{"id":463573,"date":"2023-10-30T06:37:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T06:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=463573"},"modified":"2024-04-14T13:37:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T13:37:33","slug":"what-its-like-to-drive-the-only-open-top-mclaren-p1-spider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/what-its-like-to-drive-the-only-open-top-mclaren-p1-spider\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: What It&#8217;s Like To Drive The Only Open-Top McLaren P1 Spider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-mclaren-p1-a-decade-old-hybrid-hypercar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McLaren P1<\/a> is a remarkable hypercar that has been recognized as a landmark both for McLaren and the development of high-performance hybrid vehicles \u2013 showcased most recently by the all-new McLaren Artura. Created with the intention of being \u2018the best driver\u2019s car in the world on both road and track\u2019, the design and technical specifications of the McLaren P1 provided the ideal foundation to deliver on this ambition. In total, 375 copies of this model were produced in three years, all of them\u00a0with a fixed roof.<\/p>\n<p>For those who missed the opportunity to acquire one, an open-top version of this hypercar was announced last year, to be manufactured by Lanzante, a UK-based company renowned for converting McLaren F1 GTRs and P1 GTRs into road-legal vehicles in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The improvements and details of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/whos-looking-for-a-mclaren-p1-spider\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open-top McLaren P1<\/a>, limited to just 5 units and priced at a substantial \u00a32.4 million ($2.9 million), including the donor car, are showcased in a video posted by Hagerty on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/Hagerty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel,<\/a> presented by Henry Catchpole.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"World Exclusive! Driving the McLaren P1 Spider from Lanzante | Henry Catchpole - The Driver\u2019s Seat\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X0iH0K_mmmA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"World Exclusive! Driving the McLaren P1 Spider from Lanzante | Henry Catchpole - The Driver\u2019s Seat\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X0iH0K_mmmA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, the McLaren P1 is a remarkable hypercar that has been recognized as a landmark both for McLaren and the development of high-performance hybrid vehicles \u2013 showcased most recently by the all-new McLaren Artura. Created with the intention of being \u2018the best driver\u2019s car in the world on both road and track\u2019, the design and technical specifications of the McLaren P1 provided the ideal foundation to deliver on this ambition. In total, 375 copies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":804035,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,12919],"tags":[11201,76,238,1337],"class_list":["post-463573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mclaren","category-videos","tag-lanzante","tag-mclaren","tag-mclaren-videos","tag-mclaren-p1","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO: What It&#039;s Like To Drive The Only Open-Top McLaren P1 Spider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Would you buy an open-top McLaren P1 even if it&#039;ll cost you nearly $3million?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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