RE: McLaren 600LT revealed

[gofasterrosssco]

FFS, British manufacturer produces potentially world-class track / extreme variant of its currently mid-engine supercar, and half of PH moan that 'LT' doesn't equate to an unrealistically extended aero-body on a road car..

Can we get back to comparing this to the GT2 (interestingly, not an ACTUAL GT2 class race car) please..

[wst]

Thom said:

Have McLaren proclaimed that LT necessarily meant Long Tail since they made the 675LT ?
There are quite a few inspiring combinations to choose from
Little Tosser
Lousy Troll
Laid Tranny
Large Turd
Lazy tt
Lacklustre Twit
... or a more accurate Light (&) Tight ?

From here

[StottyGTR]

Brooking10 said:

StottyGTR said:

Of course they could, just people don't want to. Combined income of 80k p.a for 2 adults in their 30s with 2 children could pretty easily afford one providing they'd paid a mortgage for 10+ years and had equity. Bearing in mind when they've paid the car off after 8 years it'll still be worth 60k plus its not even a terrible move financially. But again, most people are interested and don't want to.

I am an advocate of consumer credit but that scenario you outline sounds absolutely mental.

Aye but it's certainly an affordable route into a brand new Supercar!

[p1stonhead]

StottyGTR said:

Brooking10 said:

StottyGTR said:

Of course they could, just people don't want to. Combined income of 80k p.a for 2 adults in their 30s with 2 children could pretty easily afford one providing they'd paid a mortgage for 10+ years and had equity. Bearing in mind when they've paid the car off after 8 years it'll still be worth 60k plus its not even a terrible move financially. But again, most people are interested and don't want to.

I am an advocate of consumer credit but that scenario you outline sounds absolutely mental.

Aye but it's certainly an affordable route into a brand new Supercar!

Its NOT. Someone doing that is either;

A. Able to buy outright anyway if they wanted because its not a lot to them.
B. Mental.

[epom]

I've a feeling this could be the sweet spot. The car isn't bad either

[StottyGTR]

p1stonhead said:

StottyGTR said:

Brooking10 said:

StottyGTR said:

Of course they could, just people don't want to. Combined income of 80k p.a for 2 adults in their 30s with 2 children could pretty easily afford one providing they'd paid a mortgage for 10+ years and had equity. Bearing in mind when they've paid the car off after 8 years it'll still be worth 60k plus its not even a terrible move financially. But again, most people are interested and don't want to.

I am an advocate of consumer credit but that scenario you outline sounds absolutely mental.

Aye but it's certainly an affordable route into a brand new Supercar!

Its NOT. Someone doing that is either;

A. Able to buy outright anyway if they wanted because its not a lot to them.
B. Mental.

The alternative is not having a Mclaren. If you really want a Mclaren, you can have one. The option is there! I wouldn't call someone mental for buying one in the above scenario.

[p1stonhead]

StottyGTR said:

p1stonhead said:

StottyGTR said:

Brooking10 said:

StottyGTR said:

Of course they could, just people don't want to. Combined income of 80k p.a for 2 adults in their 30s with 2 children could pretty easily afford one providing they'd paid a mortgage for 10+ years and had equity. Bearing in mind when they've paid the car off after 8 years it'll still be worth 60k plus its not even a terrible move financially. But again, most people are interested and don't want to.

I am an advocate of consumer credit but that scenario you outline sounds absolutely mental.

Aye but it's certainly an affordable route into a brand new Supercar!

Its NOT. Someone doing that is either;

A. Able to buy outright anyway if they wanted because its not a lot to them.
B. Mental.

The alternative is not having a Mclaren. If you really want a Mclaren, you can have one. The option is there! I wouldn't call someone mental for buying one in the above scenario.

Each to their own. Financing one for 8 years qualifies for the asylum in my book.

[wst]

Compromise: the maths makes it affordable in the literal sense, but assumes stability for an extended period of time.

[st4]

What a great car - shame they'll only make a limited number of them.

[Sway]

StottyGTR said:

p1stonhead said:

StottyGTR said:

Bright Halo said:

Come on McLaren, give us something different and maybe even at a lower price point!

They did, 540c was £40k down and 1k/month for 8 years or something. A large amount of UK family's could afford that.

Say what now?

Of course they could, just people don't want to. Combined income of 80k p.a for 2 adults in their 30s with 2 children could pretty easily afford one providing they'd paid a mortgage for 10+ years and had equity. Bearing in mind when they've paid the car off after 8 years it'll still be worth 60k plus its not even a terrible move financially. But again, most people are interested and don't want to.

I fit all those criteria, and there's absolutely zero hope I could afford those numbers.

I bloody adore Mclaren, but my MX5 will have to continue the commuting duties.

It's not like a live an extravagent lifestyle either.