Known up to know under the codename P13, the next McLaren will be dubbed the Sports Series and will be introduced early next year. What do you think of the name?
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Known up to know under the codename P13, the next McLaren will be dubbed the Sports Series and will be introduced early next year. What do you think of the name?
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The name is dumb, but all of Autodom seems to have lost their brains when it comes to names, so this does not surprise me. We can whine about the name, but as long as the car is good, meh.
When I saw this thread, I assumed "Sport Series" was the name of a new one make international racing series run by McLaren. That says it.
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I had the same thought.
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So Jalopnik is claiming this car is gonna cost 200k pound sterling, or 65k pounds less than a 650. My initial thought about this was that it'd cost something less than 200k USD in the American market (which unfortunately, is the default market for my mental pricing, for shame: me). That seems pricey. I figured this would take on high end 911s and the AMG GT/R8. Maybe not so much.
Off Topic: Considering the absurdity of car names, maybe Fisler well develop a special edition hellcat called the F6F-Hellcat/13, to honour Dan Marino and the original Hellcat plane, as well as our esteemed community member, f6fhellcat13.
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Truely game changing marketing.
A McLaren guy apparently stated that it would cost "around two thirds of what a 12C would cost you today."
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Considering current prices, that's around what the S version of the AMG GT will cost here.
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Looks interesting...
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McLaren's slogan: How many cars can we build on the same chassis with the same engine/transmission combo?
I am of course joking when I poke some fun at McLaren and I completely understand the economic realities that go into rationale behind making making what sounds like 5 or 6 cars (6 or 7 if you keep counting the 12-C) from the same monocoque, transmission, and engine with the same doors and similar interiors (likely). McLaren is a small company and they need to get max bang for the many bucks they spent developing the aforementioned components/powertrain/chassis.
That being said, I really hope the Sports Series at least looks notably different than the Super Series models (650s, 675lt) because otherwise they run the risk of model overload in my mind.
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They probably spent everything on the Honda engine.
On the other hand, all road going McLarens have exactly the same engine as this:
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The anal retentive part of me hates McLaren's naming convention -- or lack thereof -- with a passion. Don't get my started on BMW.
What am I missing here?
They probably spent everything on the Honda engine.
On the other hand, all road going McLarens have exactly the same engine as this:
M838 != VRH35 that it originated from. Besides, the Titan has the VK56DE?
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I used to love BMW's naming system since it, you know, made sense (Series+engine size). The Series naming structure still makes sense but it drives me insane that a 335 has a 3.0 liter engine!
It could be worse though...look at Infinity.
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I used to love it, too!
So, now, the 1-series can be a 2-door coupe or convertible, or a 3 or 5-door hatch.
The 2-series is a 2-door coupe or convertible version of the 1-series -- or a 5-door MPV.
The 3-series has always been a 4-door sedan, unless it's prefixed with an 'i', which makes it a small, 5-door hatch and electric, but if the 'i' comes later, it just means fuel injection -- which they've all had since the onset of the 90s anyway.
The 4-series is a 2-door coupe version of the 3-series, unless it's a 4-door sedan. Like the 3-series, but only slightly less so.
The 5-series is definitely a 4-door sedan, unless it's a 5-door hatch, and while the 6-series simply used to be the 2-door, coupe or convertible version of the 5-series, it now also comes as a 4-door sedan.
The 7-series was always a 4-door sedan, but now also a 4-door coupe, leaving room for the 8-series, 2-door, coupe, which only comes with the prefixed 'i' and electric -- until some marketing genius decides to make a 5-door 8-series hatch. Or, worse yet, an MPV.
Now the Z3 used to be the sports convertible slightly related to the 3-series, but was then replaced by the Z4, because it had to be bigger and better. Now they've started calling them Z4 sDrive, because sDrive is the basic, entry-level RWD moniker, and the appended 's' to '35is' means a faster sports version. And the 'i' still means fuel injection.
I'm close to giving up on BMW.
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Apparently (according to teenagers) some versions of the VRH engine are loosely based on the VH and VK family of engines.
So there you go, the McLaren P1 has a truck engine!
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That explains why it's so good at hauling...
HAULING ARSE THAT IS AMIRITE
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The other thing that gets me is the numbers that used to mean displacement. Take AMG. There was the -55 cars, all with 5.5l V8. Then they had some of them with a 5.5V8 that was supercharged, but they were still -55. Then there was the 6.2l cars that were -63 (ok, a little fibbing because historicals, we'll forgive you that... I guess...). Now they've downsized to 5.5TT or 4.0TT, but they're still -63 because... can't go backwards? Yet all the press stuff trumpets the amazing wonderful efficiency of the new engines? How am I to show off my new AMG C63 with the 4.0TT against my neighbours old AMG C63 with the 6.2? The badge is the same!
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