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McLAREN SOLUS GT SINGULAR VISION

Five years ago, about the time Mercedes and Aston Martin were midway through development of their track-focused hypercars, McLaren designed a no-limits Vision racer for Gran Turismo. It had well over 1,100 horsepower from a hybridised twin-turbo V8 with an electric motor for each front wheel. It had a lie-on-your-tummy driving position. It was, claimed McLaren, a vision of racing for 2030 and beyond.

Next year it goes on sale. No longer online vapourware, but a living, breathing, very much 3D, track-only hypercar. McLaren

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