- The customer car will pack a 2.9-liter twin-turbo V6 with 720 hp.
- McLaren will race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2027.
- Owners will get access to a two-year global track program.
McLaren’s long-awaited LMDh Hypercar is going racing, and customers are getting a slice of it too, just without the hybrid hardware. The road-going version ditches the race car’s electrified setup and sticks with pure combustion power instead. Like the Aston Martin Valkyrie LH, it is aimed at non-professional drivers who want something that feels, and behaves, like a proper race car rather than a dressed-up track toy.
McLaren confirmed in mid-2025 that it plans to build a limited run of customer versions of its racing Hypercar under the banner of ‘Project: Endurance.’ Expect performance comfortably beyond the McLaren Senna and even the Solus GT, which until now have represented the sharp end of the brand’s track-day specials.
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Initially, it was speculated that the customer car would have the same powertrain as the race car. However, during the Hypercar’s recent Asia-Pacific unveiling in Australia, the head of HyperTrack Cars at McLaren, Neil Underwood, confirmed that won’t be the case.
Whereas the racer uses a twin-turbocharged V6 with an electric motor and produces a combined 671 hp to comply with Balance of Performance regulations, the model available to customers will solely use a 2.9-liter twin-turbo V6. This engine will deliver 720 hp, according to Which Car. That is still shy of the 829 hp delivered by the 5.2-liter V10 in the Solus GT, but on a closed circuit, it is unlikely anyone will feel shortchanged.
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Other changes will be made to the car available to paying customers. For example, it will feature adjustable traction control, as well as more suitable power delivery and braking performance.
As for production numbers, McLaren is keeping quiet. It may simply build as many as it can place with the right buyers. Testing of both the endurance racer and its non-hybrid sibling kicks off this year, with first customer deliveries penciled in for the tail end of 2027.
Unlike previous McLaren track specials, this one is being developed in parallel with the Le Mans entry, drawing on teams from both McLaren Automotive and McLaren Racing. Owners will be enrolled in a comprehensive two-year global track program and get direct access to company engineers and professional drivers,
