McLaren at NYIAS
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McLaren at NYIAS
This section doesn't get much activity but I'll go ahead and post up anyway.
I had an awesome chat with Steve from the Philly dealership and Peter, a Product Specialist brought in from Woking, while at NYIAS on Saturday. I need to give a huge thank you to them for setting aside a chunk of their day to give me a rundown of the cars they had on display. The 570S is on my short list for my next car, but I'll be waiting until the convertible version comes out (a year or so after the coupe). I drove a 12C when the DC dealership first started selling them. Loved the car but didn't care for the exterior. The 650S fixed most of my qualms with the exterior, but I'm not able to buy a $300k car and keep my current Aston (which I'm not getting rid of). The 570S is supposed to be starting in the $180-190k ballpark, plus realistic options so $200k, which will work for my budget.
Some cliff notes:
The 570S is starting at sub-$200k. Lots of focus on usability and drivability - everything from making ingress and egress easier, to pushing out the base of the A-pillars for better visibility. Tons of optional carbon fiber, so that $200k can skyrocket really quickly. I think the front and rear are flat-out awesome. The sides look much better in person than they do in pics. There's a lot of detail that the pictures hide, which takes away from the car and makes it look more generic from the side than it is.
The 675LT is not just a tweaked 650S. This is a good example of what I would consider a failure in marketing. I've heard people complain that the model range isn't differentiated enough, and I would have agreed until this weekend. But the cars are substantially different. The 675LT is very different than the 650S and looks like one hell of a machine.
The F1 Longtail is just incredible, obviously.
And the P1 GTR just looked insane. Total monster of a car, and I love the no-nonsense but futuristic styling. Oh, and at least a couple people are already getting their P1 GTRs converted for road use lol.
I'm skipping over a lot of details, Steve and Peter were full of information that really showed a passion for the cars and there's no way I can regurgitate it all.
Anyway, if they read this - thanks again for the awesome chat and wealth of knowledge you shared with me!
I had an awesome chat with Steve from the Philly dealership and Peter, a Product Specialist brought in from Woking, while at NYIAS on Saturday. I need to give a huge thank you to them for setting aside a chunk of their day to give me a rundown of the cars they had on display. The 570S is on my short list for my next car, but I'll be waiting until the convertible version comes out (a year or so after the coupe). I drove a 12C when the DC dealership first started selling them. Loved the car but didn't care for the exterior. The 650S fixed most of my qualms with the exterior, but I'm not able to buy a $300k car and keep my current Aston (which I'm not getting rid of). The 570S is supposed to be starting in the $180-190k ballpark, plus realistic options so $200k, which will work for my budget.
Some cliff notes:
The 570S is starting at sub-$200k. Lots of focus on usability and drivability - everything from making ingress and egress easier, to pushing out the base of the A-pillars for better visibility. Tons of optional carbon fiber, so that $200k can skyrocket really quickly. I think the front and rear are flat-out awesome. The sides look much better in person than they do in pics. There's a lot of detail that the pictures hide, which takes away from the car and makes it look more generic from the side than it is.
The 675LT is not just a tweaked 650S. This is a good example of what I would consider a failure in marketing. I've heard people complain that the model range isn't differentiated enough, and I would have agreed until this weekend. But the cars are substantially different. The 675LT is very different than the 650S and looks like one hell of a machine.
The F1 Longtail is just incredible, obviously.
And the P1 GTR just looked insane. Total monster of a car, and I love the no-nonsense but futuristic styling. Oh, and at least a couple people are already getting their P1 GTRs converted for road use lol.
I'm skipping over a lot of details, Steve and Peter were full of information that really showed a passion for the cars and there's no way I can regurgitate it all.
Anyway, if they read this - thanks again for the awesome chat and wealth of knowledge you shared with me!
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