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McLaren F1 Successor to Use Hybrid V8, Not V12

The McLaren F1 was the king of supercars in the mid-to-late 90s, and one of that car’s defining features was the BMW-designed and built 6.1-liter V12. This is why fans of the brand, and all petrol heads alike, were expecting the upcoming ‘spiritual successor’ to the F1 to also be powered by a V12.
F1 Successor Speculative Rendering 1 photo
Photo: iacoski.com
However, according to telegraaf.nl, a V12 to power the F1 successor is definitely out of the question, due to the simple fact that more power can be extracted from a turbocharged V8, than from a normally-aspirated V12, an architecture which is considered obsolete by the firm’s engineers.

We expect the new car to share its engine with the MP4-12C (with some tweaks, we suspect), while also coupling it to a clever hybrid system which, in the tradition of all good such systems, will boost either performance or economy, depending on driver needs.
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