McLaren F1 successor will receive 1000 "horses"

The double hypercar, designed to continue the case of the legendary model of the 1990s - McLaren F1, will be shown for the first time a limited number of persons on August 19 at the Elegance Competition in Pebble Beach, California. The car is still known under the code name P12, but the British will probably choose the final name differently.

A source in the company said that specialists in McLaren have already completely completed two copies of the new item. The debut of a dizzying machine in the mass public, most likely, will take place in the fall to the motor show in Paris, Drive.ru reports.

The guesses about the appearance of P12 can so far be only on the basis of spy pictures, but the car is carefully camouflaged on them.

But it is known that the peak output of the motor installation of the coupe will be about 1000 hp. It will consist of almost eight hundred “horses” from a depressed eight with a volume of 3.8 liters (forced version of the motor from MP4-12C) and 200 hp. From the Kers Energy Energy Board, the origin of the same Formula 1 system. Given the relatively low weight (carbon fiber, titanium and magnesium are very widely used in the new machine), such a filling should provide P12 acceleration from a place to hundreds of less than 2.5 s. If the forecast is justified, the British hyperkar will be the most dynamic in the world with a road car produced by serial.

Who can challenge this flagship in the near future? At the end of 2012 or early 2013, the appearance of the heir to Ferrari Enzo with a hybrid power plant with a capacity of 920 hp is expected, and a little later the second generation of the Bugatti Veyron will appear, which the same W16 motor with 1200 “horses”, which stands at today's modification of Super Sport. At the same time, the second “Weyron” will be streamlined and easier than its predecessor, which means that it will provide even more crazy dynamics.