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.

McLaren has teased the successor to its legendary P1 hybrid hypercar on its official website and YouTube, highlighting the continuation of its '1' car lineage.

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.

McLaren has teased the new W1, set to follow in the footsteps of the F1 and P1 – and take on Ferrari’s next flagship hypercar

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.