(April 23, 2024) LONDON — The London Concours has announced that this June’s June 4-6 show will feature a celebration of the most outlandish, evocative cars of all — the hypercars. The display will bring together the hallowed creations that have consistently pushed the envelope of what’s possible in terms of performance, engineering and design - inspiring and enthralling legions of car fans in the process. The hypercar class will sit at the centre of this summer’s show at the Honourable Artillery Company, nestled in the heart of the city.

At the centre of the Hypercar display will be a creation that captured the imagination of British petrol heads in a way few other cars have: the legendary Jaguar C-X75 prototype. Unveiled in 2010, and produced in partnership with Williams Advanced Engineering, the C-X75 was a hypercar for the future, an all-wheel drive, plug in hybrid machine.


Jaguar C-X75

It is powered by a Formula 1 inspired, all-aluminum 1.6-liter, turbo and supercharged four-cylinder motor which produced a remarkable 502 bhp at a stratospheric 10,000 rpm. The feral engine was supplemented by a potent pair of power dense electric motors which gave instant torque, whilst also enabling it to travel up to 60 km in pure electric mode.

Combined outputs for the concept were rated at 850 bhp and 738 lb/ft of torque, enough to propel the C-X75 from 0-60 mph in under 3 seconds, 0-100 mph in under 6 seconds, and on to a top speed of 220 mph. The car on display this June featured in the James Bond film “Spectre” and has recently been made road legal by legendary designer Ian Callum’s firm, friends and partners of the Concours, CALLUM.  It is the only road going C-X75 in the world and remains one of the finest examples of British engineering brilliance.

The display will also feature another celebrated British Hypercar, the remarkable McLaren P1. When launched back in 2013 the 903 bhp, 217 mph P1 was unlike anything the world had seen before, with violent performance thanks to a 3.8-liter twin turbo V8 and potent electric motor. With active rear wing extended fully and working in tandem with the slashed and vented bodywork, the P1 could generate 600 kg of downforce at 160 mph, helping it lap the Nürburgring in under 7 minutes.


McLaren P1 "XP2R"

June’s show will feature the very car that set that Nürburgring lap time, the famous factory development prototype P1 "XP2R." A rare public appearance for one of the most significant examples of a true hypercar great.

It wouldn’t be a hypercar display without the car, that for many, still defines the genre: the Bugatti Veyron. The brainchild of VAG boss Ferdinand Piech, the Veyron was launched to the world after a lengthy gestation period in 2003. It delivered performance that seemed genuinely unfathomable for a road car, with over 1000bhp from its 8-liter, quad-turbo W16 engine, and a top speed of over 250mph. It allied all this performance with total refinement, being no more demanding to drive than a VW Golf. A machine that altered what we perceived to be possible in road car performance.