official performance figures for the 903bhp McLaren P1 hybrid hypercar have been revealed, just as the very first examples rolled off the production line at the company’s technical HQ in Woking, Surrey.
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Thanks to its highly-tuned 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 as well as electric motors, the rear-wheel drive McLaren P1 will accelerate from 0-62mph in just 2.8 seconds, 0-124mph in 6.8 seconds as well as 0-186mph in 16.5 seconds. That last figure is 5.5 seconds quicker than the legendary McLaren F1 as well as about the exact same as a basic Bugatti Veyron.
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The upgraded Veyron very sport is about two seconds quicker thanks to its four-wheel drive system as well as two additional turbos. The top speed for the P1 stands at an digitally restricted 217mph. Carbon ceramic brake discs coated in silicon carbide can bring the P1 to a standstill from 62mph in just 30.2 metres or 2.9 seconds – about seven metres less than your typical household saloon.
McLaren has yet to set a lap at the well-known Nurburgring Circuit in Germany, after the Porsche 918 Spyder set a lap record of 6 minutes as well as 57 seconds which was filmed as well as shown at the Frankfurt motor show back in September as well as the Ferrari LaFerrari has likewise been spied attempting a lap time, even though the brand has not yet exposed what time it achieved.
