McLaren's next-generation halo hypercar has a name—and a reveal date. But what can we expect from this likely electrified successor to the F1 and P1?

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a name. On Friday, McLaren announced the name of the secret new hypercar set to debut in a little more than a week: come October 6th, we'll be meeting the McLaren W1.

A decade on from the P1, pictured above, McLaren is preparing to announce a successor to its first hybrid hypercar. The British supercar maker published a teaser video this week (25 September) asking “what makes a ‘1’ car?

Do you know what makes me suddenly feel super old? Realizing that the McLaren P1 was launched in 2013 and that was 11 years ago. I still remember when the P1 was the pinnacle of automotive performance.

Hard as it may be to believe — in part because the automaker continues to find ways to celebrate it — it's been almost nine years since production wrapped on the McLaren P1 hypercar. It certainly doesn't hurt that the P1 is as exotic and thrilling as it was a decade ago,

McLaren will reveal the next model in its Ultimate Series of hypercars on 6 October, just over a decade after the P1 arrived as the successor to the iconic F1. A video published by the company features those two hallowed hypercars and reveals that “the next benchmark” is inbound.

McLaren has yet to confirm the name of its new flagship, which is currently codenamed P18. The long-awaited successor to the McLaren P1 appears set to launch on October 6, and to live up to its iconic predecessor,

It's been more than a decade since McLaren P1 production began, and it might be time for a successor. McLaren just put up a video about its "1" cars, the F1 and P1, with various employees from the brand talking about what makes them so special.