McLaren has previously told us it expects that half the cars it makes will carry some kind of hybrid system by 2022, and a conversation with company CEO Mike Flewitt at the Geneva auto show has added some more detail to those bold plans.
The first hybrid will come in the upcoming BP23, which?as well as having a three-seat layout reminiscent of that of the original McLaren F1?is set to become the most powerful roadgoing McLaren ever, outgunning even the 903-hp system total of the mighty P1.
?It will be a very different car,? Flewitt told Car and Driver. ?The BP23 is going to be a very quick GT car, so you won?t see us racing it around tracks or cutting the roof off to make a spider. It?s a sleek, aero-efficient low-drag GT car with three-seat packaging, and it will have our most advanced hybrid engine going in, so it will be extraordinarily quick.? Flewitt was predictably reluctant to discuss actual numbers, as ?that would spoil the surprise,? but he broadly hinted that we can expect a significant power hike. ?If you think that the base engine that went into the P1 has now developed into the 4.0-liter in the 720S, then that side [of the powertrain] will clearly evolve. And it?s going to be a different battery pack.?

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But it?s the company?s other new hybrid unit that is likely to have the bigger impact, with Flewitt confirming that it will be offered across an entire model range from launch. We believe this will be the nex...