Sleek, isn’t it? Long and low and lean and, well, sleek. A streamliner. This is it, the McLaren Speedtail, the car formerly known as BP23 and likely forever known as the spiritual successor to the F1. Three seats, stratospheric top speed and a price tag that’s similarly out of this world.
Facts, though, have been in short supply. And when we’re starved of facts, we feed off myths. The rumour mill spooled up with tales of a 300mph target, of Chiron beating power, and, to be fair, all we did was fan the flames.
Let’s rein in hyperbole and exaggeration though, and focus on what we do know. The McLaren Speedtail, when deliveries started in early 2020, cost each of its 106 owners £1.75m for a car that boasts 1,036bhp…