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plug-in hybrid cars are supposed to be the new fuel economy leaders but then McLaren comes out with this the p1 this is a Cara I first saw as a concept of last year's Paris Auto Show and then I expected it would probably just have MacLaren's 3.8 litre turbocharged v8 that's a really powerful engine and it's mp4-12c model this car has that but it also has an electric drive system the total drive system engine and motor combined give it 903 horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque now that's good for zero to 62 miles per hour in under three seconds and it has a top speed of 217 miles per hour although McLaren says they actually electronically limited that along with those really high speeds and great acceleration it also can do really good fuel economy this car will go 12 miles under electric power at about 30 miles per hour McLaren says that's good for if you're in at zero mission zone inside a city or just general urban driving where you don't want to be using all that power hybrid drive system allows for McLaren cause it's instant power assist system there's a little button on the steering wheel you push that and that gives you all the power this they can give and that's where you get your acceleration it also has what the clarin calls the drag reduction system DRS that's a big wing on the back of the car that's actually an automatic wing where it'll lift up to provide maximum downforce if you're racing or it'll settle back and lessen the downforce if you just want to get good fuel economy in better electric range now you won't see too many of these cars on the roads because McLaren says they're only building 375 of them and at a price of 1.3 million dollars each not many people will be able to afford one I'm Wayne cunningham here at the 2013 Geneva Auto Show