McLaren Automotive unveiled the McLaren P1 today. It will receive its official unveil at the Paris Motor Show next week. At the moment its purely a design study, however, a production version is planned and the company aims to put it on sale within twelve months. It?s aim is not necessarily to be the fastest in terms of top speed but to be the quickest and most rewarding series production road car on a circuit.For now, all we have is a set of three pictures so we can only comment on what we see and what the rumoured specs are. The design bears a similarity to McLaren?s previous designs. The overall shape has hints of the MP4-12C with the rear central exhaust and the layout of the rear facia. However, it?s obviously a more extreme design with an aggressive layered diffuser, front air intakes that remind us of the Aston Martin One-77 and a set of headlights that look visually similar to the McLaren Automotive logo.It should feature the same 3.8 liter V8 engine as the MP4-12C complete with a turbocharger. However, in the P1 this will be boosted to over 800hp from the standard setup and approaching 1,000hp with a next generation Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) boost offering an additional 200hp. These figures could make the new McLaren the fastest accelerating production car in the world with a sprint time from zero to 100km/h in less than 2.3 seconds. The top speed will be hypercar-like, but stays short to the Veyron.The final release of the production vehicle will happen in 2013 with the production likely to start in 2014. Sources say the new McLaren hypercar will be limited to 500 pieces with an exclusive price tag of around $1.56 million.
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