McLaren Speedtail

McLaren Speedtail Breaks 403 kph in Testing

The McLaren Speedtail has finished testing and customers will start getting their cars from February 2020. How fast did it go? A very decent 403 kph!

You may be wondering where a vehicle can safely drive at speeds of 403 kph, but McLaren found the perfect location at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States of America. Nothing quite like a wide and very long runway designed for jets and spacecraft to test your high-performance new offering! McLaren's chief test driver Kenny Brack took the new Speedtail up to 403 kph at least 30 times.

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McLaren Speedtail Breaks 403 kph in Testing

The McLaren Speedtail has finished testing and customers will start getting their cars from February 2020. How fast did it go? A very decent 403 kph! You may be wondering where a vehicle can safely drive at speeds of 403 kph, but McLaren found the perfect location at the Kennedy Space Center in...
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Exclusive: Chris Harris drives the McLaren Speedtail

Suppose we ought to talk about how it goes around corners, too. I was a little worried about this bit because McLaren really only talks about the drag figure and the wheel spats that smooth airflow and the bendy rear wings that emerge at high speed. The promotional discourse is all straight-line, so I feared they’d forgotten about bends. I needn’t have fretted – this is a slightly softened 720S underneath – a car so bloody talented it can easily spare 10 per cent of its agility and ultimate grip and still hand just about any other supercar its arse on a signed Jam album (obtuse Woking reference, that).

The horribly complicated hydraulic cross-linked suspension remains, as does the sense that sometimes it over-thinks road situations that don’t require quite so much processor thought. But the ride is freakishly level, the grip is brilliant even in the wet and the steering offers weight and feel in quantities that modern Ferraris so sorely miss. It’s a fun car to hustle and to slide – just be aware that at 5137mm long, you need quite a lot of space when that tush arcs wide. Whack that and you’d get a massive bill.

Said tush actually contains a very generous boot, so the Speedtail is also practical. The ergonomics feel less so at first – the desire to keep the dash clean and symmetrical means some buttons lurk underneath the dash itself, but also allows a bunch of switches to sit above the driver’s head. And as we all know, fiddling about with a roof panel is only beaten in the cool stakes by, er, having a steering wheel in the middle.

So, in the nonsense world of the hypercar, the Speedtail really is something quite different. I think it’s the most interesting, compelling car McLaren has made since the P1, and I sincerely hope other carmakers will be inspired by it and jettison the era of ugliness.

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First McLaren Speedtail Delivered In Striking Purple

McLaren took the covers off the Speedtail two years ago and last week the first customer example was delivered in Belgium.

The car had hugely divided opinions when it was revealed but seeing shots of this one out in the wild in a superb hue has completely changed our mind.

The Speedtail’s production run will be limited to 106 cars and each will cost its owner at least $2.25 million each. Why 106? Because the number matches the original run of McLaren F1s, and yes, all have been sold.

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First McLaren Speedtail Delivered In Striking Purple

The car had hugely divided opinions when it was revealed but seeing shots of this one out in the wild in a superb hue has completely changed our mind.
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Watch The McLaren Speedtail Hit 250 MPH (403 KM/H)

The McLaren Speedtail is the fastest McLaren ever made with a top speed of 250 mph (403 km/h) which it can do over and over again.

Recently the Speedtail prototype dubbed XP2 hit the top speed at the Johnny Bohmer Proving Ground’s runway at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida pushing the F1 to second place,

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Watch The McLaren Speedtail Hit 250 MPH (403 KM/H)

Recently the Speedtail prototype dubbed XP2 hit the top speed at the Johnny Bohmer Proving Ground’s runway at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida pushing the F1 to second place,
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McLaren Speedtail: hybrid hypercar's 1036bhp powertrain detailed

250mph hyper-GT takes its power from an electrified version of McLaren's 4.0-litre V8 engine

McLaren has finally confirmed technical details of the high-output hybrid powertrain of its new Speedtail hypercar.

The Woking-based firm has previously said its 250mph flagship packed a 1036bhp petrol-electric system, but has given no further details in the 18 months since it was revealed. Now, though, it has been confirmed that underneath the Speedtail's swooping rear deck is an evolution of the firm's twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8, mated to a high-capacity electric motor.

The petrol engine is said to feature technology first applied to McLaren's previous hybrid hypercar, the P1. With a lighter air intake, reconfigured cylinder head cooling system and redesigned pistons, it alone produces 747bhp and 590lb ft, up from the 727bhp and 531lb ft produced by the P1's 3.8-litre unit.

The electric motor, contributing more than 308bhp, uses similar technology to that found on Formula E racers. It takes its power from an "extremely compact" 1.6kWh battery pack, which has a power density four times greater than that of the P1's battery pack and is said to deliver "the best power-to-weight ratio of any high-voltage battery available today".

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McLaren Speedtail: hybrid hypercar's 1036bhp powertrain detailed | Autocar

250mph hyper-GT takes its power from an electrified version of McLaren's 4.0-litre V8 engine
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Full 5/5

McLaren Speedtail 2020 UK review

Should I buy one?

That headline-grabbing top speed is a distraction. In essence, the Speedtail is just a wondrous car to guide along a good road. You don’t have to be doing 250mph to savour its looks, interior, driving position, displays, ride or handling. You don’t even need to be doing 150mph.

Is it a replacement for the F1? No, in a word. But not just because the F1 went racing and the Speedtail won’t. Remember, the F1 was never designed to be a racing car. Indeed, its designer, Gordon Murray, once told me that had he intended it to race, he would have designed it in an entirely different way. It’s not a replacement for the F1 because that car was designed with lightness as the number-one priority. Top speed, a clear consideration for the Speedtail, mattered so little that it took Murray four years to bother to find out what it was (240.1mph).

But the F1 and Speedtail are far closer relatives than you think, and not just due to their seating layouts and identical production runs. Just like the Speedtail, the F1 was designed to be usable, whether anyone was going to use it or not. It too rode uncommonly well, had generous cargo space and, by the deeply dodgy standards of 1990s exotica, offered decent air-con and entertainment.

At heart, both are supercars in the original sense of the word, aiming to provide a unique driving experience over a long distance to a massively moneyed and discerning clientele. And in their own eras, both do that job better than any other that I’ve driven.

Yes, the Speedtail is rare and exotic, but far more importantly, it’s an exquisite thing just to be aboard. And even if there is another that can get close to what this car does, I don’t believe any can do it the way the Speedtail does. Because it’s more than just powerful and fast: it’s light and clever, too. A McLaren, in other words.

McLaren Speedtail specification

Where West Sussex, UK Price £2.1m On sale sold out Engine V8, 3994cc, twin-turbo, petrol, plus electric motor Power 1055bhp (747bhp engine, 309bhp electric motor) Torque 848lb ft (590lb ft engine, 258lb ft electric motor) Gearbox 7-spd dual-clutch automatic Kerb weight 1499kg Top speed 250mph (governed) 0-186mph 13.0sec Fuel economy no WLTP data available CO2 no WLTP data available Rivals Koenigsegg Regera, Ferrari SF90 Stradale, Lamborghini Sián

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Three seats to the wind: why the McLaren Speedtail is even more inspiring than the F1 | Autocar

It has been labelled the spiritual successor to the legendary F1, but the Speedtail is something even more inspiring
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This McLaren Speedtail Paintjob Costs Over R2 Million

The McLaren Speedtail is the fastest McLaren ever made with a top speed of 250 mph (402 km/h).

Supercar Blondie recently caught up with an example to share some of the coolest (and most expensive) features of this spaceship-like creation from Woking.

Pricing for the Speedtail starts at around $2 million and as always at this level, the customization options are pretty much endless.

This example from Dubai sports a pulverized diamond paint job that will set you back $130,000 (approx. R2.2 million).

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This McLaren Speedtail Paintjob Costs Over R2 Million

Under the frunk you will also find a gold-plated set of Snap-On tools.
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Overall is it better than Gordon Murray's T50 though?
 
Excalibur said:
Overall is it better than Gordon Murray's T50 though?
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Hmm.

Technically the T50 is not out, just announced so not really fair to compare.

Also the Mac & the T50 have (slighty) different philosophies/approaches.

The Mac is all about top end speed, record breaker.

The T50 is all about optimising weight & aero (even more than the Mac).

PS: I'm really simplyfying both approaches here, there is much more at play.
 
McLaren Speedtail Crashed At Fuji Speedway In Japan

Japan will reportedly see just three out of the 105 units of the McLaren Speedtail to be built but now seems they might only see two after one had a shunt at the Fuji Speedway in Japan this weekend.

The owner of this brand new Speedtail brought his hybrid supercar to have a bit of fun on the famous race track located near Mount Fuji. Luckily and most importantly, the driver and passenger got out of the wrecked car safe and sound but judging from the photo, the expensive Woking creation will need some serious work to get back to showroom condition.

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McLaren Speedtail Crashed At Fuji Speedway in Japan

The Speedtail’s owner was able to continue the event by hopping behind the wheel of his Senna, so we shouldn’t be feeling too sorry for him…
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