Your favorite Le Mans Hypercar?

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Your favorite Hypercar?

  • Toyota GR010

  • Ferrari 499P

  • Cadillac V-Series R.

  • Porsche 963

  • Alpine A424

  • Lamborghini SC63

  • BMW M Hybrid V8

  • Acura ARX06

  • Aston Martin Valkyrie (LMH)

  • Peugeot 9X8

  • Toyota TR010

  • Vanwall Vandervell 680

  • Glickenhaus SCG 007

  • Genesis GMR-001

  • Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6

  • McLaren MCL-HY


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How time flies. It's already been five years since the new WEC/IMSA Hypercar class was first announced in 2021. Many manufactures have come, gone, and are still coming. While some have enjoyed decent success, this thread is about any Hypercar you personally like and why. Some are likeable because of their technology, while others purely because of their resemblance to it's manufacture's road cars. Feel free to state your thoughts here

(quitley admits I like the SC63...)

Edit: Wow, didn't take long for people to make their thoughts known!
 
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The one that's piqued my interest here recently is the McLaren. I love the design and can't wait to see it in action next year!

Coming in #2 is the Cadillac. The roar of the engine is absolutely incredible, not to mention the car itself has impressed me.

Then at #3 is the Peugeot. Even though there a lot of questions surrounding the car right now, I still love it for its striking design.
 
For me, the SC63 and the 9X8 have always impressed me for their strong and unique design language. Cadillac up there too, I like their "underdog" spirit and I will be interested to see how McLaren fairs next year.

Oh year, and the Valkyrie. No words needed :D
 
For me, it's the Aston Martin Valkyrie, by a long way. Let's start with the looks, it is absolutely stunning from every angle, the rear angle is particularly incredible, the lines and shaping are just unrivaled in the class, chuck on the classic AMR British racing green livery and it's just perfection.
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Aston Martin Valkyrie LMH at Qatar.webp

Then there's the concept, they looked at what other manufacturers were doing with their engine concepts with the various twin turbo V6/V8s, single turbo with big electric motors and whatnot and decided that none of that was really for them, and went with a naturally aspirated V12 with no hybrid system, just straight up, raw, unfiltered NA power. That also helps to deliver the pièce de résistance, the sound, nothing else in the class sounds like this does, and potentially nothing in current global motorsport does either. It sounds like all the best F1 engine notes rolled into a modern package, the shifts sound incredible and the fly-byes are what motorsport dreams are made of. If you ask someone what the ideal racing car engine/exhaust note is, there's a good chance it'll be very close to the throaty roar that the Valkyrie produces.


Honorable mentions, the Ferrari 499P, really is a beautiful looking car still, has great lines,and the liveries always work so well on the car. Peugeot 9X8, dared to be different, radical looks, the lights really stood out and the liveries are always wild. Finally, the Cadillac V-Series.R, similar reasoning to the Aston in that they decided that what was really needed was a naturally aspirated monster of an engine, with a teeny tiny hybrid motor to get it moving, that noise from electric to combustion is one of the greatest single momentary sounds in the history of motorsport.
 
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After hearing most of these cars live at Le Mans this year I have to mention both the Cadillac and Valkyrie, both very distinct sounds and the only 2 I make out by sounds alone, both how race cars should sound.

Having said that I've gone with the Peugeot in the poll. Its such a nice looking car and it resembles the road car designs quite a bit which is nice to see, sounded pretty good on downshift too.

Also honerable mention to the Alpine's rear lights which are exactly the same as their logo. Loved that little touch.
 
For me it's pretty much an even tie between the Cadillac and the Valkyrie. Both cars have a presence, and especially a sound, that imo none of the other LMDhs or Hypercars have really come close to. The Cadillac's bump start is genuinely one of my favorite sequence of noises in motorsports.



Of course, nothing really needs to be said about the V12 howl from the Valkyrie. I've had the privilege of seeing that car run live twice, first at it's debut at Sebring last year, and at this year's Rolex 24, and it was intoxicating. It also gets a good number of points for being the only current prototype that's somewhat derived from an actual road car. I'm really hoping that the Evo upgrades that are being worked on help bring the Valkyrie to the top half of the grid more consistently.
 
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After hearing most of these cars live at Le Mans this year I have to mention both the Cadillac and Valkyrie, both very distinct sounds and the only 2 I make out by sounds alone, both how race cars should sound.

Having said that I've gone with the Peugeot in the poll. Its such a nice looking car and it resembles the road car designs quite a bit which is nice to see, sounded pretty good on downshift too.

Also honerable mention to the Alpine's rear lights which are exactly the same as their logo. Loved that little touch.
You can pick multiple in the poll if you wish :)
 
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