McLaren P1 vs. its rivals

To coincide with its first customer delivery, McLaren has released some performance figures for the new P1.

Placing a powerful hybrid powertrain into a lightweight carbon fibre bodyshell was always going to result in an extremely rapid car, and in that respect the P1 certainly doesn’t disappoint.

Combined, its 3.8 litre twin-turbo V8 petrol engine and electric motor produce 903 bhp (673 kW / 916 PS), which is enough for some amazingly fast acceleration times. Indeed, as can be seen from the data below, the McLaren will just outpace a Bugatti Veyron up to 186 mph (300 km/h). A Ferrari LaFerrari is slightly quicker, though.

But the P1 also manages to be relatively efficient. Combined cycle fuel economy is an impressive 34.0 mpg (8.3 l/100km), carbon dioxide emissions are 194 g/km and it’ll even travel for 6.8 miles (11 kilometres) on electric-only power. Quite what those numbers will look like away from the confines of official test cycle driving remains to be seen, of course.

Manufacturer	McLaren	Bugatti	Ferrari	Porsche
Model	P1	Veyron	LaFerrari	918 Spyder^
Powertrain	3.8 litre V8 / electric hybrid	8.0 litre W16	6.3 litre V12 / electric hybrid	4.6 litre V8 / electric hybrid
Total power	903 bhp (673 kW / 916 PS)	987 bhp (736 kW / 1,001 PS)	950 bhp (708 kW / 963 PS)	875 bhp (652 kW / 887 PS)
0-62 mph (100 km/h)	2.8 secs	2.5 secs	sub 3 secs	2.8 secs
0-124 mph (200 km/h)	6.8 secs	7.3 secs	sub 7 secs	7.7 secs
0-186 mph (300 km/h)	16.5 secs	16.7 secs	15.0 secs	22.0 secs
Top speed	217 mph (350 km/h)*	248 mph (400 km/h)	over 217 mph (350 km/h)	214 mph (345 km/h)
Combined cycle	34.0 mpg (8.3 l/100km)	11.3 mpg (24.9 l/100km)	TBC	94.1 mpg (3.0 l/100km)
CO2 emissions	194 g/km	596 g/km	330 g/km**	70 g/km
^ Fitted with the Weissach package.
* Electronically limited.
** Manufacturer estimate.

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