McLaren Speedtail revealed — it’s a silver speeding bullet

The

McLaren

Speedtail hypercar is finally here, and it’s a streamlined stunner. The whole car is slicker than a bar of soap, and everything about it is there to make it the fastest McLaren road car in history. Grilles and air intakes are kept small and out of the way. It has a long tapering tail. The front wheels have large smooth covers. One of the particularly curious parts is the rear active spoiler. It consists of flaps that appear to not have any kind of joint or gap where they lift.

The cockpit is suitably futuristic and unique, too. As the company previously mentioned, the seat is in the center, as with the old McLaren F1 road car. Immediately in front of the driver is the steering wheel and a main screen for instruments, and to either side are additional screens for other information and interfaces. At the base of either pillar are two smaller screens which are connected to cameras that substitute side mirrors for less drag. In what seems like a nod to airplanes, key controls including the gear select buttons and other knobs and switches are above the driver on the ceiling.

McLaren revealed about its ultimate Ultimate Series car on Friday, offering details only hinted at before. The automaker says the Speedtail is its most aerodynamic car ever, and that this was its “singleminded vision” — not hard to believe, looking at it: “A jaw-dropping elongated body makes it as much a work of art as a masterpiece of technology.” It’s also McLaren’s fastest, with a

hybrid

powertrain putting out over 1,000 horsepower.

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