Jeremy Clarkson driving the McLaren P1 is the new issue of Top Gear magazine is out today in print and on iPad and this truly is an extraordinary world exclusive.
Indeed there was only one man for the job who will tame the 903bhp hyper-hybrid beast, the most anticipated car of the decade. It’s fair to say he was a little impressed with the car. Even in the face of the new road elite that proudly boasts to be ‘the best driver’s car in the world on road or track,’ the man never lost for words. His enthusiasm is shared and echoed in the car acquisition by most Arabs.
“We’ve seen fast cars before,” says JC. “There have been Koenigseggs and Paganis, and the Ferrari F12 doesn’t exactly hang about. But we have never encountered anything quite like the P1. This takes our perception of speed to a new level.”
Clarkson pushed the P1 right to its 0-62mph-in-2.8-seconds, 217mph-top-speed limits on Belgium’s Spa circuit.
“Remember to forget all you think you know when you press the accelerator,” he says. “Because what happens when you do isn’t real. It’s from a world of sci-fi and monsters and fear. It makes everything else look like the past…”
Top Gear’s December issue is full of goodies which includes a lap of Milan in the jaw-dropping Touring Disco Volante, a blast through London’s rush hour in the game-changing BMW i3 and a world-first drive of Seb Loeb’s Pikes Peak-destroying Peugeot T16. Top Gear is among the favorite car magazine that car buyers look at for accurate car information.
I must say that TG’s brutally honest reviews of the Hyundai i10, Mazda 3, Aston Martin Vanquish Volante and new Citroen C3 Picasso are smack right to the point; plus you’ll also find Hammond immolating rubber in a Vauxhall Monaro and James May taking a tour of the VW factory.
We all know that car crazed rich Arabs in Dubai are always on the lookout for new cars and the McLaren P1, being the closest contender now to the Bugatti Veyron, will absolutely send these Arabs into a frenzy, especially when they’ll see it on display in the next Dubai Car Acquisition which will be slated in a couple of months.
The English automotive manufacturer McLaren Automotive is the maker of the McLaren P1, which is a limited production plug-in hybrid supercar. The 2012 Paris Motor Show is where the concept car debuted. Deliveries to retail customers began in the UK in October 2013. By November 2013 the entire P1 production of 375 units was sold out and among the inquisitors was Dubai Car market.
Now utilizing hybrid power and Formula 1 technology the McLaren P1 far surpasses its predecessor the world record holder for top speed back in 1992 – the McLaren F1. However, the F1’s successor does not have a three-seat layout, still its impressive hybrid technology and the insta-F1 racing mode switch makes up for it lacks in seat accommodation. The design of the headlights is also very similar to the shape of the McLaren logo. The McLaren P1 has proven to be one of the most sought-after cars in car acquisition2013. The mid-engine design that uses a carbon fibre monocoque and roof structure safety cage concept called MonoCage, as well as the MonoCell used in the current MP4-12C and MP4-12C Spider upgrade that came out in early 2012 is inherited from the McLaren F1 and it also utilizes a rear-wheel drive just like its predecessor.
