The McLaren P1 is undoubtedly one of many defining automobiles of its period. It headlined a brand new era of efficiency automobiles alongside the Porsche 918 Spyder and Ferrari LaFerrari. The P1 was a critical assertion of intent from McLaren when it launched in 2013. It heralded the carmaker’s return to the forefront of automotive engineering after its adventures with the McLaren F1 supercar over twenty years prior.

Solely 375 models of the P1 had been made, with round 128 earmarked for the US market. One of many US-spec models is now being prepped for an August 19 sale by the famend public sale home RM Sotheby’s.

McLaren designed the P1 with an uncompromising method to efficiency. The automobile’s bodywork and monocoque chassis are largely created from light-weight carbon fibre panels. The carbon-ceramic brakes from Akebono, McLaren’s F1 accomplice, present unbelievable stopping energy and encourage confidence behind the wheel.

Nevertheless, the P1’s ‘pièce de résistance’ is its hybrid powertrain, a mixture of a 3.8-litre twin-turbocharged V8 with an electrical motor. By itself, the mid-mounted V8 is fairly potent, cranking out 717 hp at 7,300 rpm and 513 lb-ft of torque at 4,000 rpm. The electrical motor provides an additional 176 hp and dietary supplements the gaps the place the combustion engine is perhaps incapable of peak efficiency – for instance, throughout gearshifts or whereas the turbochargers are spooling up. In all, the hybrid powertrain generates 893 hp and 664 lb-ft of torque.

The McLaren P1 is a brisk mover, even by at this time’s requirements. It could actually rocket to 60 mph in 2.6 seconds and knock off the quarter-mile marker in 9.8 seconds at 152.2 mph. It’s efficiency that comes with all of the drama one may affiliate with a automobile of the P1’s stature, full with turbo whooshes, black skid marks and an edge-of-the-seat driver engagement.

The P1 supplied by RM Sotheby’s is a 2015 mannequin, quantity 170 of 375 and is pristine. It has just one earlier proprietor and fewer than 390 miles on the odometer. It consists of over $60,000 of customized touches and non-obligatory gear that ought to elevate the driving expertise even additional. The outside is completed in a tasteful MSO spec paint dubbed Flintgrau Metallic, a sort of stealth grey end. The inside will get a beneficiant therapy of Oxblood leather-based upholstery for areas just like the dashboard, solar visors, seats and steering wheel.

The hybrid hypercar has acquired a complete ‘seven-year service’ routine from a licensed McLaren seller in Coral Gables, Florida. It’s all prepped for the subsequent proprietor to take pleasure in some of the exceptional trendy hypercars ever made.

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