If you follow us on Instagram, you already know that we came to Dubai in search of the most incredible and expensive cars you can find on this planet. And in one of the richest and most fashionable cities in the world there are plenty of them, of course! We shall begin, perhaps, with a very rare and incredibly expensive example from Great Britain - McLaren Speedtail.
It is the successor of legendary F1.
No, this car does not pretend to be the fastest car on the Earth though F1 flaunted this title for a long time and still remains the fastest car in the history with an atmospheric engine. Even much more modern supercars like Lamborghini Veneno and Aston Martin One-77 could not overtake it.
But what are we all talking about speed! In fact, the Speedtail can accommodate three people, and the interior layout is as extravagant as the F1! The driver's seat is in the middle, and a pair of passenger half-benches are flanked by one and pushed more towards the stern.
It's pretty darn fast!
The fact that the McLaren Speedtail isn't (and won't become) the fastest car on the planet doesn't mean it's slow. Because right now it is the fastest road model of the brand. The claimed maximum speed of the coupe is 403 kilometers per hour! And, it seems that right now there are no other cars in the world, on which it would be possible to drive with such speed in threes.
Such parameters are reached due to the hybrid power plant. Its basis is a four-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine that produces 757 hp. It is aided by a 312-horsepower electric motor powered by a 1.65 kWh battery - the battery with the highest power-to-weight ratio. The combined output of this farm is 1,050 hp and 1,150 Nm.
It's huge.
The McLaren Speedtail's overall length is 5,137 millimeters. Just so you understand: this car is longer than Audi Q7, Volkswagen Teramont, Toyota Land Cruiser 300 and Range Rover of the last generation.
The Speedtail has bendable body panels.
No, you are not imagining it. Yes, they do bend. I'm talking about a pair of flaps, located in the rear. They work in much the same way as conventional active winglets, but unlike them, these parts literally bend to add downforce or help on braking. When they're not needed, they retract flush with the stern bodywork. It looks much more elegant and elegant than the usual "benches" on high supports. But the thought of what would happen and how much it would cost to repair if one of them came off is very frightening!
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