New hybrid McLaren Sport Series supercar spied

Our spy photographers have noticed the new McLaren Sports Sequence supercar going through enhancement testing. The British brand’s current entry-stage model will go on sale in 2021, sporting a new carbon-fibre chassis and a hybrid powertrain – and acting as a clean rival for the Ferrari F8 Tributo and Lamborghini Huracan.

As opposed to our beforehand spied mule, which wore a modified variation of the McLaren 570S’s bodywork, this hottest enhancement vehicle capabilities all-new styling – marking the very first time we have observed the upcoming-generation model’s production panelling.

The new supercar’s layout makes use of many of the similar themes as the McLaren GT, sharing the similar large-mounted, trim LED headlamps, comparable engine intakes and proper-angled tail. Even the condition of the model’s glasshouse looks familiar and, underneath the camouflage, the bumper vents appear to share kindred styling.

Even though there’s no official term on the new car’s powertrain, there’s a couple telltale symptoms on the bodywork about what’s lurking underneath. 1st off, there’s a large “hybrid prototype” sticker fixed to this mule’s facet skirts – and above that, there’s an unusually shaped filler door, which could dwelling a charging socket.

New 2021 McLaren Sport Sequence supercar: chassis and drivetrain

The upcoming-generation supercar’s bodywork will be propped up by an all-new carbon-fibre monocoque, which McLaren beforehand teased with a solitary picture. It replaces the firm’s aged Monocell system, which has been a foundation for McLaren’s production autos considering that the first MP4-12C.

Having said that, for this upcoming-generation model, McLaren has started out afresh. The new chassis has been built to accommodate the batteries and electrical architecture expected for hybrid travel – and it also incorporates clean bodyweight-conserving practices to offset the included bulk that comes with these components.

McLaren has confirmed that the system will be manufactured at its £50 million composites foundation in Sheffield – and it will be employed very first in the upcoming entry-stage Sport Sequence model, which will swap the 570S from upcoming yr. 

The firm is but to verify any technical aspects on the new model’s hybrid powertrain, but we anticipate it will element a twin-turbocharged V6 engine, at minimum a few of electric motors and a battery pack large more than enough for a pure-electric assortment of all over twenty miles.

Like the firm’s outgoing 3.eight-litre V8 engine, this new V6 will be formulated by McLaren’s time-honoured engine companion, Ricardo – and we anticipate the PHEV system’s complete ability output will raise over the 570S.

McLaren’s Automotive manager, Mike Flewitt, explained the new chassis as “each and every little bit as revolutionary as the MonoCell we introduced with the 12C, when we very first embarked on creating production motor vehicles a decade in the past.”

He included: “This new, ultra-lightweight carbon-fibre chassis boasts bigger structural integrity and greater levels of high quality than at any time right before. Our superior expertise in lightweight composites processes and producing, blended with our experience in slicing-edge battery technological know-how and large-overall performance hybrid propulsion units, indicate that we are ideally put to supply to shoppers levels of electrified large-overall performance motoring that right until now have merely been unattainable.”

The push to hybrid travel sorts portion of McLaren’s £1.2 billion Track twenty five business prepare, which will see eighteen new petrol-hybrid run McLarens released by 2025. The firm claims it is now assessing a new large-ability battery pack for a total EV setup that will offer a claimed 30 minutes of electric assortment all over a race keep track of.

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