McLaren is said to be working on an open-cockpit
speedster for its range-topping Ultimate Series to be sold alongside the Senna
and Speedtail hyper-GT. At this stage, not much is known about the British car manufacturer’s
upcoming supercar, but we are told it will have a more elegant design than the
track-focused Senna.
This rendering from All Car News takes a shot of
giving us a glimpse of what the car may look like when it is unveiled later
this year or in early 2020. The design is obviously inspired by the Speedtail. Consequently, the
front end consists of thin diagonal headlights free of the controversial ‘eye
sockets’ of the 720S. Something akin to the open cockpit of the Ferrari SP2
Monza has then been grafted onto the car and offset with a pair of large air
intakes on either side. While we are pretty sure the actual car won’t look like
this, the rendering does show how well McLaren’s current design language
translates into a speedster.
It is unclear what engine will power McLaren’s new
Ultimate Series model, but it most likely won’t be a hybridized system like the
one in Speedtail. Instead, the company’s familiar 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 will
have to make do, perhaps with a similar amount of grunt to the 789 hp
offered up by the Senna. Coincidentally, this would also put Woking’s creation
within striking distance of Ferrari’s SP1 and SP2 models which deliver 798 hp
from their naturally-aspirated V12s.
