We revisit the McLaren GT to find out how it compares to the likes of Ferrari's Roma and the Porsche 911 Turbo S...
, they are GT cars. Cosseting, stylish, brutally quick when required, soothingly refined when needed. Performance aside the McLaren GT isn’t any of these, certainly not based on our previous time with the car which has included a GT car lengthy drive from the foothills of the Alps to the UK. Quick, blisteringly so, engaging, fun, richly rewarding it was all those things, but as’s Deputy Editor Adam Towler and staff photographer Aston Parrott suggested, a GT car it wasn’t.
The engine, designated M840TE, produces 611bhp at 7500rpm and 465lb ft from 5500 to 6500rpm, with 90 per cent of that torque output available between 3000 and 7250rpm. It’s hooked up to a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox. McLaren claims 0-60mph in 3.1sec, 0-124mph in 9.0sec and a top speed of 203mph. Which all sounds very, er, super.Can you guess? Of course you can. Carbonfibre monocoque , aluminium double wishbone suspension and all that other good stuff.
It trickles through town easily, the brake actuation is smoother, road noise is soothed away and on a smoothly surfaced autoroute it’s an extremely civilised place to be. Does it tick all the GT boxes? Perhaps it lacks the bruising, indomitable, relentless feel of something front-engined and heavyweight – it is still obviously a McLaren, and therefore never relaxing in the way a Bentley Continental GT can be. But in terms of actual capabilities, it’s on the money.
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