McLaren P1 vs McLaren F1

twyford wrote:

Marc wrote:

Neither the P1 or the MP4-12 do anything for me, no emotion whatsoever. To me that's the biggest part of owning cars like these.

Do you mean visually they lack emotion? I guess that's that's a personal thing, I rather like the P1 as a car to look at more than I do the La Ferrari anyway. From the emotion in driving point of view, I'd have to ask if you're judging without having driven them, which seems a little unfair. Sure we take the word of magazines like Autocar, but I'm sure if I got to drive a P1 I'd find it had a whole heap more emotion than my 5 series as a driving experience.

Visually yes, but also as a package they do nothing for me. Obviously I've never driven a P1 but have been a passenger in a MP4 and was just left feeling cold by the whole experience. It just felt as though it was something built to be driven fast, and nothing more. I did once own a Ferrari 360 and that just felt special, even opening the garage door was an event and it felt good to just sit in, let alone drive it. It's something that Italian manufacturers (for all their faults) are able to do but others don't seem to understand. I have an Alfa Giulietta at the moment, it does nothing better than most other cars in its class, but it still makes me smile every time I look at it and drive it, you don't get that feeling with a Focus.