New sports car - McLaren GT officially launched

McLaren has officially announced the market launch of its new sports car, the McLaren GT, which is also the fourth car to be launched in the McLaren Trak25 program and the first large GT car in the family range to emphasize daily driving and comfort.

New car introduction.

As its full series model, McLaren GT refers to the design idea of the McLaren Speedtail, the smooth lines instead of the previous extremely aggressive lines, but makes people feel more elegant. The new car as a whole still adopts a mid-engine layout, and the extra-long wheelbase makes the new car nearly 4700 mm long, surpassing the two series of McLaren Sports and Super sports cars currently on sale while presenting an aesthetic that is completely unlike traditional GT-type sports cars.

Compared to other McLaren models, the new car's rear design is more modest, without the exaggerated huge spoiler, and low-profile bilateral two-exit exhaust layout, very rare in the same class, while the taillight cluster continues to be simplified into a LED light belt. It is worth mentioning that McLaren has re-optimized the steering and suspension system to make this product more suitable for urban daily driving, where the car has a ground clearance of 110 mm and can be raised to 130 mm when necessary with the optional vehicle lift function, thus having a 10-degree to 13-degree approach angle.

Despite the car's long body design, its overall mass is just 1,530kg, a figure that officials say is 130 kg lighter than its closest rival and hundreds of kilograms lighter than other traditional large GTs. This comes from McLaren's custom-made MonoCell II-T (T stands for Touring) carbon fiber monocoque body, which not only has a lightweight structure, but also frees up more luggage compartment layout for the new car.

As a GT-type sports car how can it not fit a pair of golf equipment, although the mid-engine layout, the reasonable low engine/transmission layout, allowing the use of space above, and the huge rear windshield under the storage space of 470 L, can be loaded with a standard golf bag or two pairs of 185 cm skis and other equipment. In addition, the McLaren GT has 150 L of storage space in the front trunk.

In contrast, the overall design language of the interior is still the style of the McLaren family, but the development of the new car no longer seems to dwell on the "lightweight", but rather luxury is the theme that needs to be highlighted in this car, we can see a large area of high-grade leather and Alcantara material, and even the end of 2019 McLaren will provide Some of the cashmere material is available.

The doors are also more design-oriented, and instead of bare carbon fiber, they are wrapped in leather. The new seats are designed with more emphasis on cushioning, and shoulder and hip support, and will also have electric adjustment and heated seats. In addition, things like a power-changing panoramic sky and a 12-speaker Bowers&Wilkins audio system will all be present on the car.

Although the new car is positioned as a GT-type sports car, its power performance is still carefully tuned by McLaren, equipped with the latest 4.0 L twin-turbo V8 engine codenamed M840TE, with a maximum power of 620 hp and peak torque of 630 NM. The transmission is matched with a 7-speed SSG dual-clutch gearbox. It still can "break 100" in 3.2 seconds, 0-200 km/h in 9 seconds, a top speed of 326 km/h, and a thrust-to-weight ratio of 405 hp/ton.

New car history.

At the 2018 Good-wood Motorsport Festival, McLaren revealed that its Track22 business plan was about to enter the next phase until the official Track25 plan was announced at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, where McLaren will launch 18 new or derivative models by 2025, including a GT-type sports car in the making, although McLaren has always been committed to building mid The McLaren GT is open to the world on May 15, 2019, continuing the mid-engine layout, but with a slender GT-like body and a luxury interior, it has become the most distinctive McLaren. It is the most distinctive McLaren.

Competitors.

As a GT-type sports car built by McLaren, its competitors are no longer like traditional supercars in general, its overall market positioning will affect the ultra-luxury brands and even some of the rivals of luxury brands, including the GT 3 series in the Porsche 911 series, Aston Martin DB11, and even the future to the Chinese market Bentley Continental GT V8 will be its most direct competitors. Although it is new to the market and the non-traditional GT car body layout makes it lack space for additional members compared to Aston Martin and Bentley, the strong brand heritage and unique style are also the tools that make the McLaren GT stand out in this market.

Full summary.

From the market point of view, in the already very small market of sports cars to explore the segmentation of the GT-type sports car, in the end, is how sales, which itself does not have much reference significance. Although product power is a point of great concern to traditional consumers focused on ultra-luxury brands, often the brand connotation and the brand itself to attract the customer base has become more important, through a product to show their taste, and even find a group of like-minded friends.

　　Back to the McLaren GT itself, a GT-type sports car with a supercar body layout, if we say that McLaren redefines the GT-type sports car, it is better to say that it breaks the traditional definition of barriers. A product that does not follow the rules, is waiting for an owner who does not follow the rules, such combination, I believe that in the current Chinese market will certainly appear, the unique vision will always be reserved for the most consistent with their products.