McLaren initiates the new trinity

MCLAREN WAS the first of the high-performance brands to reveal a weaponised hybrid system in a supercar with the P1, which became one of the three hybrids known as the Holy Trinity, with the other two being the Ferrari LaFerrari and the Porsche 918 Spyder.

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And now the British automaker has revealed the successor to the P1, christened the W1. The powertrain uses a 4.0-litre flat-plane-crank twin-turbo V8 from Ricardo which uses both direct injection and port fuel injection to make 928bhp. This is paired to a 347bhp radial flux e-motor, and a 1.384kWh battery pack, which also serves as the reverse drive and offers 2km of electric-o