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Written by Ollie Kew
Welcome to this month"s new wing with a McLaren attached. With the internet"s resting heart-rate finally recovering from the palpitations induced by the challenging appearance of the 789bhp McLaren Senna, Woking has aimed its stripping-out sockets and souping-up spanners at the entry-level Sports Series model, better know to you and I as the 570S. The result, now packing an extra 30bhp, wearing lighter body panels, and brandishing a fiendish aerodynamic non-flight suit, is the 600LT. This is McLaren"s new Longtail. As per the sublime 675LT the hollowed-out hardcore 650S we fell for back in 2015 Longtail" is more of a philosophy than a literal extension of the rump and in truth, a handy marketing tie-in for McLaren to hark back to the F1 GTR Longtails" that won the 1997 Le Mans GT1. The 600LT"s lippier front splitter and rear diffuser stalactites elongate the car a smidge (okay, 74mm), but they"re literally the tips of a ruthless wind tunnel remodeling. Chief among the tweaks is that carbon-fibre surfboard. There"s no slippery DRS or airbrake party tricks here the wing stays firmly fixed in place whichever drive mode you"re using but that"s not to say it"s without theatre. Notice that matt section above the wing"s supporting spars? That"s a heat-resistant area necessitated by the new top-exit exhausts. McLaren"s shifted the pipes to the engine deck to make room for a more effective diffuser and gain some extra downforce by funneling superheated gases over the rear wing, but the surface has to wear a flameproof suit to come with the temperature generated by the 3.8-litre bi-turbo V8. Proper supercar pub ammo, that.
Date written: 28 Jun 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 12356
Welcome to this month"s new wing with a McLaren attached. With the internet"s resting heart-rate finally recovering from the palpitations induced by the challenging appearance of the 789bhp McLaren Senna, Woking has aimed its stripping-out sockets and souping-up spanners at the entry-level Sports Series model, better know to you and I as the 570S. The result, now packing an extra 30bhp, wearing lighter body panels, and brandishing a fiendish aerodynamic non-flight suit, is the 600LT. This is McLaren"s new Longtail. As per the sublime 675LT the hollowed-out hardcore 650S we fell for back in 2015 Longtail" is more of a philosophy than a literal extension of the rump and in truth, a handy marketing tie-in for McLaren to hark back to the F1 GTR Longtails" that won the 1997 Le Mans GT1. The 600LT"s lippier front splitter and rear diffuser stalactites elongate the car a smidge (okay, 74mm), but they"re literally the tips of a ruthless wind tunnel remodeling. Chief among the tweaks is that carbon-fibre surfboard. There"s no slippery DRS or airbrake party tricks here the wing stays firmly fixed in place whichever drive mode you"re using but that"s not to say it"s without theatre. Notice that matt section above the wing"s supporting spars? That"s a heat-resistant area necessitated by the new top-exit exhausts. McLaren"s shifted the pipes to the engine deck to make room for a more effective diffuser and gain some extra downforce by funneling superheated gases over the rear wing, but the surface has to wear a flameproof suit to come with the temperature generated by the 3.8-litre bi-turbo V8. Proper supercar pub ammo, that.
Date written: 28 Jun 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 12356
