{"id":242337,"date":"2023-10-18T23:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T23:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/?p=242337"},"modified":"2023-10-18T23:49:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T23:49:02","slug":"mclaren-artura-barely-recognizable-after-catching-fire-on-test-drive-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/mclaren-artura-barely-recognizable-after-catching-fire-on-test-drive-update\/","title":{"rendered":"McLaren Artura Barely Recognizable After Catching Fire On Test Drive [UPDATE]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Update:<\/strong> A McLaren spokesperson confirmed the company is aware of the fire, but declined further comment until a full investigation is conducted.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pour one out for the McLaren Artura. A few days ago in the UK, several folks were literally pouring one out on this particular Artura, though the efforts weren&#8217;t enough to save the hybrid supercar from a trial by fire. It burned to a crisp, with the only clue to its identity being the lower front fascia which survived. Sort of, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>What exactly happened here? Aside from catching on fire (duh) it&#8217;s a question that remains unanswered. We can tell you the blaze occurred on October 16, not far from a McLaren dealership in Leeds where the car was apparently on a test drive, as reported by <em>The Sun UK<\/em>. We&#8217;ll go out on a limb and assume the prospective buyer decided to pass on this particular purchase. The fire allegedly happened without warning, and thankfully, both occupants in the car escaped without any injury.<\/p>\n<p>It took local fire crews approximately a half hour to extinguish the blaze, but a specific cause is unknown. Given the rarity of the Artura and the claims of it being on a test drive from a dealership, we contacted McLaren to see if there was any investigation underway or word of how it began. A spokesperson confirmed that McLaren was aware of the fire, but declined to comment further until a full investigation has been conducted.<\/p>\n<p>While the cause of this fire is unknown, it&#8217;s worth noting that the Artura was recalled in the US for a potential fire risk in late 2022. Documents from the automaker highlight two instances of fuel leaks from track-driven cars using a certain kind of nut on the fuel injection system. At first, a new tightening procedure was implemented as a fix and was applied to cars before customer deliveries took place. However, the second fuel leak occurred <em>after<\/em> using this procedure, prompting McLaren to issue a recall of 164 vehicles in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Packing a 671-horsepower powertrain fusing a twin-turbocharged V6 with a single electric motor, the Artura is McLaren&#8217;s series-production hybrid following in the footsteps of the P1 hypercar. It debuted in 2021, though various issues prompted McLaren to delay production in the months that followed.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/news\/691920\/mclaren-artura-fire-burns-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: A McLaren spokesperson confirmed the company is aware of the fire, but declined further comment until a full investigation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>McLaren Artura Barely Recognizable After Catching Fire On Test Drive [UPDATE] - AutoMotoBuzz.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/mclaren-artura-barely-recognizable-after-catching-fire-on-test-drive-update\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"McLaren Artura Barely Recognizable After Catching Fire On Test Drive [UPDATE] - AutoMotoBuzz.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Update: A McLaren spokesperson confirmed the company is aware of the fire, but declined further comment until a full investigation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/mclaren-artura-barely-recognizable-after-catching-fire-on-test-drive-update\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AutoMotoBuzz.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-18T23:49:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/McLaren-Artura-Barely-Recognizable-After-Catching-Fire-On-Test-Drive-UPDATE.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/mclaren-artura-barely-recognizable-after-catching-fire-on-test-drive-update\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/mclaren-artura-barely-recognizable-after-catching-fire-on-test-drive-update\/\",\"name\":\"McLaren Artura Barely Recognizable After Catching Fire On Test Drive [UPDATE] - AutoMotoBuzz.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-18T23:49:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-18T23:49:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/mclaren-artura-barely-recognizable-after-catching-fire-on-test-drive-update\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/mclaren-artura-barely-recognizable-after-catching-fire-on-test-drive-update\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/mclaren-artura-barely-recognizable-after-catching-fire-on-test-drive-update\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News &amp; 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