2016 McLaren 570S: The First Sports Series Model Has Arrived - Car and Driver (blog)
McLaren is introducing the new Sports Series, with the 570S being the first to kick sand in the face of lesser sports cars. McLaren says the 570S can hit 62 mph in 3. 2 seconds and has a top speed of 204 mph. Official Photos and Info – 2016 McLaren 570S Having spent more than 50 years at the forefront of top-tier racing, McLaren is among the most storied marques in the world. Yet since it threw itself full tilt into building road cars as McLaren Automotive in 2011—there was the indelible F1 a couple of decades back, of course—it has existed in a sort of gauzy haze, largely unknown and irrelevant to mere mortals. With an estimated starting price of $185,000, the 570S reaches down into the nearly-maybe-someday-possibly-I-could-have-one realm of the Audi R8 and the Porsche 911 Turbo S. “This is going to be the most attainable and usable McLaren to date,”... ) “We recognize that in this segment of the market, customers use their cars in slightly different ways, so we’ve taken that into account in design and specification. ” This is not to say, however, that McLaren dumbed it down for everyday use. “This [car] brings in all of the learnings of our previous few years as a car company, our racing teams, and our GT teams, and put that. Source: www.caranddriver.com
