McLaren 675LT

In a move that would fill the space left between the 650S supercar and the astronomically potent P1 hypercar, McLaren looks to be building a "track-focused development of the 650S" called the 675LT. With a nod to the F1 GTR "Long Tail," which competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance races of the late-90s, the limited-production 675LT would pack an even bigger punch than its 650S sibling, wringing every last ounce of performance possible from the platform.

Featuring enhanced aerodynamics, less weight, and even more power, the 675LT will essentially be offered as a barely-road-legal race car. It may bear all the appropriate markings of something you'd find out on a public highway, like headlights, a windshield, turn signals, and tires with grooves, but given the appropriate environment, the 675LT would handily trounce just about any competitor in a contest of speed. However, this extra performance also come at a hugely inflated price over the $265,500 650S.

Updated 03/06/2015: McLaren dropped a new promo video for its new 675LT. Enjoy!

Continue reading to learn more about the 2015 McLaren 675LT.

McLaren 675LT originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 6 March 2015 12:00 EST.

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McLaren P1 GTR

The P1 debuted in the 2014 model year with its hulking 3.8-liter V-8 and electric motor that produced a mighty 903 horsepower and approximately 1,100 pound-feet of twist. McLaren has already made it clear that there will be plenty of special-edition P1s, and in 2015 the first of these arrives in the form of a track-exclusive P1. In a nod to the McLaren F1 that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1995, the track-prepped P1 carries the same GTR moniker.

Besides featuring a host of aerodynamic and technical improvements, which also translate in more horsepower and improved performance, the P1 GTR also marks the introduction of McLaren's full customer racing program. Just like Ferrari and Lamborghini, the Brits are upping the ante toward organizing private racing events on famous Formula One tracks, but not before the buyers receive private consultations with McLaren's racing division.

The supercar has just been unveiled as a production-ready concept car at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Read on to meet McLaren's brand-new and utterly powerful race car.

Updated 08/15/2014: McLaren has released a final teaser image (above) of the P1 GTR ahead of its debut at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance!

Click past the jump to read more about the 2016 McLaren P1 GTR.

McLaren P1 GTR originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 18 August 2014 11:00 EST.

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McLaren CEO Talks About the Future P13 and P15 Supercars

The McLaren P13 is arriving sooner than we thought. While we already know that McLaren plans to put the P13 up for sale in September 2015, recent details have emerged surrounding the sports car's official unveiling and price tag. The P13 will debut at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show with a $210,000 price tag.

A report from Edmunds confirmed these new details surrounding the British automaker's new entry-level sports car. Speaking with McLaren Managing Director Mike Flewitt, the auto site managed to confirm the company's plans for the P13.

For one, the P13 'code' won't be used as the official production model of the sports car. Also, it will carry a similar size to the McLaren 650S and will have the same mid-engine, two-seat setup within a carbon-fiber body.

But according to Flewitt, the two McLarens will still be completely unique from each other, despite the shared components. "It's difficult to style mid-engine cars to look different, not least for cooling reasons; side-mounted radiators dictate a lot of style," he explained.

As far as the engine is concerned, the P13 will use the same 3.8-liter, twin-turbo, V-8 engine as the 650S. The only difference is that McLaren will detune the former's V-8 powertrain to somewhere between 400 to 500 horsepower, creating a 0-to-60-mph sprint time of about four seconds - a second slower than the 650S. Likewise, top speed is about 185 mph for the P13, compared to the 207-mph top speed of the 650S.

The McLaren P13 is expected to compete with the likes of the Ferrari California T, the Audi R8 V10, and the Porsche 911 Turbo S.

In addition to the news about the P13, Flewitt also talked about another future McLaren: the P15.

Contrary to previous rumors, the P15 will not be the replacement for the P1. Instead, the supercar, which will cost $500,000 to $600,000, will sit just above the 650S and launch in 2017.

That should still create a wide space between all of McLaren's models and its flagship supercar - the P1 - which features the very best of McLaren technology to go with an output of 903 horsepower and 1,100 pound-feet of torque and a price of $1.15 million.

Click past the jump to read more about the future McLaren P13.

McLaren CEO Talks About the Future P13 and P15 Supercars originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 28 May 2014 13:00 EST.

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Video: Chris Harris Drifting The 2015 McLaren 650S

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Last time the McLaren 650S made it into our news we saw a Spider version hitting 205.6 miles per hour at the Hockenheim track. The video was more interesting that regular sports car hooning footage because the 650S managed to overcome its official 204-mph top speed.

We are now back with more McLaren 650S track goodness, but this time it has nothing to do with pushing the speedometer to the limit. The British sports car has now fallen into the hands of Chris Harris, who took it to the Ascari Racing Resort in Spain for a few unconventional laps. We say that because Harris never intended to set a new course record, but approached every corner the Ken Block way. Drifting that is.

Unlike most similar videos, this one is filmed with a camera mounted inside the cockpit, so you won't be able to actually see the McLaren as it goes sideways through the curves. Don't be disappointed though, seeing Harris work on that steering wheels is equally entertaining.

As a brief refresh, the McLaren 650S is powered by a turbocharged, 3.8-liter, V-8 engine that sends 650 horsepower and 500 pound-feet of torque to the wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch box. The sports car needs only 2.9 seconds to sprint from naught to 60 mph and 10.5 to complete a quarter-mile run. The coupe's top speed sits at 207 mph, while the Spider is officially rated at 204 mph.

Video: Chris Harris Drifting The 2015 McLaren 650S originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 25 April 2014 11:00 EST.

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2013 McLaren MP4-12C Spyder

After many months of spy shots, along with very special intro, McLaren Automotive has ultimately unveiled these MP4-12C Spider coupled with boy, maybe it was worth the wait around!Featuring many of the updates currently found on the revised MP4-12C coupe, the very Spider promises to take the fight to the Sports car 458 Italia Spyder not to mention help reinvigorate lifestyle into the high-performance cruiser market.As you would expect, the MP4-12C Crawl is essentially just as its vehicle sibling, meaning it’s also constructed good make use of out of the highly developed carbon fiber monocoque, falling the skin scales at just One hundred sixty five lbs. The timber grown today added excess weight of the digital camera systems important to open and close all of the hardtop, the Examine has only accumulated 40kg/88 lbs during the coupe, meaning no variations to the monocoque was needed.A new MP4-12C Spider is offered with the same serps as the new version of the MP4-12C Coupe: a 616 H . p . 3.8-liter V8 california king turbo website combined with a suitable 7 Momentum SSG dual-clutch transmission. The Spider option will run from Three to Sixty mph within 3.A seconds which will then hit a top speed connected with 204 mph (5 mph under the coupe).One of the most interesting features of this new 12C Spider is certainly its unique RHT (Retracting Hard Main) folding rooftop system which has been operated while on the shift at speed up to 19 mph.