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now I know the McLaren range of
streetcars
is quite confusing they have special
series support series and asparagus
series and Lord knows what else what you
need to know is the baby car - the 570
on which the 600 LC that I'm in now is
based it's quite different to the others
in that it has a conventional suspension
system it has struts springs dampers
nothing cross-linked or hydraulic or
clever it's an analogue quite simple car
compared to the others and you know what
that does give it certain advantages
because it feels more conventional I've
just got in this car and immediately I
have a sense of connection in it that I
don't have in the bigger cars I love the
720 but it's a bit aloof it's a bit like
having a meal with a really clever mate
and having spent ten minutes sort of
working out where it's brains at before
you can have a conversation in the 600
LT you just get in and have a natter
so what have we got we've got about
thirty more horsepower than a standard
car
a stiffer pokey a chassis Sumerian
modifications and some exhausts that
exit a bit higher on the old ass it's
not fundamentally different it's just a
sort of reworking of the core 570 bits
first things first driving position is
just spot on the seat itself well I'm
sure you play with the padding a bit
these are Senate s very sparsely padded
carbon buckets and I've got too much
right behind my shoulder blades which is
maybe down to me I don't know seats are
quite a personal thing aren't they this
one not perfect driving position amazing
I love the way you can get the wheel
right back onto your chest I'm low and
in typical my parents Tyler but it's
lovely low scuttle which means I can see
right down almost look I can see onto
the tops of the front wheels it's not
intimidating engine well where are we at
with the engine B's McLaren turbocharged
v8 I think they get to a have been quite
laggy people don't seem to criticize
them but this is a really quite laggy
engine if you jump out of a portal or
Ferrari turbocharged engine from 2018
they're more immediate this thing builds
and builds that has some excitement but
certainly mid corner it makes it much
more difficult to use the motor to
adjust the line breaks superb absolutely
superb but there's something about this
car that is I think really special it's
a fun fun device it wants to move around
of it ultimate grip it's pretty high but
it's not crazy crazy grippy and when it
does move into a bit of a slide the
progression is helpful
it's quite slow and easy it's much more
friendly than the expense of a
mid-engine car the steering is bang-on
McCowan has a big advantage of a Ferrari
in the steering department now this
thing is wriggling around in my hands
fantastic like having an electric eel on
speed working between my fricatives that
I just say that
and again depriving I complain but if I
could define this car through one area
of his performance it would
final moment I'm turning into a lower
meeting to be bent here we are now I
turn the wheel and just slow release the
brake the front of the car scoots round
the understeer is gone you want this
lovely loads us like independent feel
across all four wheels remember no
locking differential that's where it
really helps and the car just turns it
feels agile
I drove a centre recently it wouldn't do
that I think this is a more playful car
than the centre and then for me on a
circuit playfulness is everything I'm
not here chasing lap times I take it
over the big one I just think it's
really really fun to drive I mean it's
just beginning to be the rain here which
does he fit with the exterior shots I
know so you have to trust me it is
magnificent fun this thing
what do you think of the way it looks I
think it's been fussy on the outside I
don't mind the tailpipes neither okay
but the add-ons are a bit Adani aren't
they
I'm not sure about this whole LT naming
strategy longtail meant something with
the original f1 because it was miles
longer but the 600 LT is wait for it
7.4 centimeters longer than a 5 70s call
it nearly a Snickers bar immodest is the
kindest way to describe it the extra 30
horsepower comes from a new cam and a
remap everything in the chassis is new
and lighter there are some 720 bits the
springs and dampers are firmer than the
standard car and the track is a little
bit wider overall the car is 96
kilograms lighter it's a less
comprehensive makeover than the 675 LT
but then the car on which is based is
miles better now on this baby track
McLaren reminds us that Woking is in a
different world to all other sports car
makers in terms of raw acceleration
naught to 60 to 2.9 seconds 0 to 124 in
eight point two seconds and 204 miles an
hour flat out
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okay it's not as fast as the gt2 RS but
I really care it's still fast enough
that if you stick a mate in the
passenger seat they'll probably need you
under crackers afterwards and that's the
measurement by which we should all judge
these cars it's perfectly fast enough
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600 horsepower dampers in full hard
you're on your own there's not much
leeway here
shriek Nana throttle like a bloody
hornet's nest
it's the boost when the boost arrives
the thing just doesn't want to hang on
really
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are you gonna be careful through there
when you get the understeer on don't try
and trace it and get the armful of
oversteer because then you're too far
gone the wheels in the wrong direction
live around here
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haha you can always tell when you're
thinking because you're not talking so
much
I feel really connected to the car
though even though the conditions are
terrible I feel like I'm connected to
the car that gives me confidence
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oh god that's terrible that's horrible
yeah okay the really low breed happens
with other different the way no things
were the rest of it car just feels
actually very good very very good yeah
they've nailed it with this strange
isn't it I'm more interested in this
than I understood but do for a million
pound eight and it was bad things I
think this is the sweet spot for McLaren
track cars
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