The novelty is an avant-garde of a new era of high-performance hybrid cars and a decisive car for McLaren, which marks the transition from the engine to electrification.
The new hybrid supercar McLaren Artura is proof of the concept that many now recognize - unofficially (Ferrari) and officially (Aston Martin). But it is we talking that the supercar prototype in the 2020s is a compact and powerful V6 engine with turbocharging in combination with a modest battery and an electric motor. Holy Grail is an increased productivity with abbreviated emissions and new social recognition.
McLaren was able to preserve its identity in the process of transition to hybrid power. While the car is used in the car, but the rigid base of carbon fiber, as in every McLaren since the times F1, Artura has a completely new design and an extremely compact hybrid power unit.
There are also dangled doors, a laconic cabin (with a completely new information and entertainment system and the drive mode interface), a pleasant electro-hydraulic steering amplifier, ceramic brakes, focused on the performance of the suspension (with adaptive shock absorbers) and emphasis on driving impressions.
Although Artura is equipped with some modern auxiliary systems, such as adaptive cruise control, there are no "lazy" functions, such as active assistance in keeping the strip of movement. There is also no projection display, as they are cumbersome and, as McLaren insists, prevent complete immersion in the driving process.
The novelty received a completely new V6 engine with a double turbocharger with a wide open V-neck, a 7.4 kW lithium-ion battery and a compact electric motor with an axial stream with a power of 94 hp, a pair of which is an 8-speed gearbox.
The system offers a total power in 671 hp, the possibility of silent operation only on electronic power supply and the ultra-sharp response of throttle due to the ability of the electric motor instantly push you into the back, even when the V6 is turned off.
Although the new power unit is heavier than the old non-liberal V8, but slightly. V6 is 40 kg more easily than V8, and a hybrid system (including a 88 kg battery and an electric motor 15.4 kg) in sum gives 130 kg, which means a difference of 90 kg. Overclocking up to hundreds of new items takes 3.0 seconds (0.2 seconds faster than 570s), and up to 200 km / h - 8.3 seconds (more than a second faster than 570s).