McLaren Artura review: plug-in hybrid supercar leads Ferrari-rival into electrified era

The McLaren Artura isn’t quite McLaren Automotive’s first electrified supercar, but it is its most important. Building on what the company learned by making the hybrid-powered P1 hypercar first, and then the 250mph Speedtail, the Artura is intended to become the bedrock of the British supercar-maker’s business for the better part of the next decade, as the world gets more used to the idea of electrically-powered models in all corners of the luxury car market, and global emissions laws clamp down ever more tightly on their entirely fossil-fuelled predecessors. Although Woking says it isn’t a direct replacement for the old 570- and 600- Sport Series cars, it’s certainly a natural successor to them, being a close match for a 570S in terms of size, but significantly outstripping it for power to weight ratio. That gain is thanks to an all-new, wide-angle turbo V6 combustion engine and a super-compact axial flux electric drive motor, which between them produce up to 671bhp - but which can