Being a professional starting pitcher in Major League Baseball is one of the best jobs in sports, and one of the benefits of earning a pitcher’s salary is that you have a considerable expendable income to stock your garage with dream cars. Former MLB pitcher C.J. Wilson, a two-time All-Star who last pitched for the Angels in 2015, is a car fanatic who launched his own sportscar racing team in 2010. In 2014, he added one of the coolest hypercars on the planet to his collection: A McLaren P1.
The McLaren P1, a successor to the legendary McLaren F1, debuted in 2012, and only 375 cars were produced. Jay Leno received the first P1 delivered to the United States. The hybrid car features a 3.8 L twin-turbocharged engine along with a electric motor that produces a combined 903 horsepower. According to McLaren, the P1 has a top speed of 217 miles per hour, and can go from 0 to 100 kmh (62 mph) in 2.8 seconds. The P1 reportedly cost $1,150,000 to order.
Wilson picked up his McLaren in Texas in 2014, and immediately took it on a roadtrip home to California, stopping at the Grand Canyon along the way. He picked a stunning color, officially called Cerberus Pearl, which he calls “blurple.”
Via Jalopnik:
“In broad daylight, it has reflections of orange and red while at night it mainly reflects blue and purple. You have to see it in person or on video to truly appreciate the shift, but each hue has gorgeous tones and with the curves of the car it really does look like the futuristic spaceship from my childhood memories.”
