Rain Prisk, the rendering artist gave us the
off-road-converted McLaren P1. The idea is simple enough: take one hybrid hypercar,
jack up the suspension, add big knobby tires on bead-lock wheels, and fit some
other concessions to utility like a luggage rack (affixed at the rear where the
DRS wing would be) and a winch instead of a diffuser.
Of course, McLaren would never do such a thing, and
we doubt any private owner would be so foolish. Plus the P1's hybrid powertrain
doesn't incorporate through-the-road all-wheel drive (like the Porsche's does),
as if that were the main impediment. And in any event, it ended production
months ago already.
Still, if the British outfit that's already
conquered just about every form of track-bound motorsport ever wanted to try
its hand at the Dakar, or squeeze a few extra special orders out of the Persian
Gulf market, we hope the resulting vehicle would look something like this.