McLaren has released the first details of a new hybrid-powered ‘Hyper-GT’, which the company says will be the “most exquisitely crafted and luxurious road-going McLaren to date”.

Development of the car, codenamed BP23, standing for Bespoke Project 2 and featuring three seats, will be entrusted to McLaren Special Operations (MSO) with production limited to 106 units, all of which are claimed to have already been pre-sold.

“BP23 will borrow the three seat layout with the central driving position made famous by the iconic McLaren F1, and it will be housed in a streamlined, shrink-wrapped carbon-fibre body of great elegance,” says McLaren’s CEO, Mike Flewitt. “We are calling BP23 a ‘Hyper-GT’ because it’s a car designed for longer journeys, but with the high levels of performance and driver engagement expected of any McLaren.”

Design work is said to have already started, with an ambition to deliver the first examples in early 2019. Production is being capped at 106 units which is exactly the same as the number of McLaren F1s produced.

Like the latter and all of McLaren’s road and track cars, the car will feature dihedral doors, but for BP23, the doors will be powered for the first time with apertures extending into the roof.

Further details of the car’s specification are expected to be revealed nearer the launch date.

Source: McLaren

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