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McLaren will unveil the P1 successor, code-named P18, on October 6th, 1 PM BST
Mclaren W1 - P1 Successor (P18)
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The next McLaren F1 – the W1 – is only DAYS away | Autocar
"The next benchmark" is set to stick with hybrid power and will be revealed on 6 October
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McLaren W1 - The Real Supercar
Discover the new McLaren W1- the fastest-lapping and fastest-accelerating road-legal McLaren supercar. Register interest in the ultimate supercar.
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I like it.
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After watching the unveil video, I have my intial thoughts:
GOOD POINTS:
BAD POINTS:
GOOD POINTS:
- Overall Design is nice - Rear end looks sick with the agressive diffuser and tail.
- All new V8 block which is great, wish they did a V12 like the GMA but that is a different animal all together.
- Aerocell is cool and probably all composite carbon fibre, which must be expensive and cool!
- The new Active longtail is very cool and similar system to the P1 but my more cantilever looking. Nice design.
- Nice new rim designs, hopefully more of selection is available on launch or close to it.
- The rear light cut flick of bodywork is amazing and very slick, a nice design touch!
- I like the aero bubbles thingys on top of the doors, very reminscent of the Mclaren F1 doors!
BAD POINTS:
- The Front end looks so bland, almost mimicking a Rimac Nevera not the R version, wish it had and needs more pomp and flairy style to be a flagship car for Mclaren, looks too similar to a 765 LT imo.
- V8 sounds so quiet, no aggression and heat pounding, inducing a heartattack type of engine to me, or maybe its the exhaust note? muted on the launch video who knows? Gintani anyone?
- Mclaren still cant get out of their horrible bubble of interior aesthatics, the screen and basic looking steering wheel (its not bad this time) with ugly switchgear, it a brand new car that may retail at 1-2million or more so, why can't we have some redesign of a crazier steering wheel and button layout design please, plus saying no to tablet slab sided infotainments systems and cheap rehashing of the mclaren parts bin?
- Clearly the car has gone through some horrible streneous Eco regulations and sound deadening climate crap to adhere to various countries rules and noise and eco pollution remits, hiopefully it dienst hamper the cars ability to look and drive good!
- Lastly, I hope the reliability is good and the Hybrid E-motor doesnt fail on new users, when buying this car. They say it F1 tech in the video, for all I know it could be taken off a Bosch hover motor or made by RImac, who knows!
- Also the slogan at the end of video, they states it being "the Real Supercar", is it a hypercar or supercar, there is a big difference so make up your mind Mclaren?!!!
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Getting a lot of Lykan Hypersport vibes in the design
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To be honest? This thing might grow on me, but calling it an F1/P1 successor does it a great disservice no matter how much McLaren intends it to be. At best, I see it as akin to a 765LT with more power and more radical (for McLaren) styling. If treated like that, it's not bad. If treated like McLaren wants you to treat it, it's a huge disappointment.
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As @AudiMan2011 said, the front end really reminds me of the Lykan Hypersport as well.
Besides that though, personally I don't think it looks bad. As cool as the Senna was, I was not a big fan of its looks so I think this one looks much better than the Senna. Also, maybe it's just me or perhaps because the W1 is still new but when the P1 was announced, that car has such a presence, there was an immediate "wow" factor for me. I'm not getting that same vibe at all from this one.
Besides that though, personally I don't think it looks bad. As cool as the Senna was, I was not a big fan of its looks so I think this one looks much better than the Senna. Also, maybe it's just me or perhaps because the W1 is still new but when the P1 was announced, that car has such a presence, there was an immediate "wow" factor for me. I'm not getting that same vibe at all from this one.
