The British supercar manufacturer McLaren officially announced today: the new V6 hybrid supercar, whose performance is positioned between the GT and the 720S, will be replaced by the HPH high-performance hybrid series. The Sport Series (540C/570S/600LT/620R), which will be discontinued next year, will be reinterpreted as entry-level products with new technologies and new platforms.
As we all know, displacement tax is an important factor affecting the pricing of high-performance sports cars in the world's largest market: Ferrari has already started the research and development of new V6 hybrid cars, and Maserati MC20 is rushing to launch sales. The British must step up to capture their hard-won market share.
Chief designer Rob Melville has led McLaren to make new attempts at a new design language. The brand’s first roofless supercar, Elva, has shown the world the direction of a new generation of design. This has similar elements and features to the next-generation supercar. Through the two lightly camouflaged photos of the new car released by McLaren, it is obvious that the new car has a deeper and larger rear waist air intake; a curved front windshield?, a ventilated engine compartment?, and slender?LED? The taillights and high-mounted dual exhaust are still the core design of the new hybrid car.
MCTC is a new factory built by McLaren at a cost of 50 million pounds. It is currently only responsible for the production of bathtub carbon fiber chassis. The carbon fiber components of the body and interior are still contracted to Austrian Carbo Tech. After using its own chassis, the self-production ratio of the new hybrid supercar has increased from 50% to 58%; with the improvement of technology and production capacity, the self-production ratio will continue to increase, and profits will also increase accordingly. .
In terms of power configuration, the new V6 plug-in hybrid engine is still provided by long-term partner Ricardo Engineering, and can travel 30 kilometers in pure electric mode...?The newly added battery Will it be heavy? McLaren confirmed that the new car only weighs a few dozen kilograms more than the 570S, inferring that its curb weight is between 1,450kg and 1,550kg.
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