McLaren P1 prototype

[Stephen@NCAutoUSA]

OMG, I actually agree with something Jack Sparrow has posted! Since hell is obviously freezing over, I am inclined to ask my wife about that threesome she said we could have when this exact moment arrived. :smile: So excited to hear her answer!

:biggrin:

 

[naaman]

Someone hire that 13-y/o, quick!

And when did they have "two-tone" with carbon fiber in the 80s, because I am all for retro if that's the case.

Hey, even Picasso and Van Gogh have fans. But it has less to do with skill and more to do with novelty/originality. It doesn't have to be beautiful to be popular. In my opinion, the car is ugly. The materials (carbon fiber) are irrelevent to my aesthetic appreciation. Even the NA2 Type R is too ugly for me to pursue just on account of it's rear spoiler and black mirrors. Not that I wouldn't enjoy driving one. But if I owned it, I'd install a base model spoiler for daily driving and paint the mirrors.

The point being: looks are a show stopper for me. An ugly car will never will never make it into my stable. Even if it is a Bughatti.

 

[Jack Sparrow]

This thing is going to be a beast!

http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/2...details_released_at_the_paris_motor_show.html

 

[Jack Sparrow]

 

[Hugh]

I like the MP4-12C much better. This thing is butt ugly.

 

[RedWings]

Honestly fellas... I'd be happy with either

...and my neighbors would continue the WTF-face

which makes me smile

 

[naaman]

i wouldn't kick one out of bed for eating crackers.

but I do think it's hideous.

you can't just shape nice lines anymore, the computer and the testing (and safety stds) presents the designer with boundaries that are critical to work within - especially with the numbers these cars are putting up - and the top speeds they are chasing. and just going with the times - everything has to ebb and flow styling-wise.

If I had that kind of money, I am sure I'd have some kind of modern hypercar - but I suspect I'd get around to that after securing a McLaren F1 and other cars that I consider less of a computer experience and to be transparent - and get back to my point - that I think are just more pleasing to the eye. The look of an exotic was the thing that inspired me as much as the performance - because race cars are always faster but it's pure performance there - comparing a dream car to something with logos from KMart....Milwaukee Tools...

"and Bill Chambers in the Tampax car wins it!"

kind of ruins it for me.

I like a car to look pleasing to my old man eyes.

Couldn't agree with you more.

 

[SWIFTVISION]

Amazing work of art.

 

[BATMANs]

It's at the Palo Alto McLaren dealership. Saw it last night.

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/306606_10151335124330902_571755737_n.jpg

My 'hood is such a rough area to live in....

 

[bngl3rt]

It's at the Palo Alto McLaren dealership. Saw it last night.

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/306606_10151335124330902_571755737_n.jpg

My 'hood is such a rough area to live in....

You laugh, but that place is on a pretty ugly/uninteresting corner.

 

[BATMANs]

I live minutes from there.

At the other corner are the guys at Jiffy Lube fantasizing.....

 

[bngl3rt]

I live minutes from there.

At the other corner are the guys at Jiffy Lube fantasizing.....

But how sad is it that it's across from a Jiffy Lube? Like a common Toyota dealer...

We have glamorous, high-foot-traffic shopping districts around, but they just didn't end up in one. Unfortunate.

 

[BATMANs]

Well think about it.

Palo Alto is THE epicenter of the Silicon valley which is the epic center of high tech.

Just some famous employers that are HQ'd here:

Stanford
HP
IDEO
Tesla

Actors from PA (there are more):

Teri Hatcher
James Franco

Politicians and civil servants:

Hoover
Condi Rice

Business leaders and entrepreneurs:

Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc.
Debbi Fields, founder of Mrs. Fields Bakeries
David Filo, co-founder of Yahoo! Inc.
Jack Herrick, founder of wikiHow
William Hewlett, deceased co-founder of technology company Hewlett-Packard; buried at Alta Mesa Cemetery in Palo Alto
Mark Hurd, past chairman, chief executive officer, and President of Hewlett-Packard.
Steve Jobs, deceased co-founder of Apple Inc.; lived in Palo Alto 1980-2011; buried at Alta Mesa Cemetery in Palo Alto
Jawed Karim, co-founder of YouTube.
Marissa Mayer, CEO and president of Yahoo!, former vice president of search products & user experience at Google
Elon Musk, CEO of TESLA Motors, Space X
David Packard, deceased co-founder of technology company Hewlett-Packard; buried at Alta Mesa Cemetery in Palo Alto
Larry Page, co-founder and CEO of Google.
Owen Van Natta, COO of Facebook, CEO of Myspace, COO of Zynga.
Romesh Wadhwani, founder and chairman of Symphony Technology Group
Jerry Yang, co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc.
Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Facebook.

 

[Timpo]

Nice car, what's the retail on one of those?

 

[BATMANs]

No price yet but the speculation that I've seen was right around $1 million

 

[s2kNSX]

I am not sure how I feel about it. I need to look at it more. My initial impression is YUCK.

WHAT...dave u need an eye exam

 

[NetViper]

WHAT...dave u need an eye exam

No, I need codine!

 

[liftnot]

a friend in New Orleans has a MP4-12C like Ritesh on here in TX, and he almost bought the P1. Next time I see him, I'll take a pix with my NSX, his GTR and his Big Mac. and we can compare the diff. I asked him about his driving impression of the MP4 and what he thought of the P1....he replied....

>I was on the list for the P1 but got off. I did not like the styling nor the mixing of Kers with propulsion. I don't know Mr.. Ritesh, but if you send info on reading >his comments that would be nice. My car is in Dallas having upgrades and additional Hp. added. Get in touch if you get back to N.O. Mike

I love the styling of the P1 but not green enough to like the KER stuff. ​

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[jond]

That car looks wicked to me. Good stuff.