The McLaren
Speedtail is the brand’s latest hypercar – and its design has raised more than
a few eyebrows. The Speedtail has a three-seat layout with a central driving
position, just like the McLaren F1, and like the brand’s icon, shall be built
in 106 examples.
Even if you can
afford paying the £ 1.75 million (US$ 2.24/€ 1.97 million) sticker price (excluding
tax) in the United Kingdom, you won’t be able to secure a slot, as all units
have already been spoken for, though we guess some cars and/or build slots will
suddenly become available – for a premium, of course…
The first examples
will be shipped to their owners in 2020, so we’re a long time away from finding
out just how special the Speedtail is in real life. But with an ability to hit
a top speed of 403 km/h, and sprint from 0-300 km/h in
12.8 seconds, it’s the fastest McLaren ever.
Moreover, unlike
the Senna, the new hypercar benefits from a hybrid powertrain that makes a
combined 1,036 hp. So, it’s 132 hp more
powerful than the P1, not to mention a heck of a lot faster.
The Speedtail is
offered strictly as a coupe. Nonetheless, it was expected that someone would
rendered it as a Spider. In this case, the digital interpretation was posted on
social media by FMPNick, and shows the obvious: a Speedtail with the roofed
chopped off behind the A pillars, for a targa-like approach like the rest of
Woking’s open top models. Although the company hasn’t even mentioned it as an
option, and with the three-seat layout posing certain challenges in fitting a
removable top, we think that it looks quite good.
