LaFerrari Versus McLaren P1: Hypercar Comparo By The Numbers
This week’s unveiling of the Ferrari LaFerrari and McLaren P1 marks the first time the relatively sensible term ‘hybrid’ has officially crept into the typically non-sensible hypercar sphere. Sure, Porsche’s plug-in hybrid 91
This week’s unveiling of the Ferrari LaFerrari and McLaren P1 marks the first time the relatively sensible term ‘hybrid’ has officially crept into the typically non-sensible hypercar sphere.
Sure, Porsche’s plug-in hybrid 918 Spyder is on its way later this year, but its UK and Italian counterparts will beat the German to market.
Until the arrival of the new hybrids, the hypercar class has been populated with enviro-renegades like Lamborghini’s Aventador, Bugatti’s Veyron, Koenigsegg’s Agera, and Pagani’s Huayra - with little concern for the fuel used to extract such performance.
Sitting atop Ferrari and McLaren’s already exotic lineups, LaFerrari and the P1 promise performance to trump all of their brand predecessors (at least), but with a healthy dose of enviro-friendly hybrid tech.
We thought it prudent to size-up the key stats of each, and see how they fare against the existing hypercar heroes.
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