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McLaren boss Mike Flewitt has confirmed to TopGear.com that the upcoming new Speedtail hypercar will produce more than 987bhp. Speaking at a McLaren owners" event, he noted how the three-seat hypercar (previously known as BP23), will use the familiar McLaren engine architecture, meaning the twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8. "That architecture has gone from 426bhp in a GT4 to I-can"t-tell-you-what-yet in a Speedtail. "But it"s more than 1,000PS [987bhp]," he added. He noted how the engine has already been hybridised in the P1, and that for the Speedtail, "we"ve got a slightly different hybrid application".
Date written: 29 Aug 2018
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McLaren boss Mike Flewitt has confirmed to TopGear.com that the upcoming new Speedtail hypercar will produce more than 987bhp. Speaking at a McLaren owners" event, he noted how the three-seat hypercar (previously known as BP23), will use the familiar McLaren engine architecture, meaning the twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8. "That architecture has gone from 426bhp in a GT4 to I-can"t-tell-you-what-yet in a Speedtail. "But it"s more than 1,000PS [987bhp]," he added. He noted how the engine has already been hybridised in the P1, and that for the Speedtail, "we"ve got a slightly different hybrid application".
Date written: 29 Aug 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13119