealed about the engine, except it will have at least 3 radiators. It will have a panoramic roof, full carbon fiber discs, and super aluminum wheels. The car is schedule to debut next year.
