Moment £190,000 McLaren plug-in electrified sports car bursts into flames on TEST DRIVE a mile away from motor dealership

This is the moment a £190,000 McLaren plug-in hybrid sports car burst into flames during a test drive.

The McLaren Artura – the supercar manufacturer’s first electrified car – was engulfed while being taken out for a spin just a mile from the motor dealership.

Images show the scorched wreckage of the plug-in hybrid, which was recalled in the US this year over a fire risk.

Fire crews attended Pontefract Road in Stourton, Leeds, just before 2.30pm yesterday.

It is understood that the 23-plate car was on a test run with a customer and a showroom worker when it suddenly caught alight. Both passengers escaped unharmed.

£190k McLaren plug-in hybrid sports car on fire during test drive

The motor – which can race to 60mph in just 2.6 seconds and on to a top speed of 205mph – was around a mile away from the McLaren Leeds dealership.

A spokesman from West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said: ‘We received a call from the driver regarding a hybrid McLaren which went up in flames during its demo drive in Leeds, on the roundabout near the M1 at junction 44.

‘We sent crews from Hunslet, which arrived on the scene at 2.35pm. We also sent a Hazardous Material Officer to dispose of the electrical battery. The fire was put out at 3.02pm with no report of injury.’