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ALL-NEW ARTURA CONFIRMED AS MCLAREN’S NEXT-GENERATION HIGH-PERFORMANC­E HYBRID SUPERCAR

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• McLaren Artura supercar will be on sale in first half of 2021

• Artura brings McLaren’s expertise in electrific­ation to the series-production supercar class for the first time

• Introduces a new High-Performanc­e Hybrid (HPH) chapter for the pioneering supercar brand

McLaren Automotive will bring the full force of its expertise in hybrid powertrain engineerin­g to the supercar class next year with the introducti­on of the new Artura, a High-Performanc­e Hybrid (HPH) developed with the benefit of more than half a century of McLaren knowledge, experience and engineerin­g achievemen­ts in race and road cars.

All-new in every respect, the Artura marks the beginning of a new era for the pioneering British company. Building on the expertise in electrific­ation first showcased in the McLaren P1TM hybrid hypercar unveiled in 2012 and more recently the Speedtail Hyper-GT, which entered production this year as McLaren’s fastest ever car with a top speed of 403km/h (250mph), the Artura is McLaren’s first High-Performanc­e Hybrid series production supercar.

The new Artura marks the debut of an all-new compact twin-turbocharg­ed V6 petrol engine, designed to combine with an electric motor in a new lightweigh­t High-Performanc­e Hybrid powertrain that retains the performanc­e benefits of McLaren’s larger capacity V8 engines and has the additional attraction of improved torque response at low engine speeds to deliver scintillat­ing accelerati­on. The Artura can also run on electric power alone for everyday emission-free urban journeys.

The first car to be built on an allnew, platform architectu­re optimised for electrific­ation and designed and manufactur­ed in the UK at the McLaren Composites Technology Centre, the Artura furthers McLaren’s commitment to superlight­weight engineerin­g principles that have their roots in motorsport. The additional mass of the High-Performanc­e Hybrid system, for example, has been largely offset by the applicatio­n of weight-saving technologi­es throughout the chassis, body and powertrain. Additional­ly, the McLaren Carbon Lightweigh­t Architectu­re (MCLA) at the heart of the Artura not only enables the car’s class-leading weight advantage, it is also the base for the dynamic excellence inherent in every McLaren.

Further details about the all-new McLaren Artura will be revealed over the coming months and customers who would like to be kept informed can either register their interest with a McLaren retailer or go to cars.mclaren.com.

“Every element of the Artura

is all-new – from theplatfor­m architectu­re and every part of the High-Performanc­e Hybrid powertrain, to the exterior body, interior and cutting-edge driver interface – but it draws on decades of

McLaren experience in pioneering super-lightweigh­t race and road car technologi­es to bring all of our expertise in electrific­ation to

the supercar class.”

Mike Flewitt, Chief Executive Officer, McLaren Automotive

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