RE: McLaren P1: Driven

[zeppelin101]

UltimaCH said:

I loved reading the article. Now, I wonder if the P1 did indeed beat the 918's time at the Ring, and I have a feeling that McLaren don't want to talk about it.

With reviews with a similar feel to this popping up everywhere, it's not like they need to extol it's dynamic virtues any further is it? All of them are sold, every review seems to state how it has recalibrated "fast". What does an irrelevant statistic around a piece of tarmac in Germany matter?

[Andy N]

Monty Python said:

I think he says it in the last sentence :"Nothing else comes close."

I was hoping for something a little more scientific and considered than hyperbole

[E65Ross]

UltimaCH said:

I loved reading the article. Now, I wonder if the P1 did indeed beat the 918's time at the Ring, and I have a feeling that McLaren don't want to talk about it.

Of course it did. Steve Sutcliffe said the P1 is much faster, everywhere, than the 918.

[AyBee]

Epic article, very well written, the car sounds amazing, just sad I'll never get to drive one If I could go out to the garage and find a P1 and a Zonda, I'd die a happy man

[vescaegg]

I would without a hint of embarrassment for being so obscene, buy one of these without a seconds thought if I had the money. £800k seems like a bargain

[ukzz4iroc]

Wow. Proud of this. Great article, nice to hear the emotion trickle through to us!

[Bonefish Blues]

vescaegg said:

I would without a hint of embarrassment for being so obscene, buy one of these without a seconds thought if I had the money. £800k seems like a bargain

Methinks you'd have to stump up a little more than that now for a s/h one, given they've all been sold.

[MikeT66]

Speed_Demon said:

Wow cant wait to watch.

Same here. Breath-taking and other-wordly - just like a super (hyper? - though I hate that term) car should be. Does anyone know if the esteemed Mr. Harris has driven the Veyron? Given that it's the 'benchmark' of supercars, I'd love to know how the P1 compares. A great and informative bit of writing for those of us who will never, sadly, get the chance to drive one of these machines.

[The Don of Croy]

I'd still be worried that a mapped 335 would surpass it...especially if they have the seats down.

Oh, and well done McClaren. Very well done.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Chris that was a brilliant write up, so much more emotive and informative than just POWWWAHHHHHHH SLIIIDEEEEEE

Top stuff

No wonder Ron looked smug at the unveiling he really has pulled it off

[Dave Hedgehog]

MikeT66 said:

Speed_Demon said:

Wow cant wait to watch.

Same here. Breath-taking and other-wordly - just like a super (hyper? - though I hate that term) car should be. Does anyone know if the esteemed Mr. Harris has driven the Veyron? Given that it's the 'benchmark' of supercars, I'd love to know how the P1 compares. A great and informative bit of writing for those of us who will never, sadly, get the chance to drive one of these machines.

yep hes driven a vayron flat out and a super sport with lord metcalf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddBrgMHrg7E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFnM9_BPt_8



more importantly he has driven the 918 recently

[vescaegg]

MikeT66 said:

Speed_Demon said:

Wow cant wait to watch.

Same here. Breath-taking and other-wordly - just like a super (hyper? - though I hate that term) car should be. Does anyone know if the esteemed Mr. Harris has driven the Veyron? Given that it's the 'benchmark' of supercars, I'd love to know how the P1 compares. A great and informative bit of writing for those of us who will never, sadly, get the chance to drive one of these machines.

There are several vids of him driving the veyron.

Do you have a spare £1,825.00?

http://www.supercardrivedays.co.uk/bugatti-veyron-...

[dukebox9reg]

So wheres the berk from the 918 article that kept banging on about how the 918 was faster etc etc when he drove it compare to the P1 he had supposedly driven as well. Notice he's not so quick to pop up now.

Great write up as well.

[Vee12V]

I'd still have an F1. Although this is a relative bargain compared to the original.

[jc123]

marcgti6 said:

Great review. Told me more about the car than a 15 minute piece on Top Gear ever could!

Indeed, great read. Lets have a nice long video to go with it

[philmots]

This is so desirable it almost hurts..

Makes a Veyron look a blunt instrument.

Certainly where my euro millions would go.

[clonmult]

zeppelin101 said:

UltimaCH said:

I loved reading the article. Now, I wonder if the P1 did indeed beat the 918's time at the Ring, and I have a feeling that McLaren don't want to talk about it.

With reviews with a similar feel to this popping up everywhere, it's not like they need to extol it's dynamic virtues any further is it? All of them are sold, every review seems to state how it has recalibrated "fast". What does an irrelevant statistic around a piece of tarmac in Germany matter?

I guess that for some its nice to have "hard numbers" to demonstrate superiority of one poster car vs another.

In this case, the rumours are that the P1 set a 6:47 vs the Porsches 6:57.

[GT2CS]

A relative bargain at £860k v Bugatti Supersport
P1 0-200 = 6.8s Bug SS = 6.7s
P1 0-300 = 16.7s Bug SS = 14.6s
But as always, outright performance figures only tell a partial story.
Roll on the Top Gear lap times of the 918 v P1.
what do we reckon 1min 10sec approx?

[Skater12]

Mine arrives next month.

Harris, you can borrow it any time.

[Dave Hedgehog]

GT2CS said:

A relative bargain at £860k v Bugatti Supersport
P1 0-200 = 6.8s Bug SS = 6.7s
P1 0-300 = 16.7s Bug SS = 14.6s
But as always, outright performance figures only tell a partial story.
Roll on the Top Gear lap times of the 918 v P1.
what do we reckon 1min 10sec approx?

the vayron is a decade+ older tech, it also had a different design brief, ie a 250mph+ car that your grandma could drive safely, it was an astonishing achievement, but tech has moved on hugely in the last 10 years

im going to say a sub 1.10 lap