Confirmed: McLaren’s new sports car will drift

Brace yourself for another teaser of the new McLaren Sport Series. But hey, at least this time we can see the whole car, and it's doing something interesting. Going heroically sideways, in fact - proof even McLaren has a sense of humour.

The Sports Series is, of course, the car McLaren hopes will give the Porsche 911 Turbo and Mercedes-AMG GT S sleepless nights. The entry-level two-seater is the same size as the more potent 650S (it uses the same carbon tub and twin-turbo 3.8-litre V8, after all) but there's some P1-style bodywork shrink-wrapped over the techy bits. Just check out that upward-facing scoop in front of the rear wheel, and that menacingly low snout. Someone's been pulling double shifts in the wind tunnel.

Looks pretty ready for action, doesn't it? The Sport Series striptease will continue into 2015, with the car likely to be properly unveiled in the spring.

With an expected power output around the 500bhp mark, and a rumoured £120,000 price - the cheapest McLaren ever - it's fair to say we're a little excited for the Sports Series to be unveiled. If nothing else, it'll signal the end of this hashtagBlackSwanMoments nonsense, won't it?