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There is no such thing as a "practical supercar". It"s a contradiction in terms on the same intellectual level as "moderate terrorist" or "diet cake". The point of a supercar is to be impractical. Whimsical, even. Fantastical to look at, and with a poisonously narrow go-faster brief that means it"s about as useful in real life as male nipples, or those cheap spanners you can buy made from metallic softwood. Yes, you can get searingly fast cars that are also practical the Porsche 911 Turbo being one but is that really a supercar? It"s got four seats, for goodness" sake. And there are approximately seven hundred lesser models which all bar a few extra bits of bodywork look exactly the same. The Audi R8 comes close it looks suitably unsuitable, has the engine in the right place and goes very fast indeed. But it"s an Audi. And Audi also makes the A4 2.0-litre TDI. And it has normal doors. And as we all know, a supercar needs ridiculous doors. Even a practical one. Step forward, then, the McLaren 570GT. Photography: John WycherleyThis feature was originally published in issue 290 of Top Gear magazine
Date written: 22 Jan 2017
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There is no such thing as a "practical supercar". It"s a contradiction in terms on the same intellectual level as "moderate terrorist" or "diet cake". The point of a supercar is to be impractical. Whimsical, even. Fantastical to look at, and with a poisonously narrow go-faster brief that means it"s about as useful in real life as male nipples, or those cheap spanners you can buy made from metallic softwood. Yes, you can get searingly fast cars that are also practical the Porsche 911 Turbo being one but is that really a supercar? It"s got four seats, for goodness" sake. And there are approximately seven hundred lesser models which all bar a few extra bits of bodywork look exactly the same. The Audi R8 comes close it looks suitably unsuitable, has the engine in the right place and goes very fast indeed. But it"s an Audi. And Audi also makes the A4 2.0-litre TDI. And it has normal doors. And as we all know, a supercar needs ridiculous doors. Even a practical one. Step forward, then, the McLaren 570GT. Photography: John WycherleyThis feature was originally published in issue 290 of Top Gear magazine
Date written: 22 Jan 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 6497
