Ferrari S.p.A has found a new partner for their Malaysian operations in Ital Auto Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., which have been appointed as the supercar maker's authorised importer in our country. Ital Auto Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. is a subsidiary of Singapore-based Ital Auto Pte. Ltd, which also holds the same role in the island nation and in turn an affiliate of Komoco Holdings Pte. Ltd, a Shanghai-based regional automotive group that also dabbles in the fields of luxury retail, property, and food business.

Fuel economy runs aren’t something you would expect from a supercar but the McLaren Artura holds the title of “the most fuel-efficient McLaren ever produced” with a claimed 50+ mpg (4.7 L/100 km) mileage based on combined EU WLTP ratings. That makes it better than the Proton Saga which we recorded an average of 6.7 L/100 km! Granted, those figures are still pending final validation at least according to the press docket but the figures that we can certainly not dispute would be its performance.

Built from the ground up, the all-new 2021 McLaren Artura replaces the McLaren 570S. It represents many of the company’s firsts, of which we’ll get into in a moment. McLaren calls it a High-Performance Hybrid (HPH) supercar and unlike the McLaren P1, the Artura’s production number isn’t capped. The McLaren Artura is the first to sit on the new platform named McLaren Carbon Lightweight Architecture (MCLA), which is optimized for HPH powertrains and is built in-house. The body features a combinati