McLaren P11 Clearer Spy Photos - Second Outing During Winter Testing

McLaren P11 spy photo

New McLaren P11 will replace the SLR and is slated for official unveiling in the spring

By Alex Ricciuti
February 3, 2009 3:11 PM
Filed Under: European, McLaren, Spy Photos, Supercars

Here are some new and improved spy shots of the McLaren P11.

The car is undergoing winter testing in Sweden and these spy photos capture it in all its camouflaged and frozen glory.

What do we know about the car? Not much.

The P11 is the replacement for the McLaren SLR and is tentatively slated for official introduction this spring. Production is scheduled to begin in 2010. It will likely come with a Mercedes engine, probably a supercharged V8 with somewhere in the vicinity of 550 to 600 hp. And, of course, the now standard F1-derived sequential gearbox.

The P11 will be a competitor to the Ferrari F430.

McLaren may be also toiling away in a research lab somewhere on a successor to the McLaren F1.

Lots of possibles and tentatives, yes.

Okay, it will, for sure, without question, cost more than 400,000 euros. That you can bet the house on.

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Comments

Bristol411S3

February 3, 2009 3:21 PM

Ambiguous article. The P11 is likely to cost 200K euros or less. No one knows how much the F1 successor will be, if they are making one, but 400K euros seems unlikely.

NardoW12

February 3, 2009 4:35 PM

A F430 competitor that cost twice as much as the F430 does... still a great car tho

joshg_5

February 3, 2009 5:35 PM

Ahg mein Gott!!!

This car is very exciting. We should all be anticipating the reveal of a Mclaren that will diminish anyone's reserves about the Mclaren name and its designs.

Regardless of the price, this is going to be a incredible vehicle with limitless capabilities! And it should look damn fine too!

PS: with the camo this looks like a mix between the R8, F430, Gallardo

Edited by user on February 3, 2009 at 5:37 PM

Joe_Limon

February 3, 2009 7:32 PM

I too hold great respect for the Mclaren name, but please hold back your excitement until you see it w/o camo.

steelerfan2009

February 3, 2009 6:52 PM

i was hopeing they would make the f1 successer first,but this one should be nice too cant wait to see what it really looks like and how fast it is.

norther

February 3, 2009 8:58 PM

f430 competitor? since when? shouldnt the mclaren be a competitor to the big guys.. murcielago, zonda, slr ..etc. since when they made it "smaller"? and hou can it be an f430 competitor with a supercharged v8, the f430 has an aspirated v8. hence the power difference.. it doesent seem logical, nor fair.

steelerfan2009

February 4, 2009 12:44 AM

they are going to make more than one car,the next one they make will be the one to compete against the big guys as you put it.

lucifa

February 4, 2009 10:15 AM

you can't complain about forced induction being unfair, it comes down to power output not the method of getting it when you're looking at competitors. how the power is achieved is one of the ways the competitors differ.

high hopes and expectations for the new mclaren! and hoping they DON'T make an F1 successor unless they really have the backing for it - to make the same splash the original F1 did you're looking at being unbeated in top speed and acceleration for a decade - to manage that you're looking at over 300mph and 0-62 in literally one second. while still being a manageable, drivable car with some practicality. that's looking at horsepower in the thousands, not hundreds. not so easy to achieve.

btw, hope they keep the 3-seat layout if they do make an f1...

dimeNickel

February 3, 2009 10:07 PM

design might not look spectacular...lets hope its not like the SLR's automatic only

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