The McLaren brand is no stranger to the world of high-performance, powerful vehicles

Carbon fiber construction, its long, eye-catching tail, and the relentless removal and reduction of shutlines wherever possible, all contribute to an overall focus on encouraging the smooth flow of air and attempting to eradicate the negative effects of drag. It’s a battle aircraft designers face on a daily basis, and so too do the creators of the Speedtail and the other illustrious vehicles in this rundown.

The McLaren brand is no stranger to the world of high-performance, powerful vehicles. There’s only one, however, that McLaren has the audacity to call the Speedtail and proudly boasts that it has a “staggering top speed … higher than any car we’ve ever created,” coupled with “the fastest acceleration delivered by any McLaren to date.”
The numbers speak for themselves: the Speedtail can hit 250 mph, and should conditions permit, it certainly wouldn’t take long to do so either as it can accelerate from 0 to approximately 186 mph in a mere 12.8 seconds.
Enabling this kind of blistering pace requires a little more than your average car engine. At the heart of the Speedtail is a 4-liter V8, the M840T, which is built by Ricardo at the company’s plant and shipped across Britain to McLaren’s headquarters. This engine has a horsepower of 1,036, along with 848 lb-ft torque. First revealed in October 2018, the Speedtail, boasting a price tag of approximately $2,240,000, was designed with aerodynamics at the forefront of every aspect of it.