Senna 'Carbon Theme' for Geneva
The standard Senna is supposed to be the pinnacle. MSO shows its just the tip of the iceberg...
Thought you'd heard the end of McLaren Senna news? Think again. All 500 examples of the 211mph track-focussed hypercar have been sold, but that isn't stopping McLaren from thrusting it into the public eye at every opportunity, and understandably so.
Having been slid around the company's new factory for the press, spied testing on the road more than once, and microscopically analysed by enthusiasts, all that's left to do is drive the thing. Before that, however, it's heading to Geneva, and in some style too.
This, then, is the bespoke Senna 'Carbon Theme' from MSO. Comprising 67 gloss-coated visible carbon fibre parts, it took nearly 1,000 hours to produce - over three times the build-time of a standard Senna.
The Solar Yellow details on the sills, wing and aero blades took 250 hours alone - sounds like someone at Woking was distracted by the winter olympics - and pair with Laurel Green brake calipers and door struts to echo the helmet design of Senna himself. Inside, Carbon Black Alcantara trim is offset by a yellow centre band on the steering wheel and contrast stitching on the seats to complete the look.
The first of the standard cars hasn't even been delivered yet, but already new ultra-lightweight, seven-spoke, hybrid carbon fibre wheels have been developed. Comprised of a carbon fibre rim with forged aluminium spokes, the centre-locking wheels weigh just 7.5kg, 10 per cent less than the standard items, and will soon be available to customers as a dealer-fitted option.
With the RRP of the Senna standing at an eye-watering £750,000, a certain level of attention to detail is to be expected, but the precision craftsmanship and labour intensive luxury of the Carbon Theme still comes at a price. A £300,000 price, to be exact, or the cost of an entire 675LT...
McLaren promises an "additional surprise" at its Geneva press conference on Tuesday morning, it'll have to be something pretty special to top this! Best guesses below...
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I think both are ugly great.
NEED ROAD TESTS to see if it is the real deal. More teasing than the NSX.
My good friend, who works for Kia, said pithily, that this car needs to go "balls deep"
So it was prophersised.
If i was in charge of a supercar maker I’d knock out trillionaire-bait on a regular basis.
But I’d at least make them look good even if they weren’t so aerodynamic (how will those berks know or care?) so they would at least act like a halo product. This thing doesn’t IMHO.
Produce car
Produce carbon bodied special edition
Repeat ad infinitum
No doubt the carbon fibre worshipers will jizz themselves with giddy anticipation here, but the car remains a dog (albeit a slightly more colourful now and utterly function-over-form dog).
Produce car
Produce carbon bodied special edition
Repeat ad infinitum
No doubt the carbon fibre worshipers will jizz themselves with giddy anticipation here, but the car remains a dog (albeit a slightly more colourful now and utterly function-over-form dog).
Lots of enthusiasts care more about diving than styling.
Produce car
Produce carbon bodied special edition
Repeat ad infinitum
No doubt the carbon fibre worshipers will jizz themselves with giddy anticipation here, but the car remains a dog (albeit a slightly more colourful now and utterly function-over-form dog).
Lots of enthusiasts care more about diving than styling.
Not many people now saying on the F40 "it was pants then and it is still pants in 2018"
The proof of the pudding is yet to be seen.
Not many people now saying on the F40 "it was pants then and it is still pants in 2018"
The proof of the pudding is yet to be seen.
Not many people now saying on the F40 "it was pants then and it is still pants in 2018"
The proof of the pudding is yet to be seen.
I am guessing the next badly named special version will be not too bad.
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