McLaren 'BP23' Buyers Will Get 243mph... And This Special Sculpture

McLaren has confirmed a 243mph top speed for the three-seat Project BP23, and this week owners will also receive this rather lovely sculpture that money can't buy
McLaren 'BP23' Buyers Will Get 243mph... And This Special Sculpture

Tired of waiting for your McLaren BP23 to arrive? Wish you had some sort of extremely limited-edition BP23-themed paperweight to help pass those agonising days, weeks and months? Well, we have some good news, because each of the car’s 106 buyers is about to take delivery of a little keepsake.

The McLaren BP23 ‘Speed Form’ sculpture has been produced exclusively for those owners, giving the tiniest preview of the car’s bodywork styling – as well as a glimpse into the three-seat interior inspired by the wonderful F1.

McLaren 'BP23' Buyers Will Get 243mph... And This Special Sculpture

At 400mm long, 205mm wide and 80mm tall, each individually-numbered piece has been machined using five-axis CNC cutting tech from a block of a metal alloy before being hand-polished for 30 hours. Each was then assembled by hand with its finishing trim inserts. Overall, every single one took 100 hours to create.

Project BP23 will be the fastest McLaren ever built, when it arrives, with a top speed of “more than 243mph.” Its name won’t follow the usual McLaren alphanumeric style, though. We understand it’s likely to be something more evocative.

McLaren 'BP23' Buyers Will Get 243mph... And This Special Sculpture

To help the petrol-electric hybrid on its way to that incredible top speed, its bodywork will be the most aerodynamic Woking has ever produced. Exclusivity is guaranteed, too: the 106-car production run mirrors that of the famous F1 to which it’s partly the spiritual successor.

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Comments

Anonymous

If money can buy a BP23 then I’m very sure it can also buy this sculpture.

04/04/2018 - 14:33 |
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Paul Beckman (slowtsx)

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Exactly. I would sell it for a car tbh… Like a R32 Golf? I wouldn’t mind that…

04/04/2018 - 14:41 |
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Matt Kimberley

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Eventually, yeah, if you want to be picky. But not right now. You could go to McLaren with a frunk full of £50 notes and they wouldn’t make you one.

04/04/2018 - 14:42 |
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James G

Would be awesome if the owners could colour code to match their car…

04/04/2018 - 14:42 |
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Anonymous

When did McLaren turn into a toy factory???

04/04/2018 - 14:56 |
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AAA Insurance

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Mclaren has always been a toy factory.

04/04/2018 - 17:53 |
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Robert Homann

Why only 391 km/h?
Make it 400.

04/04/2018 - 15:25 |
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Because this is an homage to the F1, and that was the F1’s top speed.

04/04/2018 - 16:28 |
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But Mclarrn always underqoutes their cars so dont panic ;)

04/05/2018 - 08:11 |
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Emil Klotz

Why have a sculpture when you can put the car in your living room

04/04/2018 - 15:26 |
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Anonymous

But will the BP23 leak oil like 23 BP’s?

04/04/2018 - 15:31 |
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TheMindGarage

Hmm… we’ve had the McLaren Senna. So will this one be called the McLaren Prost?

04/04/2018 - 16:12 |
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McLaren Hunt

04/04/2018 - 21:39 |
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5:19.55

3 seats huh… Must be a british classic in hybrid engineering

04/04/2018 - 18:50 |
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Anonymous

Finally, a car for poor Han Solo.

04/05/2018 - 03:42 |
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Anonymous

Does it look like a woman’s genitals from above or am I dirty minded?

04/05/2018 - 06:57 |
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Simon Wyatt (four arm squad)

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I hate you, I see it and now I can’t un-see it. ugh… but I have to admit you are right

04/11/2018 - 03:17 |
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