Only 149 people in the world can say they own a McLaren Elva—and Alex Gonzalez from Florida is making sure you know he’s one of them.
According to the official McLaren website, the $2 million hypercar, part of McLaren’s Ultimate Series alongside legends like the P1 and Senna, isn’t exactly built for subtlety. With no roof, no windshield, and an 802-horsepower twin-turbo V8, it’s already one of the wildest cars on the road.
But Gonzalez, a day trader, decided to take things even further: he had his Elva wrapped in bubblegum pink and then filmed himself sliding it sideways on his Instagram Stories, which he then followed up with a post.
The McLaren Elva isn’t just a showpiece—it’s an homage to Bruce McLaren’s 1960s open-top racers, designed for pure driving thrill. With its lightweight carbon fiber body, Active Air Management System (AAMS) that pushes wind over the cabin, and a 0–60 mph time of 2.8 seconds, it’s a car that screams performance. But even by McLaren standards, seeing one drift is next level.
In Gonzalez’s clip, the roofless barchetta leans into a drift, tires screeching as pink carbon fiber blurs against the road. The car looks more like a Hot Wheels fantasy than a real-life machine, yet the video proves it’s genuine—and very expensive to risk like that.
The internet, predictably, went off. Fans filled Gonzalez’s comments with disbelief and fire emojis. “Bro won’t stop flexing on us,” one user joked. Another wrote, “I’ll say it again, I love this new generation of millionaires.” Others compared it to owners too nervous to drink coffee in their Lamborghinis while Gonzalez was out shredding tires in an Elva worth more than most mansions.
Gonzalez has since limited comments on the post.
For comparison, a bright pink McLaren 570s once sat untouched outside a London hotel for years, slowly gathering dust. Gonzalez’s Elva is the opposite—alive, loud, and pushed right to the edge.