The new Lanzante supercar is here with three seats and an incredible power-to-weight ratio

A company that most people might know as a McLaren tuner just unveiled the new Lanzante 95-59.

Yep, that’s what they call it.

The good news is it has a V8.

And the story behind the name is intriguing.

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The first thing you need to know about this Lanzante supercar

Lanzante is a McLaren tuner that specializes in making track-only McLarens street-legal, but on this occasion, the company decided to fly solo.

Even though, for the sake of clarity, this car is indeed based on a McLaren, as you can probably see from the pictures.

The first thing to point out about the Lanzante 95-59 is that it has three seats.

Just like the McLaren F1, McLaren Speedtail, and GMA T.50, the 95-59 is a supercar with one seat at the front for the driver, centrally located, and then two passenger seats right behind the driver.

The engine is a McLaren-sourced 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 with 650hp.

The best part about the car is that it only weighs 1,250kg, so the power-to-weight ratio isn’t bad at all.

Only 59 units will be built, each costing £1,020,000 plus tax.

Translated into dollars, that’s about $1.63 million.

The reason it’s called ’95-59′

The name is actually a reference, and a tribute, to a Le Mans car from the 1990s.

Specifically, the car is a tribute to a 1995 Le Mans racer that essentially kick-started the whole business for them.

In 1995, a McLaren F1 with the number ’59’ – with Dean and Paul Lanzante as team principals – won Le Mans, which was obviously a huge turning point for the company.

Almost exactly 30 years later, they decided to create a car as a tribute to that momentous occasion.

And it’s a beauty.

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