2010 McLaren P11 supercar spied

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By George Skentzos | February 07th, 2009

The McLaren nameplate is set to make a return next year with the P11 supercar nearing the end of its development process, caught cold-weather testing in Sweden recently.

Unlike the original world-beating McLaren F1, the new P11 is intended only as a spiritual successor to the Mercedes-McLaren SLR that has now completed its production run.

Its performance will be similar to the Ferrari F430, although a potentially Veyron-rivalling successor to the iconic F1 is also reportedly in the works.

Few technical details have been confirmed, but speculation suggests a Mercedes-sourced V8 engine, possibly the 6.3-litre AMG unit, is likely to power the new supercar, coupled with a Formula One-style paddle-shift transmission.

Though heavily camouflaged, its silhouette does resemble previously leaked concept renderings which hint at the design of the final production model.

Captain Mainwaring

Under that wierd camouflage the proportions would seem to be superb. But 6.3 litres would seem to be a bit last century – how about 4 litres with a couple of turbos? Hope there are a couple of dozen people who can still afford it when it arrives.
Zorro

I was thinking it’s missing 4 cylinders.. and maybe those turbo’s as well Captain Mainwaring…
Captain Mainwaring

Zorro, just a small point. Apostrophies are for possessives, or as an abbreviation for ‘it is’, but they are not for plurals. Therefore the ‘it’s’ was correct, but the ‘turbo’s’ was not, but you are far from being the only guilty party.
Wopenka

Never mind another person’s reading and writing capabilities what about the car! I hope the engine is powerful enough to suit its looks… unlike Aston Martins.. they are such good looking cars but the power is rather low.
Mitch

isnt that a 6.2 litre engine anyway?
Grammar Nazi

Nice work Mainwairing, you just saved me the apostrophe lecture.
pious

Hmmmm, well in fact because “Its” is always possessive, there is no apostrophe (eg, when you are saying “Its height” or “Its tail is long”). It is the exception to the “apostrophe for possession” rule. The only time an apostrophe is used with “It” is to denote absent letters, eg “It is” becomes “It’s”, or “It has” becomes “It’s”.