Wednesday 17th August 2016

McLaren 570GT MSO for Pebble Beach

How to make the GT more GT? A louder exhaust with gold heat shields, of course!

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It's become tradition for McLaren to reveal something a bit fancy at Pebble Beach, with cars like the X-1 and that stunning P1 from 2014 a couple of recent highlights. This year is no different either, with a McLaren Special Operations 570 GT ready for the golf course.

Bring the noise!

Looks a lot like a regular 570 GT, doesn't it? No bad thing, but the key is in the details. So it's painted Elite Pearl White, with an MSO Piano Black exterior package and 'MSO Defined Full-Length Sill Panels in Gloss Carbon Fibre' too.

But there are more interesting things to discuss than that, both for people who will take a McLaren to their home golf course and the ones who will use it properly. So there's an electrochromic roof for the former group, the MSO GT featuring a touch sensitive interior headlining that can change the glass roof through five settings from almost transparent to a "rich, dark tint." Expect that on the regular 570 GT options list soon.

Best like saddle leather

For that latter group there's a titanium exhaust fitted on this car as well. Yep, the car that McLaren intentionally made quieter for a more relaxed experience, made louder again at first opportunity. It's 30 per cent lighter than standard and promises a "richer and more characterful tone". Note the heat shields too, finished in a gold titanium nitride tint - one that turns bluey-purple as it heats and cools.

Inside the MSO GT there's more carbon fibre, a 'By McLaren' luxury interior and the 12-speaker B&W stereo. For when the exhaust gets too much, presumably.

If you like the look of the GT, all of the additions seen here are due to become part of the MSO Defined portfolio soon. More to follow from Pebble Beach when it's available!

[buckline]

Jaw droppingly gorgeous, I'd have it in that exact spec.

[tyrrell]

570 sports series such a good looking design, blessed with a proper steering system to, none of that electrical nonsense

[Evilex]

The interesting bit is the electrochromic glass.
Roof, in this case, but how long before it becomes mass-market for ALL glass panels in all cars.
You could set it to a sensor-driven "auto" setting so it self-adjusted within legal limits according to ambient light levels.
Who wouldn't want a car that could black itself out when parked?
Or black out the rear half for sleeping passengers.
The applications are quite interesting.

Oh,
The McLaren is OK, too!

[vz-r_dave]

Glass roof aside its pointless. It's like BMW show casing one of their 'Individuals'.....

[Gandahar]

Mclaren make a value for money Victoria sponge cake and then add 19 layers of icing on the top.

So the rather good for money 540/570 series suddenly becomes what exactly? Tell me the total cost.

I'm guessing Pebble Beach is not between Margate and Ramsgate.

[Bencolem]

Disappointed - for one its not nearly 'special' enough (I.e. Different - unlike the MSO HS which I hope they are showing) and because I weirdly expected the load bay to be modified to accommodate golf clubs from reading the article!

[swisstoni]

Riveting.

[g4ry13]

Evilex said:

The interesting bit is the electrochromic glass.
Roof, in this case, but how long before it becomes mass-market for ALL glass panels in all cars.
You could set it to a sensor-driven "auto" setting so it self-adjusted within legal limits according to ambient light levels.
Who wouldn't want a car that could black itself out when parked?
Or black out the rear half for sleeping passengers.
The applications are quite interesting.

Oh,
The McLaren is OK, too!

The Maybach had something along those lines, they called it a 'electro-transparent panoramic glass roof'.

[justplain]

Really like the GT shape, and as someone posted over at Autocar it'd be awesome if you could get the 570s suspension and steering in the GT shape. Perhaps make it a no cost tick box option?...GT interior and fancy schmancy glass roof but with the "regular" 570s handling. That sounds good.

[Galsia]

All of these McLarens look the same to me...

[Matt UK]

swisstoni said:

Riveting.

Things have moved on, it's now more about composite materials technology.

<b' boom tish!>

Edited by Matt UK on Thursday 18th August 17:32

[swisstoni]

Galsia said:

All of these McLarens look the same to me...

Yes they do. I hope they move things along in future.

[g4ry13]

swisstoni said:

Galsia said:

All of these McLarens look the same to me...

Yes they do. I hope they move things along in future.

They really do. Although looking like a P1 for a fraction of the price isn't such a bad thing.