Dawn of the Hypercar Era

Hypercars. A fairly new concept in carworld. There’s many ways to describe them, barbarically fast, ridiculously expensive, incredibly lust-able. However you describe it,  just defies this segment of cars into one word: Mad. 2013 introduced the most incredible Hypercar fight of all-time, this included the all-new McLaren P1, Ferrari LaFerrari, Porsche 918 Spyder, Koenigsegg Agera R and the Pagani Huayra. It is an incredible competition between all 5 automakers, their performance figures are beyond anything we’ve ever seen on the roads of this planet. In this item; LaFerrari goes head to head with the McLaren p1.

Ferrari LaFerrari

After the Enzo, Ferrari had to decide where to go next, and this is it, the Ferrari LaFerrari. Forget about its odd name for a second and just look at it, it’s nothing short of bloody awesome. It is definitely a bed-room pin-up poster. The LaFerrari packs the same 6.3-liter V12 as the front-engined Ferrari F12, but it’s been reworked for the LaFerrari’s mid-engined layout. This means the power has been upped to a mind boggling 789bhp produced at a crazy 9000rpm. And the V12 will keep revving to 9250rpm. Peak torque is 516lb ft at 6750rpm.

McLaren P1

The P1 is McLaren’s successor to the F1 from the 90′s. It was created to rival with the likes of the LaFerrari, Huayra, 918 and Agera R. The P1 boasts 903 horsepower, can hit 62 mph in less than three seconds, can hit 186 mph in less than 17 seconds, and will run into an electronic wall at 217 mph. It has also set a ‘sub-seven minute time at the Nurburgring.

  • £1m
  • 499 production units
  • 6262cc 48v V12 with HY-KERS
  • 789bhp @ 9000rpm
  • 516lb ft TORQUE @ 6750rpm
  • Electric motor:
    161bhp and 199lb ft
  • Combined Power:
    950bhp and over 664lb ft torque
  • Seven speed F1 dual-clutch Gearbox
  • 1255kg (est)
  • TOPSPEED
    219+ MPH
  • £866,000
  • 375 production units
  • 3799cc 32v twin-turbo V8 hybrid
  • 727bhp @ 7500rpm
  • 531lb ft TORQUE@ 4000rpm
  • Electric Motor:
    177bhp and 192lb ft
  • Combined Power:
    903bhp and 664lb ft torque
  • Seven speed SSG dual-clutch gearbox
  • 1395kg
  • TOPSPEED
    217MPH (electronically limited)