GT [Official] McLaren Grand Tourer

Rolf · Sep 17, 2019

Definitely one of the best looking GT cars in the world. It strikes a perfect compromise between mid engined sports car style and GT elegance. Interior looks great with the brown and cream leather.

bmwz4coupe · Sep 17, 2019

Like most of us have said from the beginning and Autocar said in their review, this is not really a GT car.....

dalab · Sep 17, 2019

KiwiRob said:
Ferrari beat them to the mid engined GT with chrome trim decades ago.

Thank you for introduce me this surprise I had never seen, I really love it, so the idea conceptually is not new.
It has an air similar to the Lambos of the time, angular like the Coutach and others

hoffmeister_fan · Sep 17, 2019

I like it. But for a GT, it's too compromised of a prospect, especially in the cargo department. I'd stick with a front-engined, 2+2 traditional GT.

M.N.D · Sep 18, 2019

hoffmeister_fan said:
I like it. But for a GT, it's too compromised of a prospect, especially in the cargo department. I'd stick with a front-engined, 2+2 traditional GT.

I'd say that for a front engine 2+2 car, it'd cost McLaren a lot to produce compared to this GT, as the carbon tub that they use will be irrelevant. I don't know how is the financial backup of McLaren, but I'd assume that they aren't as big as Ferrari to be able to have the freedom to build a car that has a completely different chassis and sell it in low volumes in order to be profitable.

I'm just assuming, however.

hoffmeister_fan · Sep 18, 2019

M.N.D said:
I'd say that for a front engine 2+2 car, it'd cost McLaren a lot to produce compared to this GT, as the carbon tub that they use will be irrelevant. I don't know how is the financial backup of McLaren, but I'd assume that they aren't as big as Ferrari to be able to have the freedom to build a car that has a completely different chassis and sell it in low...

Truth of the matter, I wouldn't want them to do a traditional front-engined GT. It'd fly against their ethos. But if I want a luxed-up GT for long distance cruising, other car makers make a more compelling case. From my perspective, you can be only so quirky with the GT segment.

bmwz4coupe · Sep 18, 2019

hoffmeister_fan said:
I like it. But for a GT, it's too compromised of a prospect, especially in the cargo department. I'd stick with a front-engined, 2+2 traditional GT.

Me too. Because this is not a GT car.

M.N.D · Sep 18, 2019

hoffmeister_fan said:
Truth of the matter, I wouldn't want them to do a traditional front-engined GT. It'd fly against their ethos. But if I want a luxed-up GT for long distance cruising, other car makers make a more compelling case. From my perspective, you can be only so quirky with the GT segment.

I was also thinking about the tradition thing at McLaren as they exclusively build mid engine high performance sports cars.

However, these days the marketing guys define the segment according to their needs (like BMW with their 6er GT which can be considered as a hatchback, the 4 door coupe thing when you can just think of them as sleek looking sedan cars or the coupe SUVs which can be thought of as squashed SUVs).

Also for McLaren, they don't have a long history of building road cars like their competition, mainly Ferrari and Lamborghini, so they have a bit more freedom to define a GT car however they want as they don't have a previous line to restrict them on how to design and market their GT car. Again, I'm kind of convinced that McLaren built this GT the way it did because of the costs and the easiness of reusing the current resources available at thei disposal.

Speaking of this new GT, if I consider myself a customer, I'd say that this is the most reasonable and most logical car in McLaren's lineup and the one to buy, as it's (supposed to) be more usable on a regular basis compared to the 570 and the 720. The car has way more than enough power and handling characteristics to be used on the road, and it's supposed to be comfortable for long drives, so it'll let the driver to enjoy it more compared to the other two.