---
title: "Here’s a Peek at McLaren’s First V6 Hybrid Supercar"
description: "The new Sports Series successor is called the \"next-generation\" High-Performance Hybrid (HPH) for now."
date: "2020-10-06"
modified: "2020-10-06"
authors:
  - name: "Máté Petrány"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/mate-petrany"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/36917/heres-a-peek-at-mclarens-first-v6-hybrid-supercar"
categories:
  - "Car Tech"
  - "Electric Vehicles"
  - "McLaren News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "hybrid"
  - "mclaren"
  - "McLaren 2021"
  - "McLaren Automotive"
  - "McLaren High-Performance Hybrid"
  - "McLaren V6"
  - "V6 Hybrid"
---

# Here’s a Peek at McLaren’s First V6 Hybrid Supercar

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McLaren has a [new lightweight carbon fiber tub](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/35992/mclarens-upcoming-hybrid-supercars-will-sit-on-this-newly-developed-carbon-fiber-tub>) produced at [a fancy $65 million composite plant near Sheffield](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/36814/how-mclaren-builds-the-lightest-supercars-in-its-class>) as efficiently as possible. Meanwhile, engine partner Ricardo cooked up a new V6 engine for Woking so that McLaren's next-generation lineup can go hybrid in a way that provides its cars with "medium-range EV-only drive capability" as well.

The quite brilliant "entry-level" McLaren Sports Series debuted in 2015 [with the 570S](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/13310/watch-this-mclaren-570s-hit-212-mph-in-a-top-speed-blast-on-the-autobahn>) and will come to an end once the last of the limited-run, [GT4-inspired 620R road cars](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/31398/the-new-mclaren-620r-is-a-611-hp-300000-gt4-racer-for-the-streets>) leave the McLaren Production Centre at the end of this year. The all-new hybrid supercar will sit between the GT and the 720S in the McLaren range, meaning it will be priced more like a $259,000 600LT than the currently cheapest Sports Series cars at just under $200,000.

![message-editor%2F1601987252528-large-12623-mclarensall-newhigh-performancehybridsupercarentersfinalstagesoftesting.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1601987252528-large-12623-mclarensall-newhigh-performancehybridsupercarentersfinalstagesoftesting.jpg>)
**McLaren**

As you can tell from these teaser images, the High-Performance Hybrid (HPH) supercar is already in its final stages of development, with McLaren all set for a premier in the first half of 2021. Following that, all future cars from Woking will feature hybrid powertrains, possibly aided by [a pair of turbochargers](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/36339/how-maserati-made-the-mc20-worthy-of-a-rocketing-supercar-comeback>).

McLaren, of course, already has experience with hybrid supercars, but only at the highest level. While it's been five years since the 903-horsepower P1 went away, the ultra-futuristic Speedtail is here right now with its 1,035 hp, 250-mph top speed and $2.3 million price tag. Expect the new HPH supercar to take pointers from these models, albeit on a smaller, simpler level given the price difference.

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## Author
As a fan of old cars, new cars, trains, planes, buses, and you-name-it, Máté can sometimes be seen driving an Autobianchi around Budapest, much to the amusement of the children, mostly. When not time-traveling, he continues to report from the future to his American colleagues, often talking about Lotus, Ozzy Osbourne, or both.

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