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McLaren let many things slip when the company presented its Track22 plan back in 2016. One of the biggest curiosities regarding the automaker’s future lineup is the BP23, a hyper-GT that has been just confirmed to be sold out.
Until this point in time, we know that the car codenamed BP23 will make it to production with a three-seat layout as a nod to the road-going model that put McLaren on the map: the F1. And just like the F1, the BP23 promises stellar performance. It won’t be an out-and-out hypercar like the F1 and P1, though.
McLaren underlined from the very beginning that with the BP23, the company intends to create a luxury-oriented mile muncher that can go the distance with as little effort as possible from the driver. It’s a sort of grand tourer, if you will, Hence the ‘hyper-GT' handle McLaren employs to describe the future model.
Today, the Woking-based outfit released a teaser sketch of the BP23, which reveals the general lines of the car from a rear three-quarter perspective. It’s easy to notice that the rear end is all about aerodynamics, while carbon fiber will be used a lot to make the vehicle as light as possible. The extremely slim taillights, meanwhile, are a design trademark of all modern McLaren vehicles.
The release of this teaser is joined by a bit of additional information, including the announcement that all 106 examples of the breed have been pre-sold. It’s quite a feat considering the MSO division is hard at work developing the three-seat model, which is due to arrive in customers’ hands at some point in 2019.
Oh, and another thing: expect a “hybrid powertrain” that will offer “the most powerful” setup ever used by McLaren for a road-going car, as well as the “most aerodynamic” trickery the British automaker is capable of. Reading between the lines, I’m betting a tenner that the 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 that debuted in the 720S will act as the exciting half of the hybrid powertrain.
The BP23 is the second Ultimate Series product after the P1. A replacement for the P1, on the other hand, is due “before 2023.”
McLaren underlined from the very beginning that with the BP23, the company intends to create a luxury-oriented mile muncher that can go the distance with as little effort as possible from the driver. It’s a sort of grand tourer, if you will, Hence the ‘hyper-GT' handle McLaren employs to describe the future model.
Today, the Woking-based outfit released a teaser sketch of the BP23, which reveals the general lines of the car from a rear three-quarter perspective. It’s easy to notice that the rear end is all about aerodynamics, while carbon fiber will be used a lot to make the vehicle as light as possible. The extremely slim taillights, meanwhile, are a design trademark of all modern McLaren vehicles.
The release of this teaser is joined by a bit of additional information, including the announcement that all 106 examples of the breed have been pre-sold. It’s quite a feat considering the MSO division is hard at work developing the three-seat model, which is due to arrive in customers’ hands at some point in 2019.
Oh, and another thing: expect a “hybrid powertrain” that will offer “the most powerful” setup ever used by McLaren for a road-going car, as well as the “most aerodynamic” trickery the British automaker is capable of. Reading between the lines, I’m betting a tenner that the 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 that debuted in the 720S will act as the exciting half of the hybrid powertrain.
The BP23 is the second Ultimate Series product after the P1. A replacement for the P1, on the other hand, is due “before 2023.”
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