Wednesday 1st April 2015

McLaren 666S announced

Pared-back McLaren to offer 'devilish pace' according to loose-tongued insider

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Was the protracted build-up to this week's launch of the McLaren 570S just a smokescreen for a more exciting car? An insider who said he'd be 'cast into the fires of hell' if we said anything (sorry, publish and be damned...) has let slip details of a new open top speedster-style track car putting a minimalist twist on McLaren's existing Monocell chassis. A slightly detuned version of the 670LT motor putting out 666hp has apparently been paired with some distinctive looking aero, including a triangular extension to the tail and appendages nicknamed 'horns' up front.

A modern twist on the M1, with horns on?

Developed under the codename Project Beelzebub, in a provocative move the 666S will only be offered in bright red and no roof or other weather protection will be available. On the plus side the seat heaters are said to be 'like hot coals' and straight-through exhausts promise flames and noise like a thousand tormented souls.

If we have to sell our own souls to find out more we'll do exactly that - watch this space!

 

 

M1 photo: LAT Photo

[ST150HB]

Was expecting better PH!

[OutOfSync]

I am embarrassed by how long I continued reading credulously.

[TWPC]

Will it be available to all or only customers named Faustus?

[dxbtiger]

Weak

[Mellow Yellow]

Not up to the standard of previous years I'm afraid.

[stevesingo]

Release date 1st April 2016

[unsprung]

OutOfSync said:

I am embarrassed by how long I continued reading credulously.

+1

[anonymous-user]

Yeah, I too read waaaaaay too long before the penny dropped.

In my defence I'm only on my first caffeine hit of the day, so still a bit woozy.

[djdest]

I'm yet to see any convincing pranks this year

[andrewparker]

2/10

[MrBarry123]

Can you order it with seats covered in moss and framed in oak?

[flingstam]

The 670LT already has 666bhp, so I don't see how this is a different engine. Just an imperial definition of the latest one.

I'm no April Fuel...

[Chris-R]

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/general-pistonhead...

(Unfortunately, my best work at PH...)

[Roma101]

Well done for having a go, but come on! A decent AF joke has to leave the reader unsure as to whether it is true or not. This was way too obvious.

[M@1975]

I was expecting better, I was hoping for "Dacia announce F1 team for 2016 and promise to deliver Ferrari rivalling performance for half the price of other teams."

[The Hypno-Toad]

Very poor.

Sorry to say but the Ferrari LMP1 concept on Motorsport Retros facebook page was better.

If Bernie sees it, he'll need the nurse if he doesn't check his calendar.

[Faust66]

TWPC said:

Will it be available to all or only customers named Faustus?

I'll be demanding a substantial discount...

[Escort Si-130]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

stevesingo said:

Release date 1st April 2016

[Slurms]

You could at least have badly photoshopped a press image to go with it.

Very lazy, seems much like the rest of the content the april fools jokes are also going downhill.

[Macboy]

I think the reason it isn't a particularly amusing April-Fool is that with the proliferation of limited series and new models from McLaren in the past two years, the random way they drop into the market and the engineering led "because we can" approach they seem to adopt, this seems quite credible.