The mighty 1,070hp/1,150Nm McLaren Speedtail hyper-GT has concluded its dynamic testing in the most spectacular fashion imaginable: repeatedly hitting its 250mph top speed again and again on the Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds. If that location sounds familiar, it's the place at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida where they used to land space shuttles. Chief test driver Kenny Brack took 'XP2', the Speedtail prototype, to 250mph more than 30 times, proving that the big three-seater is more than capable of racking up the big speeds on a regular basis. Production of the first of the 106 customer Speedtails has already begun at McLaren's Woking HQ and deliveries are expected to commence in February of this year, for those who have forked out the necessary £1.75 million plus local taxes. Mike Flewitt, the CEO of McLaren Automotive, said: "It's fitting that the Speedtail's high-speed test programme concluded with multiple maximum-speed runs at a location strongly associated with pushing the boundaries of extreme performance and engineering excellence. The Speedtail is a truly extraordinary car that epitomises McLaren's pioneering spirit and perfectly illustrates our determination to continue to set new benchmarks for supercar and hypercar performance."

Matt Robinson - 2 Jan 2020