RE: McLaren 600LT revealed

[Mike1990]

gigglebug said:

Don't we already have the Performante?

We do. But, actually what sort of power is it?

[Gandahar]

gigglebug said:

Mike1990 said:

I'am guessing this is more a rival to the GT3/RS ? I wonder if we will see something similar from Audi and Lamborghini. The more track focused SV and GT variants with similar power to the the GT3/RS and 600LT.

Don't we already have the Performante?

Would be good to see two 3 way battles

600Lt v Performante v GTR3s

720S v Pista v GT2RS


Those more supercars and slightly better supercars but not quite hypercars .... time for some stats and very well filmed video perhaps including a drone thingy

[gigglebug]

Mike1990 said:

gigglebug said:

Don't we already have the Performante?

We do. But, actually what sort of power is it?

About 630bhp isn't it? Only going off the top of my head though. It is certainly a direct competitor for this car though you would have thought.

[Dblue]

Gameface said:

The Surveyor said:

cib24 said:

Will it still sound terrible? That motor in all McLarens is their biggest let down.

The engine is epic, may not sound like a rumbly old V8 (or a Mazda rotary ) but the McLaren V8 twin turbo engine really isn't a let-down, not by any measure.

I disagree. They don't sound anywhere near good enough.

I reckon a sport exhaust McLaren sounds pretty good actually , both inside the car and from behind. Its a flat plane turbo so never going to acheive spine tingling notes but it's perfectly OK.
Sounds a lot better than a Porsche Turbo for example

[Dblue]

gigglebug said:

Mike1990 said:

gigglebug said:

Don't we already have the Performante?

We do. But, actually what sort of power is it?

About 630bhp isn't it? Only going off the top of my head though. It is certainly a direct competitor for this car though you would have thought.

Well the Performante is a lot more expensive than this and I suspect the baby Mac will be on a par performance wise. The real competitor to Pista and Performante is the LT version of the 720S and given the standard cars ridiculous performance thats going to be ridiculous

[gigglebug]

Dblue said:

Well the Performante is a lot more expensive than this and I suspect the baby Mac will be on a par performance wise. The real competitor to Pista and Performante is the LT version of the 720S and given the standard cars ridiculous performance thats going to be ridiculous

Where do you draw the line on price? The Performante has a base price around 30K more than the 600LT but the Pista has a base price of around 30K more than the Performante. By your logic the Performante and Pista would not be competitors.

[Marwood79]

If you can get past the slightly naff mutterings about an "edge" (?) there is a heroic drift towards the end of that video - If that's not worth a set of tyres I don't know what is!

[theholygrail]

suffolk009 said:

First para, spelling mistake. You're meant to be a professional at this word stuff.

The "swapped out", further down, caught my eye too. Yuck.

[MrBarry123]

That looks really, really, really, really decent.

[Trikster]

So, is this like the Porsche GTs, or can a mere mortal actually walk into a McLaren showroom tomorrow and order one?

[PantsFire]

An active wing like the P1's would have looked a lot nicer than that fixed mess, but the rear still looks better than the normal 570 which looks like an over full nappy.

[E65Ross]

griffdude said:

Do those exhausts have some kind of truck style flap to stop the rain getting in when parked?

No. It isn't an issue. Unless Porsche (918), or McLaren (Senna and this) have failed to do any form of testing at all which I doubt.

[E65Ross]

The Vambo said:

Bright Halo said:

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

What were you thinking, £4.49?

McLaren are in the premium sports and supercar market. Just like Ferrari. They've never done "budget" cars. It's just how they are! Nobody ever seems to say Ferrari should make something like a Cayman rival, yet it gets asked of McLaren a lot and I'm not sure why to be honest.

[ZX10R NIN]

Great job Mclaren it looks really good.

[hyphen]

E65Ross said:

The Vambo said:

Bright Halo said:

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

What were you thinking, £4.49?

McLaren are in the premium sports and supercar market. Just like Ferrari. They've never done "budget" cars. It's just how they are! Nobody ever seems to say Ferrari should make something like a Cayman rival, yet it gets asked of McLaren a lot and I'm not sure why to be honest.

+1

Cheapest McLaren on auto trader is £82k for a 2012 12C. They may well chase more volume by going the Aston or Porsche route at some point, but hope not.

[RamboLambo]

For me McLaren is the PREMIUM supercar brand. Superior design and build quality with more exclusivity.
Residuals will catch up with the exponential brand growth but needs a strong dealer network to support residuals and aftersales.

You really get bang for your buck and don't have to pay a pre mium for a prancing horse badge.
Bit like Samsung v apple

[anonymous-user]

Another PH new car feature and yet another litany of nonsense form the various “there’s a typo in line two”and “I wouldn’t buy one of these even if I had eleventy billion pounds”, and “it sounds crap (but I have zero experience” etc etc PH sages.

Anyway my allocation is confirmed and I can’t wait.

If it sounds as good as my current Mac with its custom pipe i’ll be very happy.

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 28th June 21:20

[anonymous-user]

Very nice. Still not entirely convinced by the back end though. At least none of the front end design of the 720 or Senna has filtered down the pecking order!

[simonbamg]

suffolk009 said:

First para, spelling mistake. You're meant to be a professional at this word stuff.

Hmmmm are you proud of yourself for pointing that out?

[Leggy]

Brooking10 said:

Another PH new car feature and yet another litany of nonsense form the various “there’s a typo in line two”and “I wouldn’t buy one of these even if I had eleventy billion pounds”, and “it sounds crap (but I have zero experience” etc etc PH sages.

Anyway my allocation is confirmed and I can’t wait.

If it sounds as good as my current Mac with its custom pipe i’ll be very happy.

Edited by Brooking10 on Thursday 28th June 21:20

Lucky boy! I think it looks fantastic.