McLAREN SOLUS GT SINGULAR VISION

Ollie Marriage

Five years ago, about the time Mercedes and Aston Martin were midway through development of their track-focused hypercars, McLaren designed a no-limits Vision racer for Gran Turismo. It had well over 1,100 horsepower from a hybridised twin-turbo V8 with an electric motor for each front wheel. It had a lie-on-your-tummy driving position. It was, claimed McLaren, a vision of racing for 2030 and beyond. Next year it goes on sale. No longer online vapourware, but a living, breathing, very much 3D, track-only hypercar. McLaren could claim it’s seven years ahead of schedule, which would really shove it to the AMG One and Valkyrie. This is the Solus GT, the first ever Vision Gran Turismo car to make the leap into reality. Sure, a few VGT cars have been turned into…

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