Senna
2018–2019·United Kingdom
Specifications
- Engine
- 4.0L Twin-Turbo V8
- Engine Name
- M840TR
- 0–100 km/h
- 2.8s
- Top Speed
- 335 km/h
- Power
- 789 hp
- Drivetrain
- RWD Rear-Mid-Engine
- Transmission
- 7-speed dual-clutch transmission
- Units Made
- 500
- Year
- 2018–2019
The McLaren Senna is a rear-mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive Ultimate Series hypercar powered by the M840TR 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8.
The McLaren Senna is the most openly circuit-obsessed road car McLaren had built when it appeared. It is not a grand touring hypercar, nor a luxury object disguised as a track machine. It is a road-legal device built around lap time, downforce, braking force, low mass, and the driver’s exposure to consequence. McLaren lists the Senna with 800 PS, 800 Nm, a 0–100 km/h time of 2.8 seconds, and a maximum speed of 335 km/h. Its lightest dry weight is 1,198 kg, with a DIN kerb weight of 1,309 kg.
The Senna belongs to McLaren’s Ultimate Series, but it should not be read as a direct successor to the F1 or P1. The F1 was a road-car purity statement. The P1 was a hybrid technological manifesto. The Senna is something narrower and more ruthless: a track car legalised for the road. Its name gives it unusual moral weight. McLaren directly linked the car to Ayrton Senna, the driver with whom McLaren won all three of Senna’s Formula One World Championships, and the final unsold build allocation was auctioned for £2 million with proceeds going to the Instituto Ayrton Senna. For Engine Sphere, the Senna is not “beautiful” in the old supercar sense. It is significant because it allowed function to bully form. Every vent, flap, void, and blade asks the same question: will this make the car faster around a circuit?
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