A dignified member of the Sports Series that McLaren discontinued together with the Super Series in early 2023, the 600LT is one hell of a white-knuckle .
autoevolution 5 Feb 2021, 7:28 UTC ·
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The tires weren t warm, the temperature wasn t high enough, the road surface wasn t grippy, the sun was in the driver s eye, AND he hadn t had his coffee that day - no excuses, no matter how childish or founded, can get the McLaren 600LT out of this one. 8 photos
The thing is, the Macca shouldn t really feel the need to defend itself and its performance. This race was skewed from the first moment it was planned because nothing, apart from the mostly insignificant weight, was lined up in the 600LT s favor.
When racing AWD cars, McLarens tend to lag behind after the launch, thanks to their rear-wheel-drive-only architecture. The British super sports cars can t get all the traction they need to put down their immense reserves of power, so either a lot of it gets wasted through wheelspin, or the driver has to step lightly on the throttle to make sure they dose the oomph just right and keep the tires in control.
2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Races McLaren 600LT, a Moon-Sized Gap Appears 11 Jan 2021, 18:01 UTC ·
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You could buy 3.5 units of the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 for the price of a McLaren 600LT. However, instead of wondering how that would work, we ve got a better question: what happens when you throw these velocity beasts at each other in a straight-line race? 4 photos
No, the velocity battle we have here obviously isn t of the reasonable type. In fact, while the muscle car came to the brawl in factory form, the supercar had been taken to the gym.
The YouTube label that caught the race on camera (