Supercars

Mugello’s Profane Epiphany: The $2.1 Million McLaren W1

Woking's 1,258-horsepower successor to the F1 and P1 creates a new vocabulary for speed on the hills of Tuscany.

The transition from supercar to hypercar is rarely defined by a spec sheet alone; it is defined by the sudden, involuntary loss of one's vocabulary.

As the spiritual successor to the F1 and the hybrid-pioneering P1, the W1 has massive shoes to fill.

The engineering behind this vocal reaction is staggering. McLaren has managed to extract four-digit power figures while maintaining a rear-wheel-drive configuration, a choice that…

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Woking's 1,258-horsepower successor to the F1 and P1 creates a new vocabulary for speed on the hills of Tuscany.

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