I spent a weekend behind the wheel of a $247,025 McLaren GT supercar. Operating it turns out to be pretty different from driving my Subaru.
“Supercars generally are designed with an intention to be highly capable at a racetrack in ways often that make them less than perfect, or [less than] utilitarian, as a street car,” he says. He ticks off their attributes: They’re usually two-seaters with “very high horsepower” that feature “the latest of automotive technology in a performance context” and are “lightweight, nimble, fast.”of defining them is as vehicles whose horsepower is 500 and up that cost around $250,000 or more.
The vehicle I borrowed sported an understated teal paint job, although the official color, in McLaren’s lingo, is “Serpentine.” And like a snake, this vehicle has a low profile, close to the road. I felt its wide presence on the asphalt, and the potential energy of its engine. The rumbling noises were a constant companion.Vehicles like these have some general attributes that are different, of course, from a regular car. “They have a much lower, wider stance,” says Hilderbrand.
“Springs and shocks and roll bars and all that stuff,” he adds, “are stiffer than a regular car, to be able to maximize and take advantage of the performance of the tires and how low and wide the car is.” The benefit of all this was that I felt more comfortable going faster, and taking turns at higher speeds, than I do in the Subaru—the feeling is one of control, as opposed to feeling like you might careen off a highway embankment if a wind gust catches you off guard.
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