TEASED! New Images And DETAILS Surface About McLaren's F1 Successor, BP23

McLaren says its forthcoming three-seat hypercar, codenamed BP23, will be the fastest McLaren ever made with a top speed of more than 243mph – at which point “it will still be accelerating”. The car will be revealed before the end of the year...

...The BP23 will have a hybrid powertrain to augment the power of its twin-turbocharged V8 engine to vast levels, and it also needs significant changes to its carbonfibre passenger cell – which Palmer will only describe as “different” to the 720S’s – to comfortably accommodate three occupants.

Those power levels and the predicted high speeds, though, don’t come without complications. Andy Palmer admits McLaren is “pretty much at the limit of what tyres, as well as other systems, can do”. The realities of running consistently at speeds approaching – or perhaps beyond – 250mph are a significant step onwards again from 200mph from a tyre, energy and aerodynamic perspective. Palmer revealed previously that the goal of this car is "to give customers the ability to have a high level of luxury, bespoke elements on the car, high performance, high speed – a very much road-focused grand tourer"...

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TomM - 3/11/2018 6:59:34 AM

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I suggest that it is shame that most of these cars will be bought by collectors who will garage the vehicle and never approach 100MPH much less 250.

If bragging rights are what you looking for - this car will have things to brag about - but there comes a time when it really makes no difference. When the difference between cars performance is measured in a few tenths of a second - the real difference between the cars is the DRIVER.

Agent00R - 3/11/2018 10:07:23 AM

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There's no question that driving skill still do matter but, as seen with Ferrari, less and less.

That's because the vehicle's computers are doing their best to bail out drivers these days.

Pretty sure Ferrari's goal is to get the average driver as close to a test driver as possible.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 3/11/2018 9:23:24 PM

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The F1 was fine in its day, but with a number of models in its range now, I am not sure why they would want to combine 3 seater + GT comforts with ultimate top speed. It is not the choice I would make if I was running the firm. Do a 3 seater GT car that is fast and then do a replacement for the P1.