McLaren P1 Performance Stats: A New Era of Hypercars

Introduction

Finally, that day has come. McLaren has officially released the performance stats of their new hypercar – the P1. We already know it has 900 horsepower under the hood coming from a 3.8-liter twin-turbo V8 which is mated to an electric motor. All these numbers make one thing obvious – it is fast. But how fast exactly?

Performance Stats

McLaren posted the following numbers after doing an ‘extensive testing and development program’:

• 0-100 km/h in 2.8 seconds
• 0-200 km/h in 6.8 seconds
• 0-300 km/h in 16.5 seconds

Comparison with McLaren F1

In comparison, the McLaren F1 – the fastest car on the planet for a decade – accelerated from 0-300 km/h in 5.5 seconds longer than the P1. Also, from 100 km/h to a standstill is achieved in less than 100 feet.

Conclusion

These are impressive stats considering it took two decades to come up with a successor to the famous F1. Watch out LaFerrari.