Number built: 381 (standard cars + 6 P1 LMs, excluding prototypes and track-only GTR cars)
Variants: P1, P1 LM
Engine: 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged McLaren V8 plus electric motor
It’s funny to think that the most outrageous road cars in the world are now hybrids, isn’t it? The first lucky owner to receive a $1.35 million McLaren P1 did so in October 2013, marking the arrival of the spiritual successor to the McLaren F1 on public roads. This remarkable car can crack 186 mph (300 km/h) in 16.5 seconds, and travel almost 20 miles on electrical power alone. Formula 1-derived features, such as the Drag Reduction System to reduce aerodynamic drag at high speed, are activated at the touch of a button on the steering wheel.
Elevating the madness and extravagance to stratospheric levels, McLaren actually offered P1 owners the opportunity to purchase a track-only variant of their car, known as the P1 GTR, to take racing at racing tracks around the world. Not content with this, certain P1 GTR owners had a company called Lanzante Motorsport turn them into street-legal vehicles. Inspired by what was going on, McLaren decided to go ahead with the production of five officially sanctioned, road-legal P1 GTRs, which are called P1 LMs. Are these five cars the most outrageous road cars in history? It would certainly be hard to argue against that notion!
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