McLaren has been without a "1" car since the P1, its high-tech, track-devouring successor to the 1990s-era F1 supercar, left production a few years ago. That changes soon—McLaren has announced its newest 1 car,

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a name. On Friday, McLaren announced the name of the secret new hypercar set to debut in a little more than a week: come October 6th, we'll be meeting the McLaren W1.

The McLaren W1 will make its debut come 6 October 2024, marking the 50th anniversary of the firm's first Formula One Constructors' World Championship win.

A decade on from the P1, pictured above, McLaren is preparing to announce a successor to its first hybrid hypercar. The British supercar maker published a teaser video this week (25 September) asking “what makes a ‘1’ car?

Do you know what makes me suddenly feel super old? Realizing that the McLaren P1 was launched in 2013 and that was 11 years ago. I still remember when the P1 was the pinnacle of automotive performance.

Hard as it may be to believe — in part because the automaker continues to find ways to celebrate it — it's been almost nine years since production wrapped on the McLaren P1 hypercar. It certainly doesn't hurt that the P1 is as exotic and thrilling as it was a decade ago,

McLaren will reveal the next model in its Ultimate Series of hypercars on 6 October, just over a decade after the P1 arrived as the successor to the iconic F1. A video published by the company features those two hallowed hypercars and reveals that “the next benchmark” is inbound.