This year promises to be a very special one for
hyper car enthusiasts. The big three names in
the industry, McLaren, Porsche and Ferrari,
will be announcing their limited edition
models. Fuelled by intense rivalries, each
attempt to construct these fine motoring
machines results in technical boundaries being
pushed and new standards in performance
being set in the supercar industry.
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The Trend began in the 1980s when Porsche
launched the limited edition 959, the fastest
and most sophisticated road car of the time. A
few years later, Ferrari responded with the
F40, creating a motoring experience of a
powerful engine and light body minus all the
bells and whistles. In 1993, McLaren
introduced the legendary F1. With the first
cars to break the 200 mph barrier, the super
car rat race had begun.
With the F1 as its ancestor, the new McLaren
P1 has big shoes to fill. Production is capped
at 500 units and the car is rumoured to be
powered by a turbocharged V8 engine aided by
a Formula 1 KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery
System) electric motor. Expected to churn out
over 900 hp, McLaren says the car will aim to
break the record for the fastest track
performance in the road car category.
Biting at its heels will be the Porsche 918,
packed with a 4.6 liters V6 engine in addition
to two electric motors powering the front and
rear wheels independently. The results will be
an all-wheel drive hybrid vehicle with a
combined output of just under 800 hp.
Last, but certainly not the least, is the eagerly
awaited Ferrari F-150. Few details are available
on the specifications, but Ferrari has
confirmed that the F-150 will be powered by a
hybrid V12 engine and an electric motor;
company representative claims that
performance figures will be close to that of
Formula 1 cars!
For car enthusiasts, the wait couldn’t be
longer. But with launch dates all but
announced, it is anybody’s guess how the cars
will stack up against each other.
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