McLaren did not make speedtail street legal in the United States

Instead of conventional mirrors, the Speedtail is equipped with two retractable cameras that transmit video to two monitors located on the A pillars. Although legal in Japan, current legislation does not allow such a system in the United States. United, which means that the BP23 is not legal on the street in this part of the world.

According to Motor Authority, the car manufacturer based in Woking "Decided that it was not worth designing the limited-driving car in accordance with safety standards." There is, however, a way out for the 35 or so customers waiting to drive the $ 2.25 million Speedtail on public roads.

The secret is hidden in the rule of presentation or posting that came into effect in August 1999. Cars that do not comply with the federal regulations for compliance may be imported and exempt from certain requirements under several conditions. One of these constraints, which is also the most important, limits the number of kilometers that the owner can travel each year in Speedtail (2,500 kilometers).

Given that hypercar customers usually entrust this type of vehicle for sale, it is undeniable that none of these customers will drive up to 2,500 km per year , whether on public roads or on a race track. . In other words, the View or Show rule was taken into account by McLaren right from the start.

Motor Authority points out that "Approval is granted on the basis of a year, a mark, a pattern" which means "Only the first US buyers to import a Speedtail will have to go through the process." Although this has been fully disclosed, McLaren will only deliver the Speedtail in the first quarter of 2020.

This makes it a model year 2020, and as you can imagine, the wait will be long to see the hypercar of more than 1,000 horsepower roll at 250 mph on Highway 160 between Las Vegas and Pahrump.