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TISPKJ

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3,648 posts

206 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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Thanks to mark0006
http://www.dpccars.com/gallery/index.php/McLaren-5...

So seems like a slightly softer more useable car, possibly with cr@p wheel design, so will have to tick the superleightweight wheel option.

As they all use the same engine, what's to stop me buying one of these and having the 12c engine map ?

mb1

579 posts

255 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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TISPKJ said:
As they all use the same engine, what's to stop me buying one of these and having the 12c engine map ?
All the engine internal parts melting may be.....

70proof

6,045 posts

154 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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mb1 said:
All the engine internal parts melting may be.....
thought about this long and hard as a lot of manufacturers now have one engine with multiple c02 and bhp outputs....

if the first engine out is the best, cannot see any R&D or manufacturing savings from then designing an engine with inferior parts to 'tone it down'.... far easier just to map it down....

if the more powerful engine has come later, fair enough.... better parts likely to have been used....

and any turbo engine can be tuned.....

TISPKJ

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3,648 posts

206 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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I think so, and leave it open for a more powerful LT or limited edition model.

TISPKJ

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3,648 posts

206 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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TISPKJ said:
So seems like a slightly softer more useable car, possibly with cr@p wheel design, so will have to tick the superleightweight wheel option.
sorry, have just seen that the link had pictures, nothing wrong with those wheels and car looks fantastic in red.

mb1

579 posts

255 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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You can manufacture the same parts from different alloys. Cheaper but will not sustain the same strains.
Also, cooling is different on all McLaren cars. The 650S has enlarged side vents that allows it to have the 25bhp+ compared to 12C. 675 has again enlarged side vents compared to 650.

I am sure the cooling requirements of the 540/570 are engineered to cope with the amount of bhp and heat dissipation associated.

I am sure you can get a few bhp back with remap (at the expense of smoothness or some other compromise) but you might not be able to get from 570 from 616 just on remap. It would be too easy (and I would ask for 675 in my 12C)

Streetrod

6,468 posts

205 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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I am sure Chris Goodwin said that the 570S engine had 30% of its engine parts different too the 650S

Axel987

274 posts

108 months

Thursday 23rd April 2015
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it doesnt make sense, far easier to just map it down. why have 30% changed just for a bit less effect?

Russell996

494 posts

128 months

Thursday 23rd April 2015
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Axel987 said:
it doesnt make sense, far easier to just map it down. why have 30% changed just for a bit less effect?
So they don't upset 12c/650s customers any more than they already have.

On paper:
Same 3.8 TT engine
Same Carbon Tub
Same overall size
Same number of seats
Same engine placement
Same dihedral doors
Same power (with remap)
NOT the same price

Does anyone else reuse the same design for 3 cars with such drastically different market segments/price points - 540/570 look to be the pick of the McLaren bunch and the best design yet.

johnnyreggae

2,930 posts

159 months

Thursday 23rd April 2015
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Russell996 said:
Does anyone else reuse the same design for 3 cars with such drastically different market segments/price points
VW Group do this often eg VW/Audi/Porsche 4x4s or Phaeton/Continental or R8/Gallardo

Russell996

494 posts

128 months

Thursday 23rd April 2015
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johnnyreggae said:
VW Group do this often eg VW/Audi/Porsche 4x4s or Phaeton/Continental or R8/Gallardo
Much less blatantly, wearing different badges, with different design priorities, built in different factories in different countries and appealing to different buyers by significant brand differentiation. Yes they share platforms, engines and market segments but not within a brand and not to the same extent.


Axel987

274 posts

108 months

Thursday 23rd April 2015
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Russell996 said:
So they don't upset 12c/650s customers any more than they already have.

On paper:
Same 3.8 TT engine
Same Carbon Tub
Same overall size
Same number of seats
Same engine placement
Same dihedral doors
Same power (with remap)
NOT the same price

Does anyone else reuse the same design for 3 cars with such drastically different market segments/price points - 540/570 look to be the pick of the McLaren bunch and the best design yet.
Id be pretty pissed off if I was a 650 owner tbh. Its blatantly the same car with a few of the gizmos picked off. Same 3.8 twin turbo, same carbon tub - half the price.
I understand what they are trying to do, but using the same engine and same tub etc in all models is not a good way of creating space between the models.

Aside from looking better and being a newer model, Im quite sure it will actually be better than the 650 in quite a few areas also being a brand new model..

540 for me please, in poverty spec! 0-124 in a bit over 10 seconds, possibly under 9 with a remap? Yeah that`ll do - ill keep the 100 grand pocket change.

Edited by Axel987 on Thursday 23 April 20:46

mb1

579 posts

255 months

Thursday 23rd April 2015
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Here we go again........

It is not rocket science but people still don't get it......

A sapphire glass watch cost a lot more than a standard glass watch but they look the same to uneducated customer....

If one cannot see or don't understand the difference, then yes they should buy the cheaper, lesser model, but please stop criticising the reasons why others buy the more expensive models.
Those rightly understand the difference and can afford to pay for the improvements.

judge

kryten22uk

2,344 posts

230 months

Thursday 23rd April 2015
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I think its stunning in every angle. Might have to push the boat out for this. Whats the story in terms of when pricing (of options etc) will come out? I take it that McLaren don't put the full pricing on their website 'configure' engine?

How long would you be looking at for delivery with an order now?

Axel987

274 posts

108 months

Thursday 23rd April 2015
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and would the kind sir be so kind as to tell us what the Sapphire parts on the 650 is compared to these "vastly inferior" models.
That would be the same engine and tub then, slightly detuned.

650S is looking like a massive Shirt-Loser to me, the 570 and 540C design is a huge improvement - 650S is a mess. can see it be perhaps 20 grand over a similar 570C and 30 grand over a 540C in a coupla years...

giggsy

128 posts

206 months

Thursday 23rd April 2015
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The price and option list came out today...

kryten22uk

2,344 posts

230 months

Thursday 23rd April 2015
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giggsy said:
The price and option list came out today...
Anyone got a weblink? (or a pm...)
Ta

giggsy

128 posts

206 months

Thursday 23rd April 2015
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Got an email from McL London with price list and options..
£126k for 540C with options list much cheaper than 12c/650S..

Axel987

274 posts

108 months

Thursday 23rd April 2015
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0-124 in 10.5 stock. probably sub-9 with a remap. How much faster do you wanna go?

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 23rd April 2015
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giggsy said:
Got an email from McL London with price list and options..
£126k for 540C with options list much cheaper than 12c/650S..
Are you able to share that giggsy? No problem if you can't, I'll contact dealer directly