McLaren is teasing its next supercar, currently codenamed the BP23. The Hyper-GT won't see the road until 2019.
McLaren is a company on the move. Just weeks after debuting its new 720S at the Geneva Motor Show, the company is hyping its BP23 model.
Its what?
The new Hyper-GT car is the second offering from the McLaren Special Operations team and the name BP23 is simply code for that this is the second vehicle, No. 2, and it has three seats, No. 3. The current name is unlikely to follow it over to production.
The new model is described as the most powerful and aerodynamic road-going McLaren in history, and the sketches released offer up a little glimpse into what’s coming in 2019. In this case, the future is not now as the drawing makes the new offering look different than current models.
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Power is likely to come from a mix of internal combustion and electric motors like so many other super cars today. Some reports suggest it will use the 4.0-liter V8 from the aforementioned 720S in concert with electric motors on all four wheels.
The line-up is already sold out, which shouldn’t be a surprise, and will only see a production run of just more than 100 cars.
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No pricing details have been provided – and since they’re all sold what does it matter? – but the supercar buyers do get to personalize their cars with color, trim and material choices.
Some reports suggest that this will be the successor to the F1 from the 1990s, but McLaren head Mike Flewitt told British car magazine, Top Gear, that isn’t the case.
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“The P1 is the successor to the F1, and in a few years there will be a successor to the P1,” he said, according to TheDrive.com.