The hands
The people behind the car
The people whose work shaped the McLaren P1.
Frank Stephenson
Design director
Led the exterior design around the central cockpit, roof intake and active aerodynamic surfaces.
P1
Hybrid power, hydraulic control
The P1 uses its electric motor to fill gaps around a twin-turbo V8, not merely to reduce consumption. Active aerodynamics and interconnected hydraulic suspension change its character. McLaren capped production at 375.
Market value · road
$1.3M–$2.2M
Typical $1.7M · 21 sales · +26% vs ’19–’20
$929K$2.5M
Market value · road
$1.3M–$2.2M
Typical $1.7M · 21 sales · +26% vs ’19–’20
$929K$2.5M
’15’24
Market history · in the terminal
- Top speed
- 350 km/h (217 mph · electronically limited)
- Power
- 916 PS (3.8L twin-turbo V8 plus electric motor)
- 0 to 100
- 2.8 s (factory figure)
- Transmission
- 7-speed (dual-clutch · rear-wheel drive)
- Dry weight
- 1'395 kg (lightest factory figure)
Market & Price
The price and the proof
A terminal for one car: the model curve over the documented record, the benchmarks it is measured against, and the instruments that read it.
Records: Gulf-inspired MSO specification, chassis 108 — $2,095,000 · RM Sotheby's Dare to Dream Collection · 2024; 31 documented road sales on file · 2015–2024. estimate band $1.3M–$2.2M · good road cars.
HCN:P1Live model
$1'700'00023.6% · 12M
Model curve · anchored to 31 documented sales · benchmarks rebased at window startmodel v1 · seed mclaren-p1 · not investment advice
The readouts · model figures against the benchmarks31 documented anchors · last sale 19 mo ago
Compound annual growth
| Window | This car* | S&P 500 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | +23.6% | +18.8% | +21.9% |
| 5Y | +3.4% | +11.4% | +17.6% |
| 10Y | -1.2% | +13.3% | +11.8% |
*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends
Deepest drawdown · model window
This car*-58.5%Mar 2023 → Mar 2024 · not recovered
S&P 500-20.3%Dec 2021 → Oct 2022 · recovered Dec 2023
Gold-18.9%Feb 2026 → Jul 2026 · not recovered
Forecast ladder · model quantiles
| Horizon | P10 | P50 | P90 |
|---|---|---|---|
| +6M | $1.4M | $1.7M | $2.1M |
| +12M | $1.3M | $1.7M | $2.3M |
| +24M | $1.2M | $1.8M | $2.6M |
Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice
Transaction ledger · documented salesMixed price basis · not estimates
31 of 31 recorded sales · shown in USD · recorded currency in each record
Public results span ordinary European examples near seven figures in euros and highly specified North American cars above $2 million.
Price range · road · openConfidence · mediumThe P1 has a usable public record, but bespoke MSO specifications and very low mileage dominate the upper results. Battery, hydraulic, service and import status need chassis-level review.
Floor
$1.3M
Typical
$1.7M
Ceiling
$2.2M
Estimate band for good road cars. 21 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.
$910K$1.3M$1.7M$2.2M$2.5M
Hover the spectrum to read a value, or a dot for the sale behind it.
Band and axis shown in USD. Sale positions use indicative fixed-rate conversion to USD; sale readouts retain recorded currencies. Indicative USD range for standard road P1s with documented maintenance. P1 GTR and Lanzante derivatives are separate models.
Road record
$2,095,000
Gulf-inspired MSO specification, chassis 108
RM Sotheby's Dare to Dream Collection · 2024
The wider market · McLaren at auction · median per year · modeled between anchors108 lots · 2015–2026 · exact yearly anchors · modeled line
Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.
Reported auction totals include buyer's premium where the auction house publishes a final result.
Overview
McLaren's second clean-sheet road-car statement
McLaren previewed the P1 as a design study in 2012 and launched the production car at Geneva in 2013. The brief joined a 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 to an electric motor, active aerodynamics and hydraulic chassis control.
Frank Stephenson's body wrapped tightly around the cooling and aero hardware. McLaren quoted 600 kg of downforce, 916 PS and 0 to 200 km/h in 6.8 seconds while retaining road registration and a usable cabin.
All 375 customer slots were allocated within eight months. The P1, Ferrari LaFerrari and Porsche 918 Spyder established the hybrid hypercar as a distinct collecting category, but their battery and hydraulic systems now make technical condition part of the valuation.
- Power
- 916 PS
- Torque
- 900 Nm
- Built
- 375
- Designer
- Frank Stephenson
- Structure
- Carbon MonoCage
Reference
Technical specifications
Powertrain
- Combustion engine
- M838TQ 3.8L twin-turbo V8dry-sump, mid-mounted
- Electric motor
- 131 kWdirectly coupled to the powertrain for torque fill
- Combined power
- 916 PSfactory figure
- Combined torque
- 900 Nmfactory figure
- Gearbox
- 7-speed dual-clutch
Chassis and aerodynamics
- Structure
- Carbon-fibre MonoCagetub, roof structure and engine-air intake in one assembly
- Suspension
- RaceActive Chassis Controlinterconnected hydraulic spring and roll control
- Aero
- Active front and rear wingsup to 600 kg of downforce quoted by McLaren
- Brakes
- Akebono carbon-ceramicsilicon-carbide surface layer
- Dry weight
- 1'395 kglightest factory figure; 1'490 kg DIN
HICON BID
Buying interest, silently.
A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on the McLaren P1 file — never public, never shown to other members. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds.
Sign in
HICON Bids are a member instrument. Sign in to place one.
The vault
Open a file on yours.
You keep one? The record starts in your garage — identity, papers, photography, and the market evidence this file already carries, bound to your chassis.
The variants
One badge, 3 executions
The register separates the P1 into its documented executions. One reference silhouette per execution — each opens as its own file as the archive fills.
P101
GTR02Reference in preparationLM03
3 executions on file · references drawn to the house standard
The cars
The P1 register
Documented individual cars — chassis, colour, ownership and sale history. Open one for its full provenance. Public records only; members see the complete registry.
15 documented · public records