Matt DeBord: This is the McLaren 600LT.
It's basically a 570 Coupé
but with a whole list of performance modifications
to make it that much better on the racetrack.
We're taking a closer look at why this track-focused beauty
is the fourth McLaren to wear the LT badge.
McLaren reserves the LT moniker
for its fastest supercars.
They're more powerful, lighter, and, of course, longer
than their predecessors.
The name goes back to the McLaren F1 GTR LT,
which won the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans
with a staggering 30-lap lead over its nearest competitor.
Here are 13 modifications that McLaren made
to the 570S Coupé to bring the 600LT to life.
Narrator: The 600LT is elongated
by just under 3 inches to improve downforce.
The carbon-fiber front splitter
and side skirts improve aerodynamics.
The front splitter also sits 8 millimeters lower
due to a reduction in ride height,
which reduces the airflow under the vehicle.
New aerodynamic body work reduces weight
by 15.9 pounds.
The dihedral doors have floating tendons
that allow air to flow into the intake.
A stainless-steel top exhaust shaves 27.8 pounds
from the original 570S and frees up space in the rear
of the vehicle for the new diffuser.
Speaking of the new diffuser,
it's made of carbon fiber. It's wider, taller,
and has deeper veins than the other models
in the sports series.
Due to the elongated rear,
the fixed rear wing is mounted back further,
which is optimal for improved aerodynamic performance.
The center of the spoiler has a heat-resistant coating
to offset the heat from the exhaust.
Ultralightweight alloy wheels
and Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R tires
save 37.5 pounds.
Carbon-fiber racing seats trimmed in Alcantara
save 46.3 pounds and hold the driver in place
around tight corners.
And the carbon-fiber floor reduces weight
and even has blades underneath
that generate additional downforce.
The McLaren LTs are for extreme car enthusiasts
who value speed above all else,
and McLaren goes to extreme lengths
to take as much weight out of the cars as possible,
but if you want, you can option some features back in.
The new LT has a twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V8,
making 592 horsepower
with 457 pound-feet of torque.
It weighs 2,749 pounds, which isn't a lot,
and it can make the 0 to 60 run in 2.8 seconds,
topping out at 204 miles per hour.
Obviously, a lot of precision went into the 600LT,
but let's see how this how this track-focused beast
handles the street.
This is a true supercar.
At like third gear in a big V8 Mustang,
that's the way you do it.
In cars like this, second gear is your friend.
As far as the interior aesthetic goes, with McLarens
you're, the idea is minimalism, minimalism, minimalism.
So you have a flat-bottom
steering wheel covered in Alcantara and carbon fiber
with the paddle, big, long paddle shifters behind,
and there's nothing else on here. It's just the wheel.
This is one of the things
I've always really liked about McLaren is the
wheel feels great,
it really feels like a proper race car wheel.
The instrument cluster is small, and it doesn't display
a lot of information, but it really displays
the information that you need,
and it's colorful and works fine.
You're really talking about a $250,000
track-ready car and, but the assumption
is you are gonna occasionally be driving it
on the public roads, and you need some stuff
that will make that possible.
This is not a full-on race car,
but it also doesn't feel frivolous inside,
and McLarens never do,
and I think a lot of McLaren fans really like that.
They like a car that's high-tech as far as the car part goes
but maybe not super high-tech as far as everything else.
So infotainment system gets the job done,
and it looks fine, but it's kind of rudimentary.
You do have digital.
Yeah, it's digital. It's a digital environment.
It's not like we have a couple of
old-school analog gauges here.
So it's technological in that respect,
but really the true technology
that goes into this car is the aerodynamics,
the engineering and construction of the frame,
the body work, the steering, the brakes,
the engine, and the transmission.
All the stuff that really matters
if you're gonna drive a car fast.