McLaren Speedtail

The Speedtail is powered by a modified M840T from the 720S and a hybrid powertrain to generate 1,036 hp (773 kW; 1,050 PS). In this video, Johnathan Beaumont. McLaren's vehicle line manager for their Ultimate Series, tells us just what he experienced when he drove the Speedtail for the very first time.

The Speedtail has a 3-seat layout, similar to the preceding F1, which has the driver sitting at the centre of the car, and slightly forward of the two passenger seats. On the original F1, this layout was used to provide better visibility than a conventional seating layout.

McLaren planned to build 106 examples of the Speedtail, all of which had already been sold, at an MSRP of around £2.1 million. Due in part to its use of cameras in place of side mirrors and no side-mounted airbags, the Speedtail is not street legal in the United States, even though around 35% of the total cars were bought by American buyers. Instead, the cars may have to be imported into the U.S. under the “Show or Display” law, which exempts cars that are “historically or technologically significant" from NHTSA safety standards but requires that owners not drive the vehicle more than 2,500 miles in a 12-month period!

Top speed testing was carried out on the 15,000 ft runway at the Kennedy Space Centre. The paved runway is 15,000 feet (4,572 meters) long, with a 1,000-foot (304.8-meter) overrun on each end. The width is about the length of a football field, 300 feet (91.4 meters), with 50-foot (15.2-meter) asphalt shoulders on each side. The speed topped out more than 30 times at 250 mph (403 km/h), and the car is able to go from a standstill to 186 mph (300km/h) in less than 13 seconds.

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