McLaren estate WTF

[anonymous-user]

Decky_Q said:

A 2 seater is hardly an estate either is it. Surely its just a sportscar with a boot?

A Shooting-brake you mean!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting-brake

[J4CKO]

Made up or not, whoever did the PS work it looks epic, sort of Mclaren meets Scirroco even thought the Scirroco is a bit of a woofer.

[MarkRSi]

Nice Scirocco

[sherbert90]

The 'artists impression' is the bd 3 way child of an MP4-12c, FF and a Scirocco. What a piece of st publication Auto Express is.

[Eighteeteewhy]

MarkRSi said:

Nice Scirocco

[JonnyFive]

Really like it from the front 3/4 view.. Rear is gash though.

[Blown2CV]

OK so the question is not what the pics look like! The question now is whether McLaren are even planning this or whether it is just made-up april-fool fodder. The pics look st anyway.

[Powerrr]

VR6 Turbo said:

it looks nice.

VR

You like this?



You are weird.

[Vocal Minority]

I love breadvan styling. I am the only one who wishes the 1M was based on the standard 1 Series not the coupe.

Though the back looks like they photoshopped a Volvo C30.

Probably did...

[andyps]

grayze said:

Hmmm 18 days to late.

- my first thought

ajprice said:

The FF is estate shaped to give more space because the engine is in the front. The McLaren is mid engined, are they going to put a parcel shelf on top of the engine and call it a boot?

- and my second. With an engine in there you aren't going to get much precticality, and it would take a big change to put in extra seats.

The FF can work, if you want something like that, but a mid-engined estate seems a no-go for me.

[ajprice]

They might get a boot in there if they make the engine smaller

[andyps]

ajprice said:

They might get a boot in there if they make the engine smaller

I would love a smart roadster but the lack of space in the "boot" is the main reason there isn't one outside my house. Money would be the reason there wouldn't be a McLaren estate outside unfortunately!

[sherbert90]

Vocal Minority said:

I am the only one who wishes the 1M was based on the standard 1 Series not the coupe.

Apt username

[Stu R]

Auto Express = file in the bullsh*t pile before you've finished reading the title and working out what bits of what cars they've hashed together badly in PS for their 'exclusive pictures'.

[Cotty]

Blown2CV said:

After hating the Ferrari FF,

I quite like the FF

[veevee]

Blown2CV said:

OK so the question is not what the pics look like! The question now is whether McLaren are even planning this or whether it is just made-up april-fool fodder. The pics look st anyway.

Why would they be planning this? Surely a GT would be more likely, what is this 'thing' meant to do better than the MP4?

[Blown2CV]

well they are planning a successor to the F1, aren't they? Clearly that is something to get excited about. Unless it is more bullst

[Captain Muppet]

veevee said:

Why would they be planning this? Surely a GT would be more likely, what is this 'thing' meant to do better than the MP4?

This would keep your pizzas warm on the way back from the takeaway way better than a standard MP4.

[stephen300o]

andyps said:

ajprice said:

They might get a boot in there if they make the engine smaller

I would love a smart roadster but the lack of space in the "boot" is the main reason there isn't one outside my house. Money would be the reason there wouldn't be a McLaren estate outside unfortunately!

They have one in the front too, quite a lot of room really.(I had one without the hatchback).

[matt3001]

I thought they were busy designing a £70k 911 rival?!