McLaren put together an amazing event for the Monterey car week, offering test drives with multiple supercars, including both the 570GT and the 570S.
If you didn't know this already, they ar part of a new family of McLarens called the Sports Series. The twins sit below the 650S, but are actually slightly longer and have nicer cabins.
From a technological point of view, they are inferior vehicles designed to compete with the Audi R8 or the Porsche 911 Turbo. The magic suspension is gone, and everyone can tell they've lost 80 horsepower just by looking at their names.
But the guys at Vehicle Virgins didn't want lap times and drag races with the R8. They just looked at the cars from their own perspective, which just happens to be that of BMW i8 and Lamborghini Huracan owners.
In person, both these 570 models appear more exotic than the German rivals we just mentioned. Lambo doors are shallow, but they have made the i8 very successful. The fundamental difference between the S and GT models is their approach to comfort.
The 570S set the benchmark when it a arrived a year ago. To make a softer everyday supercar, McLaren added a hatch, a trunk area, a huge moonroof and reduced the sharpness of the chassis and drivetrain. If you don't do any track days and value an open-air feel, the 570GT is the one to get.
People say you should never use a supercar for everyday stuff like taking longer journeys. But with 12.4 cubic feet of luggage space, you might be tempted to do so in the 570GT. And because the exhaust system is less loud, you can listen to the 12-speaker Bowers & Wilkins audio system more easily.
The only true setback here is the $198,950 base price, which makes it noticeably more expensive than the raw 570S. But don't pay any attention to what the guys have to say about the Spider model. It's already under development and could be ready by early 2017.
From a technological point of view, they are inferior vehicles designed to compete with the Audi R8 or the Porsche 911 Turbo. The magic suspension is gone, and everyone can tell they've lost 80 horsepower just by looking at their names.
But the guys at Vehicle Virgins didn't want lap times and drag races with the R8. They just looked at the cars from their own perspective, which just happens to be that of BMW i8 and Lamborghini Huracan owners.
In person, both these 570 models appear more exotic than the German rivals we just mentioned. Lambo doors are shallow, but they have made the i8 very successful. The fundamental difference between the S and GT models is their approach to comfort.
The 570S set the benchmark when it a arrived a year ago. To make a softer everyday supercar, McLaren added a hatch, a trunk area, a huge moonroof and reduced the sharpness of the chassis and drivetrain. If you don't do any track days and value an open-air feel, the 570GT is the one to get.
People say you should never use a supercar for everyday stuff like taking longer journeys. But with 12.4 cubic feet of luggage space, you might be tempted to do so in the 570GT. And because the exhaust system is less loud, you can listen to the 12-speaker Bowers & Wilkins audio system more easily.
The only true setback here is the $198,950 base price, which makes it noticeably more expensive than the raw 570S. But don't pay any attention to what the guys have to say about the Spider model. It's already under development and could be ready by early 2017.