McLaren’s replacement to the F1 and P1 hypercars will be named the W1, the company announced Sept. 27.

The announcement came two days after the automaker teased a new hypercar in a YouTube video.

The new hypercar is set to be revealed on Oct. 6 at 1 p.m. British Summer Time.

The W1 name celebrates McLaren’s World Championship mindset, the company said in a Sept. 27 news release, and the public reveal of the new car will mark the 50th anniversary of McLaren winning its first Formula 1 Constructors’ World Championship, and Emerson Fittipaldi winning the 1974 World Drivers’ Championship with McLaren.

“The McLaren W1 is defined by real supercar principles and is the ultimate expression of a McLaren supercar. Born of our rich racing history and World Championship mindset, W1 pushes the boundaries of performance and is worthy of the ‘1’ name. Like its predecessors the F1 and McLaren P1, W1 defines the rule book of a real supercar,” said McLaren Automotive CEO Michael Leiters in the release.

When the F1 was released in the mid-’90s, it became the world’s fastest production car with an official speed record of 240.1 mph (386.4 km/h) in 1998.

The McLaren P1 was produced between 2013 to 2015. While it didn’t hit those stratospheric top speeds of the F1, it had a top speed of 217 mph (350 km/h), it was able to accelerate much quicker and is considered the spiritual successor to the F1.

You can check out McLaren’s teaser video on YouTube or below. There is also a short film available on the McLaren website.

Note to readers: This article was updated Sept. 27, 2024 to provide the latest information.