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I see they've gone with the Escudo Pikes Peak look
McLaren P15......Good God....it's just......wow, no words!
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I see they've gone with the Escudo Pikes Peak look
Soldato
Nice to see an old Nokia that's been converted into the cars infotainment system!
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Yeah this is off my list for next daily.
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If you take what it is designed for then I love it.
The only bit I don't get is the glass lower door, surely that is heavier than a carbon panel if it was all about extremes?
I love it, i would just want to replace the wing plates to a shaped flat metal section, and it would be even better.
Its a Hypercar, it is meant to look, and be, bonkers
Its a Hypercar, it is meant to look, and be, bonkers
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So since a car is trying to get the opposite of a plane, downforce instead of uplift then it should be as ugly as possible?
I expect it's substance over style and I kind of implore them for taking that stance.
i was thinking more that good aero on a car should mean looking like an upside down plane
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Do not like. It just looks... Wrong somehow.
I don't think the rear wing suits it, and the see through doors are stupid.
I don't think the rear wing suits it, and the see through doors are stupid.
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I really like the look of it because I can see the functional elements they've taken out of what looks to be F1 design basics and tweaked it to be compatible with a road car.
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I like it because it looks like an engineering masterpiece.
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the wing is the only thing that's truly wrong..........the car is flowing fore and aft, but the wing is going dead vertical and way too heavy looking, it needs two small wings attached to the end of the side panels, like the Lola has...........but this might not generate enough downforce
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It's fully road legal so not actually track only. The design brief was to produce “the most extreme, track-focused road car in McLaren's history". So yes even this car is compromised, and not perfect for road, or perfect for track, but it is the closest McLaren yet to be a purpose designed car to go around a track in the fastest time possible.
The next incarnation later next year the P15 GTR will be track only and not road legal.
The rear wing is definitely function over form.
It is designed to switch angle automatically and almost constantly to tailor the amount of down-force available.
Looking at it from a purely design point of view It’s an incredibly interesting design, you can see that the mounting points are on the top surface to keep the far more important lower surface as clean as possible, given no constraints on design that is by far the best way to mount a wing.
All the aero on the car is fully movable and adjustable by the on-board electronics, including the ride height which can lower by over 50mm, between road to track modes, and that alone generates almost 40% extra down force.
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I'm with you guys!Exactly
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Exactly
I am 100% with you guys.
This is a proper uncompromising race car which can be used on the road, although sadly I imagine many will simply sit in people's garages on display.
I reckon the wing, whilst functional, is deliberately garish to accentuate this point.
There are much softer designed supercars to appease daily use.