RE: McLaren reveals P1 interior

[possibletowel]

looks a bit too similar to the 12C for my liking, still that's not a necessarily bad thing

[another 3 points]

Some say cool. I say cold.

[RSoovy4]

It's really going to be epic, this car.

[Actus Reus]

Looks a bit like the HUD from 'Elite' on my Spectrum +2. What's wrong with a couple of dials - they can't weigh that much, surely?

[goron59]

tony993 said:

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McLaren also ensure plenty of reach in their steering wheel adjustment. Every other car I sit in has the wheel too close to the pedals, even at max adjustment (ie they're all designed for short people).
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I'm with you on that and I'm only 186cm - v frustrating

[SpeckledJim]

Article said:

"They’ve done this by modelling past McLaren world champions’ grips on a CAD system, and scanning them to produce an exact replica, coming up with the optimum wheel. Gosh."

They're taking the piss. Or at least, I hope they are. The other option is that they've disappeared completely up their own orifice.

[XTR2Turbo]

Monty Zoomer said:

Article said:

the seats, which are encased in super-thin carbon fibre shells and which weight just 10.5kg each

weigh

Given a carbon Tillett B1 comes in at under 3kgs a seat that sounds quite heavy. Do they really need all the padding?

David

[Captain Muppet]

NGK210 said:

The epitome of elegance and simplicity/less-is-more - lovely

But... bare carbonfibre is fine for looks and weight-saving - and *cough* build-cost-saving - but won't it also be a 'mare for fingerprints?

(OCD, moi?)

Edited by NGK210 on Tuesday 12th February 16:44

Matte carbon is as wipe-cleanable as shiny carbon, or indeed any other non-porus inert surface. Very handy for the OCD/perverts.

Frik said:

Captain Muppet said:

Cheaper too.

Does it make a different sound when you tap it though? A cheaper sound?

It actually sounds more expensive as it absorbs more ambient noise and reduces echos. They've pretty much hit the nail on the head with a cost saving that increases "quality" without affecting quality.

If they could make it taste of success and give off a slight obour of being-slightly-taller-than-all-the-other-people-in-the-room it would be the very acme of interior finishes.

[DeltaEvo2]

Yawn...

[mikeg15]

Krise said:

I get the functionality, plain simple and focused, but to me it doesn't look special enough for hyper car

I'm sure this will be an epic driving experience as usual for a McLaren, but I feel that Lamborghini ( and NOT the appalling Pagani Huarya ) do it better. The best though has to be the SSC Tuatara for visual drama.

[soad]

RSoovy4 said:

It's really going to be epic, this car.

[smash]

Excellent use of Samsung Galaxy Note 2 in that instrument binnacle. "McLaren P1 - powered by Android..."

[maffski]

Frik said:

Captain Muppet said:

Cheaper too.

Does it make a different sound when you tap it though? A cheaper sound?

Apparently VW are working on soft touch carbon fibre

[redroadster]

Thats what i have been waiting to see, putting my order in now.

[dandare]

Captain Muppet said:

dugsud said:

Love the matt carbon......so much nicer than gloss!

Cheaper too.

But nicer.

[itz_baseline]

Oddball RS said:

Looks like a Volvo interior to me :-))))

This was my first thoughts as well. Volvo S60 had the same floating centre piece.

[MitchT]

Greg 172 said:

Aren't F1 drivers typically on the diminutive side?

Indeed. Like me. It will be nice knowing that I could fit comfortably in a McLaren P1, even if I'll never have the chance to

[Streetrod]

mikeg15 said:

Krise said:

I get the functionality, plain simple and focused, but to me it doesn't look special enough for hyper car

I'm sure this will be an epic driving experience as usual for a McLaren, but I feel that Lamborghini ( and NOT the appalling Pagani Huarya ) do it better. The best though has to be the SSC Tuatara for visual drama.

Pity the Tuatara seems to have disappeared off the face of the planet then....

[rajkohli81]

that LCD display looks seriously underthought and naff, like a they nicked it of a Nintendo from the 80s.. apart from that.. it's ok

[Conor D]

Glass roof?