One of the biggest draws of the London Concours is the impressive collection of hyper and supercars they are able to bring together in their Hypercar concours class.
Looking through my little portfolio of the cars it’s really difficult to know where to begin. I suppose we can start with the earliest and work our way forwards in time.
We’ll start then, in the late 1980s – early 1990s with the Ferrari F40.
Then we make a big jump forward to 2005 with Bugatti’s Veyron. This was a beautifully specified example of brown over gold. Very “old money”!
Lamborghini’s Reventon is next. This fighter jet inspired car was unveiled at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show.
It’s hard to believe that Koenigsegg’s Agera platform came out in 2010. This particular car is a 2011. They’re still a very modern car in my head! They’re also the best looking Koenigsegg in my opinion.
Note the parking ticket on the windscreen haha! You might spot a few on the cars below. There’s a highstreet just outside the gates of the venue and every year the traffic wardens have a field day there.
2013 was the year of the Holy Trinity of hybrid hypercars – Ferrari’s LaFerrari, McLaren’s P1 and Porsche’s 918.
The 918 and P1 were both represented. Both in beautiful specs. As a historic motorsport fan I love the Martini throwback livery on the 918, and the silver wheels against the purple really suit the P1.
Jumping forward to 2019 now with Lamborghini’s Sian. The Sian was the first hybrid to be made by Lamborghini.
This was another beautifully specified car in the blue with the bronze coloured wheels and silver faces.
Ferrari’s Monza SP2.
The Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA) T50. This is a celebration of Gordon Murray’s career. It features the three seat configuration (with the central driving position and butterfly doors from the McLaren F1, and the fan from the Brabham BT46B Formula 1 car.
The fan would pull air into the car from behind it to pull the back of the car into the floor. It was only allowed to compete in one race but captured the hearts and minds of racing enthusiasts worldwide.
The Koenigsegg Jesko – named in honour of Christian Von Koenigsegg’s father Jesko.
There were three variations of this car made – the Attack, the Absolut and Sadair’s Spear.
The car pictured below is an Attack; which is the high downforce, track day handling variant – as noted by the huge rear wing.
The Absolut is the long tailed car built solely for top speed. Koenigsegg themselves claim the car will do 310mph but other estimates go up to 350mph.
Finally is Sadair’s Spear – named after the last horse Jesko Von Koenigsegg raced when he was a jockey. That is the really hardcore track variant. Only 30 of Sadair’s Spear were built.
Aston Martin’s Valhalla.
These were designed alongside Red Bull Racing to be a slightly more useable supercar than the flagship Valkyrie.
I would happily have either. Excluding the DBX which really doesn’t do it for me, Aston Martin have a phenomenal lineup of models at the moment.
Finally we have the Mercedes-AMG One.
The core concept behind these was to make a road legal car housing a Formula 1 hybrid drivetrain. For a number reasons it was a big headache for the team behind it, but we got there and AMG have made a fantastic car!
I hope you enjoyed this little look around the Hypercars at the 2026 London Concours. This class is always
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