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McLaren’s Six-Cylinder Hybrid Plans Show A Tricky Future For Supercars – Car Throttle
Can a supercar maker maintain its image when it starts dropping cylinders? McLaren is going to find out
Downsizing is a risky business when your cars are built on the idea of prestige and performance, but McLaren is running the gauntlet with a new six-pot hybrid, revealed in camouflage for the first time this week.
The automotive world was shaped around the idea of bigger engines being better, after all. Even now, when more potent models share the same engine as their limper counterparts, the former come with bigger numbers to indicate their supremacy.
Its tough, then, to argue to an established…
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