McLaren has revealed its track-only Senna GTR hypercar in production form, a year after showing a concept version at the 2018 Geneva motor show.
The Senna GTR is described as the fastest machine to roll out of Woking this side of a Formula 1 car. It's priced at £1.1 million plus local taxes and production is capped at 75 examples, all in left-hand-drive form. All have already been sold, with customer deliveries due to commence in September.
The standard Senna's 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 petrol engine is uprated in the GTR to produce 814bhp, up from 789bhp, while torque is unchanged at 590lb ft.
The final bodywork is based around a chassis with a wider front track. Made almost exclusively from carbonfibre, it features wider front wings, a larger front splitter, a bespoke rear diffuser and repositioned active rear wing. The result is a full 1000kg of downforce, up 200kg over the existing Senna. Under braking, the car is also capable of 3g of decelerative force – 20% more than the Senna.
McLaren says the Senna GTR concept will out-accelerate the standard Senna, but it has yet to confirm straight-line performance figures. The regular Senna can charge from 0-62mph in 2.8sec and 0-124mph in 6.8sec.
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Too many knee-jerk reactions
Does anyone know who actually buys this type of car? I admit I don't have a list of names. I strongly suspect it is not people you love to hate, and who tarnish the cars by association, like Russian oligarchs on Youtube who can't exit a T-junction in a powerful car without spinning it. It's more likely people like the Red Bull guy or wealthy retired racers whom you would respect. Do you really think manufacturers don't take steps regarding who buys their halo cars? As for ugly, well it's a racing car! Have you seen some of the recent Le Mans winners?
Hilarious negativity
@marc
when you say "soul and character", do you mean questionable design/engineering and unreliabilty?
russ13b wrote:
No, cars, or any other object that has something other than an outright ownership proposition. Take two cars I've previously owned, which were at the time were of almost equal value, a Boxster and an F360. The Boxster, quick, enjoyable to drive but other than that, ownership gave no sense of emotion, you open the garage doors on a Sunday morning and you may as well be looking at a fridge. The 360, not that much quicker, probably less enjoyable to drive as it was a harder car to drive quickly, yet you open the garage door and you take a deep breath before it's even been driven. And no, the 360 was no less reliable as a second hand car to the Boxster when it was new - just more expensive to run. To me, and it's my personal opinion, Mclarens just don't have that character.
Marc wrote:
You were in an enviable postion to own and compare these cars but I am not sure I or many others would agree with you, whilst I havent owned or even driven a boxter I have owned a 924, and looking at it just sat on my drive when I walked past to get my 125 scooter for my work commute out of the garage, the 924 had the complete opposite effect of the boxter in your case, and I feel certain a boxter or McLaren would stir my soul the same way, I have had many ordinary cars that did so and none that I would liken to a fridge. Although some were closer to white goods than others, I still enjoyed owning them.
Still, each to their own.