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They say that Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder.
But what even is beauty?
Is it purely visual?
The McLaren Senna is not especially pretty
It's cool, absolutely, but winning beauty contests,
isn't what McLaren set out to do with this car.
Every intake.
Every feature.
Every angle present in this bodywork serves one purpose.
Race track domination
through aerodymanic supremacy
It's time to go bumper to bumper
On the most radical McLaren
NAY
Supercar
EVER
with the coolest name
the SENNA
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Ok, let's start with the name:
Senna
Some of you already know why it's significant
But, if you don't
I got you babe.
McLaren named the Senna after Ayrton Senna
Arguably the greatest Formula 1 driver of all time.
He won 32 races and 3 World Championships
Behind the wheel of a McLaren racing car.
So
If you are gonna name a car after someone
Senna is a pretty good choice
BUT
You better make DAMN SURE
That it's a GOOD ONE
Because if you don't
a LOT of brazilians are gonna be PISSED!
Luckly,
McLaren has long history of making bad ass cars
The engineneers inside the McLaren technology center were ITCHING
to build another Track Monster
a car built to give drivers the same acceleration
Ayrton felt behind his McLaren.
And this was the result
Inside the SENNA,
which I currently am right now
you will not find a cup holder,
but what you will find
is this hydration system that you hook in your helmet.
You fill this with water...
Or gatorade,
or beer.
"You could put six packs of b... soda in here?"
Most modern you don't put the key in
So, where are you supposed to put this guy?
McLaren thought of that, and gave you a little tiny backpack for him
So your key's not flying around when its going down the Mulsanne straight
at Le Mans
McLaren themselves describe the cockpit as
"Anti Social"
which is the most punk rock thing
any OEM has ever called any thing they make
and when you get inside, it really really makes sense
it feels, like, barren in here
but even though it is desolate, that doesn't mean that there aren't creature comforts
I mean this car is meant for the rich guys
and us rich guys like to be comfortable
the Senna has a high end radio hooked up to
a high end Bowers and Wilkins speakers
It also has A\C with dual climate control
Just because you're going fast doesn't mean you don't wanna be comfy
There's not alot of room in here;
But there's alot more than I expected
When I sat in the Ford GT I was way to big for that car
There is no way, that I could own that car
But in this car,
I was really relieved because I fit really well in it
Like, I'm not pinched at all
This is really cool,
Instead of using a 1-piece seat pad,
Like most cars do,
The Senna uses 7 seperate pads
[one]
[two]
[three]
[four]
[five]
[six]
[SEVEN]
McLaren says the pads save just a few grams,
Which SOUNDS like, not alot
but
There's alot of places in this car where they're cutting grams
Because grams turn into kilos
And kilos turn into tons
Be-LIEVE me,
I KNOW
The obsession with weight is why you see carbon fiber
EVERYWHERE
In this car
On the outside of the car it feels very thin
I was [laughing] leaning on it, uh, earlier
And it went "boop-boop"
Like one of those, like
Popper, toys
"I love you"
[bump, bump]
UAH
[giggles]
But, over here, and the dash, and right here on the side,
Feels very, VERY, solid