Student designs next McLaren F1

Outlandish shape for next-gen British supercar - but what will McLaren think?

By SimonSaid / Monday, 19 October 2009 / Loading comments

A graduate student has come up with his vision of what the next generation McLaren F1 could look like. Called the LM5, these renderings show the striking design from various angles, and it certainly won't be called unambitious.

Designer Matt Williams created the LM5 for a design study, as part of Coventry University's Transportation Design degree programme. It features traditional McLaren orange paintwork as seen on the F1 LM, and the F1's trademark three-seat layout, with the driver perched in the middle.

Although the MP4-12C has only recently seen daylight, its predicted £150,000 pricetag is a clear sign that it is not meant as a direct replacement for the F1, and McLaren have made clear that a proper F1 replacement is on the cards for the near future.

What Ron and the boys at McLaren make of this bulging, manga-esque shape for their next flagship remains to be seen, but we're at least glad to see a young British designer coming up with such an interesting concept.