McLaren ends P1 production

McLaren has announced that it has ended production of its million dollar P1 hypercar after making just 375 cars at its plant in Woking.

The 543kW/719Nm P1 road car that first went on sale back in the winter of 2013 offered its exclusive customer base near unbeatable performance that saw the hypercar sprint from standstill to 100km/h in 2.8 seconds, 200km/h in an incredible 6.8 seconds and 300km/h in a downright shocking 16.5 seconds.

McLaren says that each of the 375 P1s took an incredible 800 hours to build with 105 people involved in its production. The paint process alone took five days per car involving 5-8 litres and another 8-9 litres of lacquer.

According to the British car-maker the most popular colour for the P1 was Volcano Yellow.

McLaren is believed to have already embarked on a follow up to the P1 that is also expected to be priced at around $2 million.

Despite ending production of the P1, McLaren's track-only sister car -- the P1 GTR -- will continue to be made for a few months longer until the final delivery is made some time early in 2016.

Commenting on bringing the P1 production to an end, McLaren Automotive’s boss Mark Flewitt said: “The McLaren P1 has already established itself as an icon and any car that is to continue the lineage of the Ultimate Series will need to be a worthy successor -- a significant step change in technology or performance is required to ensure this is the case. The future is undecided at this stage, which is an exciting proposition."