McLaren Solus GT

Rear wheel drive and a naturally aspirated V10 are deliberate decisions in a catalogue where many cars chase different answers. The cost is obvious enough. The reward becomes clearer when you see where the McLaren Solus GT sits among all 600 cars. It is one of just nine here to combine a V10 with rear wheel drive, one of only 19 naturally aspirated V10 cars, and the most expensive V10 in the entire collection. That combination defines it before any individual performance figure does.

The numbers support that choice rather than distracting from it. With 829 bhp from 5.2 litres and 650 Nm, it stands 40th for power across the catalogue, placing it in the top seven percent. Straight line pace rises even higher. A 0 to 100 km/h time of 2.5 seconds ranks 15th overall, faster than 585 other cars in this collection, while a top speed of 322 km/h sits a more measured 155th. Those rankings reveal a clear emphasis. This is not a car chasing a single headline figure. It concentrates extraordinary acceleration into a package that makes different priorities visible.

Its configuration reinforces that impression. The single seater closed cockpit coupe body keeps the focus tightly on one occupant, while rear wheel drive and a naturally aspirated V10 resist the drift towards more common solutions elsewhere in the catalogue. Out of 600 cars, only 21 use a V10 at all. Narrow that to rear wheel drive and the field shrinks to nine. Restrict it further to naturally aspirated examples and only 19 remain. The Solus GT occupies the point where those circles almost disappear.

Scarcity matters because it is measurable here rather than assumed. Production stopped at 25 cars. Only 12 of the 177 catalogue entries with recorded production numbers are rarer. That exclusivity is reflected in a used value of £3,500,000, the 14th highest in the collection and more expensive than 586 other cars. At £4,222 per bhp, it asks for commitment rather than mathematical efficiency.

McLaren contributes 21 cars to this catalogue, and the United Kingdom accounts for 160 of the 600 entries. Even within those groups, the Solus GT refuses to blend into the background. It occupies an unusually narrow technical and financial space, and it does so without relying on outright power or top speed alone.

A garage that already contains broad capability changes meaning when this car arrives. It introduces one of the rarest combinations of engine, drivetrain and layout in the catalogue, backed by performance that reaches the very front without following the most common route. Nothing else fills quite the same space.