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The deliveries of the McLaren Artura have been delayed yet again. The plug-in hybrid supercar needs enhanced testing procedures to improve quality, the carmaker claims.
The Woking-based car manufacturer sent a memo to US retailers by which the company announced a new delay for the Artura. It is going to take a few more months until the car will get back to the showrooms. The British carmaker hasn’t sorted out the issues plaguing the production of the plug-in hybrid model.
164 cars have been recalled due to potential risk of fire caused by the nuts used in the high-pressure fuel pipe, that are at risk of coming loose.
Customers are furious, and some of them have reportedly canceled their orders when hearing that the new delay will be of four months at the least. Seeing the glass half full and considering the exclusivity of the Artura, the slots should be covered in no time.
Deliveries came to a halt in 2022, as several units were expected to reach customers in the month of May. First, McLaren delayed the moment all the way to September. But that was just the beginning. Setback after setback, and here we are: no customers got their hands on the car they ordered before the pandemic even started.
"To implement these quality control procedures, we have temporarily slowed down production," McLaren Spokesman Roger Ormisher explains.
"We saw that the car wasn’t mature, so we stopped deliveries. […] We reduced production to zero for a day to fix our quality issues," says Michael Leiters, appointed CEO of McLaren last December.
In late 2022, in an interview with CarBuzz, Jamie Corstorphine, McLarne’s Director of Product Strategy, revealed that certain components had failed during testing. Furthermore, during an event scheduled last fall, the pre-production press test car caught fire in Spain, at the Ascari circuit, as Chris Harris revealed in June 2022.
So it wasn’t just the pandemic-caused supply chain issues that complicated the development of the Artura these past few years. The supercar engineers also had to deal with software problems, which added months to the already annoying delays.
A Ferrari 296 GTB rival, the McLaren Artura is underpinned by the company’s latest Carbon Fiber Lightweight Architecture (MCLA). It is powered by a twin-turbocharged V6 working alongside an electric motor, both integrated into a plug-in hybrid system for a combined output of 671 horsepower (680 PS) and 531 lb-ft (720 Nm) of torque. 2.9 seconds it will take to go from 0 to 60 mph (97 kph).
Prices for the Artura start at 246,240 pounds in the United Kingdom, which translates to $314,682. Before the first Arturas get delivered, enthusiasts can see one of them at the Goodwood Festival of Speed from July 13 to 16.
164 cars have been recalled due to potential risk of fire caused by the nuts used in the high-pressure fuel pipe, that are at risk of coming loose.
Customers are furious, and some of them have reportedly canceled their orders when hearing that the new delay will be of four months at the least. Seeing the glass half full and considering the exclusivity of the Artura, the slots should be covered in no time.
Deliveries came to a halt in 2022, as several units were expected to reach customers in the month of May. First, McLaren delayed the moment all the way to September. But that was just the beginning. Setback after setback, and here we are: no customers got their hands on the car they ordered before the pandemic even started.
"To implement these quality control procedures, we have temporarily slowed down production," McLaren Spokesman Roger Ormisher explains.
"We saw that the car wasn’t mature, so we stopped deliveries. […] We reduced production to zero for a day to fix our quality issues," says Michael Leiters, appointed CEO of McLaren last December.
In late 2022, in an interview with CarBuzz, Jamie Corstorphine, McLarne’s Director of Product Strategy, revealed that certain components had failed during testing. Furthermore, during an event scheduled last fall, the pre-production press test car caught fire in Spain, at the Ascari circuit, as Chris Harris revealed in June 2022.
So it wasn’t just the pandemic-caused supply chain issues that complicated the development of the Artura these past few years. The supercar engineers also had to deal with software problems, which added months to the already annoying delays.
A Ferrari 296 GTB rival, the McLaren Artura is underpinned by the company’s latest Carbon Fiber Lightweight Architecture (MCLA). It is powered by a twin-turbocharged V6 working alongside an electric motor, both integrated into a plug-in hybrid system for a combined output of 671 horsepower (680 PS) and 531 lb-ft (720 Nm) of torque. 2.9 seconds it will take to go from 0 to 60 mph (97 kph).
Prices for the Artura start at 246,240 pounds in the United Kingdom, which translates to $314,682. Before the first Arturas get delivered, enthusiasts can see one of them at the Goodwood Festival of Speed from July 13 to 16.
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