McLAREN Arthur: 670 horsepower and without REVERSE gear

A case of super athlete, powered by a mid-mounted engine capable of 670 BAM, and the car itself weighs 1.496 kilograms, which may not seem like a very important piece of information for a racial athlete at first glance, but it should be added Arthur there is also a built-in electric motor with batteries that allow thirty kilometers to be driven solely on electricity.

McLarn managed to reduce the weight by working in many areas, which is why they decided on a completely independent construction of body parts, and many also used carbon fiberso that the safety cage weighs everything 82 kilograms.

A similar story unfolded at powertrain with internal combustion, where in Woking they used a completely new V-shape instead of the tested eight-cylinder three-liter V6 with two turbochargers. Opposite rollers are placed at an angle of 120 degrees, which allowed them to be used shorter camshaft, thus again saving on vehicle weight while taking care of lower center of gravity.

The engine block and pistons are made of aluminum, turbochargers due to ball bearing technology allow faster air circulation, and at the same time the mentioned technology enables constant maintenance with the help of electronic control appropriate pressure, which of course does not have a turbo hole.

Especially interesting is the story with dual-clutch transmission, which has eight gear ratios and can transmit power to both the electric motor and the internal combustion engine, but has no reverse. The electric motor, which rotates in the opposite direction for this purpose, is in charge of driving backwards.

McLaren Arthur is a plug-in hybrid, battery capacity 7,4 kWh however, up to 80 percent can be charged in two and a half hours with a standard cable. Let's also mention the performance - 0 to 100 km / h three seconds and top speed 330 km/h.

This interesting super athlete it basically costs $ 225, McLarn salons however, they are already accepting orders. The first deliveries are expected to follow in the third quarter of this year.