Ciao everyone, here it's Marchettino and today we chat about the latest McLaren on the market.
Well, I'd say YET ANOTHER because from 2011 'till today so from the MP4-12C,
McLaren has presented something like 42 between models and variants!
Basically they unveal models continuosly and it's hard to keep up!
I do apologize for missing for a little on the channel because I had an issue with my working laptop, so I couldn't edit videos but now we catch up with the content!
It's called Elva and probably it's one of the most extreme McLarens produced,
it's a barchetta, nothing new on the market. Now it's quite a trend to make modern tributes of old racecars like Ferrari recently did with the SP1 and SP2.
And as mentioned, this car is a tribute to the old M1A, a racecar that used to be driven by none other than Bruce McLaren!
I'm not a big enthusiast of McLaren and its design but on a first look the design is impressive, the shape is very sinuous, slender,
it's very aerodynamic and maybe, the shape is more developed than the Ferrari SP1 and SP2.
It wants to be minimal and extreme, in fact as you see there's no roof or windshield, even though it's an option.
I have to say, if you want to buy such extreme car keep it extreme so.. no windshield!
It's a car with incredible performance, here we have a 4.0L twin-turbo V8 with a whopping 815hp and 800nm
and it's basically the same engine shared by the whole lineup, just like the carbon monocoque.
The monocoque is in carbon, just like every panel so this car is full carbon!
I'd be curious to find out the official weight because it's not official yet,
if we think the starting point is the Senna, its dry weight is 1198kg,
I struggle to think about a lower weight because converting a car into barchetta, you need a massive reinforcement of the chassis.
Just think about the 812-based Ferrari SP2, the 812 weighs 1525kg.
You may think, everything has been removed on the SP it should be lighter.. it's just 5kg lighter!
Here's why I'd be curious to find out the real weight of Elva. One thing is sure, if it's based on the Senna it's lighter than the SP1 and SP2.
The performance are incredible, to say the least! Just think that 0-100kph takes below 3s and but the 0-200 is more impressive, 6.7s!
The driving experienced offered by this car must be insane!
And this is given also by a refined aerodynamics, here we have active aero with the rear wing, flat floor and endless air intakes I struggle to count!
Interior is spartan but not too much to me, if you're worried about the wind during the driving well,
the Elva has a particular carbon deflector that allow to let the air flow above your head.
As I said, interior could've been more spartan to tribute the philosophy of an old racecar,
in fact on the dash we may find a giant display which is the brain
I think they could have avoided to place the display and put the settings on the steering to avoid the driver to get distracted.