McLaren has confirmed it will add a fourth model to its rapidly growing supercar lineup. Tentatively called the P15, it will bridge the rather wide price chasm between the quarter-million-dollar MP4-12C and $1.15 million P1.
McLaren chief executive Mike Flewitt confirmed with Autocar that the P15 will employ a turbo engine mounted midship in the carbon fiber tub that underpins all modern McLaren road cars.
The engine is assumed to be an advanced version of the 616hp 3.8-liter turbocharged V8 that powers the MP4-12C, but Flewitt says that the car is such a long ways off that technology could very well change by the time it’s ready for production. Pricing for the P15 is estimated at £400,000, or $660,000.
In the meantime, McLaren is focused on bringing its Porsche 911 Turbo-fighter to production. Code named the P13, it is expected to start in the £120,000 ($198,000) range and will be offered in open-top and track-ready performance versions in the years following its introduction.
McLaren estimates that the P13 could account for more than half its sales, or as many as 2,500 units once it goes on sale. The P13 is expected to go on sale later this year as a 2015 model.
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