A successor to the famous McLaren F1 of the 1990s it will be sold in small numbers.
McLaren has, until recently, been better known for building specialized race cars rather than for making high-performance road cars. The P1 is considered a successor to the McLaren F1 street car, which was produced in the 1990s.
The F1 was an extremely expensive, ultra-high-performance car costing upwards of $1 million when it was new. Today, used F1s can be worth about $5 million. The new P1 surpasses the F1's performance marks.
McLaren also recently created the the MPC-12C road car. With its price tag of about $240,000, it is a relative bargain.