The designer of the McLaren P1 has reimagined it into this glorious P1 EVO

In recent years, former Jag and Aston Martin designer Ian Callum has been diving into his back catalogue and reimagining the cars he first penned decades earlier. Must be seriously satisfying to finally create the car you had always imagined before the bean counters got involved.

And now ex-BMW, Ford, Fiat and Ferrari designer Frank Stephenson is getting in on the act too. He’s going big with his first redesign too, teaming up with YouTuber Freddy ‘Tavarish’ Hernandez to create a McLaren P1 EVO. Oh yes.

Stephenson joined McLaren Automotive as Design Director in 2008 and penned the stunning P1 hybrid hypercar, but his new-look EVO adds a giant shark fin, a new roof scoop, new doors and a fresh front end with a slim new spine that runs from the splitter right up through to the vent on the bonnet.

Should be pretty incredible in that tinted burgundy carbon too, especially with those excellent aerodiscs on the wheels.

Tavarish is rebuilding the P1 after it was flooded in Florida during Hurricane Ian back in 2022, and Stephenson is using the project to relaunch Frank Stephenson Design into the automotive world after a period of working in different design sectors.

Stephenson, who also penned the production version of the 2007 Fiat 500 and the modern Mini, will now be working on “bespoke commissions, limited-production vehicles and full-service OEM support”.

“From one-off builds to low-volume runs, the studio is now fully open for business in the automotive space,” reads the press release. Will be tough to top this P1 though, won’t it?