Parts of the car were inspired by a sailfish that Frank Stephenson saw when on holiday in Miami.
58 units of the track-oriented P1 GTR and 5 units of its road legal counterpart, the P1 LM were produced after the initial run of 375 cars.
13 experimental Prototype 'XP', 5 Validation Prototypes 'VP' and 3 Pre-Production 'PP' cars were produced by McLaren before the production of the P1 started, a number of which have been refurbished, modified and sold to customers.
The fast and beautiful McLaren P1 wallpapers car is one of the most popular cars in the world. This fast car, coupe and 2 is produced in the UK.
It is considered by the automotive press to be the successor to the , utilising hybrid power and technology, but does not have the same three-seat layout. It was later confirmed that the served as carsshot the actual successor to the McLaren F1.
The P1 is a superhero among supercars: supermodel shapely, heroically powerful, stratospherically expensive, and—here's the one drawback—unavailable. That's because all 375 examples of the million-dollar plus, 903-hp gas/electric hybrid land rocket have been sold.
The technology amazes: There’s a 3.8-liter 727-hp V-8 paired with a 177-hp electric motor, hydro-pneumatic suspension, electro-hydraulically assisted steering, and even a rear wing that extends almost 12 inches. Ah, to be rich.
There’s a little gap in the traffic. Enough to pin the accelerator and hold it there all the way to the limiter in third. We’re heading home, day nearly done. Photographer Gus Gregory is checking the interior driving shots he’s just finished on the back of his Canon, but he hasn’t yet experienced the P1 GTR. No lag, the power comes in hard and without hesitation.