The current system is based around a small, lightweight axial flux motor. The whole car weighs just 3,303 pounds and, matched with the turbocharged V6, makes 671 horsepower. According to the sources, the new system “produces much more horsepower and delivers the power more directly to the transmission.”
It sounds like McLaren will be gunning for the upcoming Ferrari LaFerrari successor. The report also circles back to the long-rumored and hinted-about McLaren SUV.
It quotes McLaren as saying it will “bring in another class of automobile in 2028,” Specifically, McLaren’s director of product strategy, Jamie Corstorphine, says, “Stay tuned. It may have four doors and four seats.”