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- [Narrator] Despite the all glass roof
the luxury coupe from McLaren
can easily be mistaken for a super car.
Mostly because it is.
The 570GT shares the same carbon fiber tub
with last years best drivers car winner the McLaren 570S.
In fact the GT shares the same 562 horse power
mid mounted 3.8 liter twin turbo V8.
Same seven speed dual clutch transmission as well.
However, the 570GT has a plusher interior
softer less track focus suspension
and a shape that allows it to swallow a bit of luggage
in case you need to jaunt from say Paris to Berlin.
How's it hold up on the track?
Let's find out.
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- Smooth, quiet, very powerful engine.
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It's got to lot of power.
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Breaks have good bite.
They're generating some confidence.
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This car actually stops
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Woohoo
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Cool door, huh (laughs)
The McLaren 570GT it's set up just a little bit softer
than the McLaren 570S that I drove last year.
It's still a lot of car.
It has a very smooth sounding and running turbo charged V8
and it goes like stink.
Gear box is good.
It's not that terribly picky about where you shift.
I had reasonably good confidence in the breaks.
It feels fairly easy to break the rear end loose.
And in the track dynamic mode I was in
it actually gets into a nice place
where it'll actually allow some drift.
It has delicious steering,
real light and easy.
I just ended up a little frustrated myself
for having to drive the car with the stability controls on
because I'm not brave enough right now to turn it off
and go as fast as I can without it.
If I owned one I would turn everything off,
practice, tune a little bit,
and get the car to where it was less tail happy on entry.
The engine drive train is fabulous
and the breaks are strong.
- [Narrator] That's a pretty good time actually
134.87 not only puts it ahead of the mighty NISMO
but it's only behind the 570S
by less than three tenths of a second.
However this is best drivers car
not quickest lap times
and the blue McLaren comes up short
softening the car wreaked havoc on the steering.
Our executive editor Mark Renton
said you have to steer the car when going straight.
He's right I found that at very high speeds
I'm beating up asphalt the car skipped around too much.
Not confidence inspiring at say 120 miles an hour.
9th place it is.
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