(beep)
(intense rumble)
- [Narrator] McLaren's least expensive offerings starts life
at 187,400 dollars.
For that money, you get a lightweight, mid-engine
super car, complete with a carbon-fiber center section,
a 562 horsepower twin-turbo flat-plane crank,
3.8 liter V8, and a very quick shifting seven-speed
dual clutch transmission.
Unlike more expensive McLarens, the 570S ditches
the fancy hydraulic suspension in favor of fixed dampers.
There also seems to be less reliance on electronic nannies
than on cars like the 650S, 675LT, and P1.
The result is a more analog-feeling super car,
something we've never before experienced in McLaren.
For a rear-wheel drive car, the 570S is remarkably quick,
bashing its way to 60 miles an hour in 2.8 seconds,
before crushing the quarter mile in 10.7 seconds,
at a blistering trap speed of 132 miles per hour.
Will all that straight-line speed help the entry-level
McLaren out on the track?
(roaring reverberation)
(high-pitched chime)
(engine accelerates, roars)
- [Driver] Whoo!
(engine rumbling)
Puts down power really well.
Little bit of looseness as you're turning right,
more than to the left.
Brake pedal feels kind of hard,
gives me a little less confidence in the breaking,
which is actually quite good.
(engine roars)
Oh we're slowing down.
(tires squeal)
Won't give up that time.
(rush of sound as car passes)
McLaren 570S, the car feels very fast,
it just rips down the straightaways.
It's a two-wheel drive that puts down power like a
four-wheel drive, it has such good traction.
McLaren's done a good job with shock, geometry,
differential, it seems to stop better later in the
brake zone than it does real early in the brake zone.
The front is very good, it's very precise.
The tires have a lot of power when you turn the wheel,
they get that little bit of tendency to want to oversteer,
especially on a downhill entry.
It's like the rear of the car wants to have some load,
which is why a little early power would help it too.
It's a car that's rewarding in that it feels so fast,
especially under power, that's when the
McLaren's at its best.
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