RE: McLaren 600LT revealed

[Lazadude]

Whats a front slitter?

Not that I could ever afford one, but would an owner care about an extra 1kg of bragging rights over the usability of a door pocket? As I doubt many of these will see the track.

[InductionRoar]

"...peaked your interest..."

[Ahonen]

Does anyone have any pictures of the Long Tail version of this car? None of the images in the story show any cars with long tails.

In case anyone from McLaren's marketing department is reading:

Long tail:



Not long tail:

[aazer89]

Ahonen said:

Does anyone have any pictures of the Long Tail version of this car? None of the images in the story show any cars with long tails.

There is a slight differnce in length. I mean not much ....



But it is there.... ish lol. not the best of pictures as both are different resolutions

[BVB]

McLaren is becoming Aston since the DB7 of the mid 90's. Releasing the same car over and over again. This is still in essence the MP4-12C.

[E65Ross]

BVB said:

McLaren is becoming Aston since the DB7 of the mid 90's. Releasing the same car over and over again. This is still in essence the MP4-12C.

And you're posting something incredibly ignorant which we see over and over again.

I guess this is a 12C if you don't include the bodywork, suspension, interior, brakes, wheels, carbon tub.....the engine is also rather different (internals are basically totally changed by now).

[WCZ]

ah so the car is actually 87kg lighter because zero people (unfortunately) will spec one without air conditioning - like on the m3 csl and 911 t etc

[bertie]

BVB said:

......... This is still in essence the MP4-12C.

It's really not.

[Ahonen]

aazer89 said:

Ahonen said:

Does anyone have any pictures of the Long Tail version of this car? None of the images in the story show any cars with long tails.

There is a slight differnce in length. I mean not much ....



But it is there.... ish lol. not the best of pictures as both are different resolutions

Ah yes, there it is. Silly me.

[aazer89]

Ahonen said:

Ah yes, there it is. Silly me.

Not great though.... specially with the direct comparison to the F1 pics you posted, really shows it up

[SturdyHSV]

InductionRoar said:

"...peaked your interest..."

This

[Mark-C]

SturdyHSV said:

InductionRoar said:

"...peaked your interest..."

This

I’d add in the phrase “dynamic debut” that is all over the bloody site now (along with the spelling mistakes) ...

But then, given McLaren have used “LT” for a car that clearly doesn’t have a long tail I guess it’s all just part of the same old marketing bks that is the modern car industry

[UmpaLoompa]

Loved the top exit exhaust on the Porsche 918 and also love these, they look so purposeful.

Can't wait to see it on the road!

[anonymous-user]

BVB said:

McLaren is becoming Aston since the DB7 of the mid 90's. Releasing the same car over and over again. This is still in essence the MP4-12C.

What do you base that on ?

[anonymous-user]

Ahonen said:

Does anyone have any pictures of the Long Tail version of this car? None of the images in the story show any cars with long tails.

In case anyone from McLaren's marketing department is reading:

Long tail:



Not long tail:

You won’t be buying one then because it’s not quite long enough for you ?

[suffolk009]

Brooking10 said:

BVB said:

McLaren is becoming Aston since the DB7 of the mid 90's. Releasing the same car over and over again. This is still in essence the MP4-12C.

What do you base that on ?

I expect he read it on the internet, somewhere.

[Ahonen]

Brooking10 said:

You won’t be buying one then because it’s not quite long enough for you ?

Correct. That and the money, obviously. Actually I could probably stretch to the monthly payments, but there'd be fewer holidays and a probable reassessment of our supermarket choice.

I'll stick with my old 911, which sounds much nicer. And is probably rather more reliable on track.

[E65Ross]

Ahonen said:

Brooking10 said:

You won’t be buying one then because it’s not quite long enough for you ?

Correct. That and the money, obviously. Actually I could probably stretch to the monthly payments, but there'd be fewer holidays and a probable reassessment of our supermarket choice.

I'll stick with my old 911, which sounds much nicer. And is probably rather more reliable on track.

From that comment, it sounds that if you did like the noise and you could afford it, you wouldn't buy it simply because it wasn't long enough. How bizarre.

Engine noise is a very important factor, of course. Many people prefer how a car drives over the engine note, if there's a choice (eg 1 car sounds nicer but doesn't drive as well vs another which sounds a little less exciting but drives better).

[rtz62]

[quote=Lazadude]Whats a front slitter?

“..it's now delivering 100kg of the stuff thanks to that new front slitter...”
I too wondered about this but I’m sure it’s McLaren speak for some Pedestrian Non-Interference System (or P.E.N.I.S) collision mitigation...
Anyhoo, if my numbers had come up last night I’d have been off to McL like a shot and paid for the Stealer principle and his wife to go on a round-the-World cruise just to secure a build slot (not that I’m suggesting McLaren would ever indulge in such shenanigans....)

[theRossatron]

Ahonen said:

Correct. That and the money, obviously. Actually I could probably stretch to the monthly payments, but there'd be fewer holidays and a probable reassessment of our supermarket choice.

I'll stick with my old 911, which sounds much nicer. And is probably rather more reliable on track.

I don't think you need to take it so literally. I'd say its more about the idealogy or concept than getting your measuring tape out. The 570s Spider doesn't have 8 legs either.