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      12-15-2020, 03:44 PM   #1
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McLaren Sabre has over 800 horsepower & 218-mph top speed

https://www.motor1.com/news/460406/m...re-spy-photos/






https://www.motor1.com/news/457482/n...design-images/






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      12-15-2020, 04:35 PM   #2
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It must suck to have blown your load on your first car. They're never going to get close to the F1 again.

Who was the GM Designer that said something to the effect of 'finish your design and then remove one more detail?' They need that guy and a dozen of his managers.
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      12-15-2020, 05:50 PM   #3
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i like these cars, but sometimes less is more. they need to take it easy with the different shapes. kinda clashes.
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      12-15-2020, 05:56 PM   #4
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I'm pretty sure Mclaren has committed to throwing truly aesthetic design to the wayside when it comes to the most hardcore members of the Ultimate series.

It's a decision I can respect. They are going to absolute performance, unrestrained by style. Yes, it's busy. Yes, it could be made much pleasing on the eye. But that's not what this car is meant to be.

The 720s is stunning. The P1's successor will likely be just as sculpted. But in the Senna realm, they have made a conscious decision to dial down the importance of clean design.
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      12-16-2020, 12:02 AM   #5
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It's only a matter of time before they are making SUVs.
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      12-17-2020, 02:06 PM   #6
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      12-17-2020, 04:23 PM   #7
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Bleh, all modern McLarens look alike. They need to get rid of that swoosh in the headlights. Doesn't look aggressive. The Senna is ... well, polarizing.
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      12-22-2020, 03:09 PM   #8
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McLaren Sabre revealed with over 800 horsepower and 218-mph top speed

https://www.autoblog.com/2020/12/22/...abre-revealed/

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The McLaren Sabre is out and ready for business. While McLaren hasn’t provided its usual full information drop and detailed set of photos, McLaren of Beverly Hills has posted the first customer car on its website and released some details about the car.

One thing to know off the top is exclusivity: There will only be 15 Sabres built, and all of them are headed to the U.S. It was designed and personalized by McLaren Special Operations (MSO) to exacting U.S. standards, featuring “ideas and innovations that global homologation would not permit.” What those features and ideas are, McLaren isn't specifically disclosing (we asked). All McLaren could do was suggest that some of the aerodynamic elements and body work would not pass European or Asian homologation requirements.

The Sabre is packing more power than any other non-hybrid McLaren, beating out the Elva by 20 horsepower for a total of 824 ponies and 590 pound-feet of torque from the 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8. Acceleration figures aren’t available, but top speed is 218 mph. That makes it the fastest two-seat McLaren ever. Given the Senna-like huge aero all throughout the Sabre’s body, we imagine it’s rather lethal on a racetrack, too.

McLaren says it involved the future owners in development of the Sabre more than any car previous. The 15 folks buying got to have a close relationship with the MSO team of designers, engineers and test drivers in an effort to personalize each car to their preferred specifications. McLaren flew out test mules for buyers to get behind the wheel of at the Thermal Club. Then, they got to tell McLaren what they thought of the drive. Typically, feedback comes after owners take delivery of the finished car, so this is rather unusual.

There’s no official price from McLaren on the Sabre, but it hardly matters. All 15 cars are spoken for and sold, so nobody else will need to mull over the likely exorbitant MSRP.




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      12-22-2020, 06:54 PM   #9
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Shark jumped. I don't see any appeal in that.
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      12-23-2020, 10:12 AM   #11
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McLaren should go for more subtle colors at least for making things look more calm and composed.. lines are pretty nice with different colors etc it looks like a car from 4 year old kids hot wheels cabinet...

Koeniggsegg is a great example for what i mean..
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      01-14-2021, 11:36 AM   #13
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McLaren should go for more subtle colors at least for making things look more calm and composed.. lines are pretty nice with different colors etc it looks like a car from 4 year old kids hot wheels cabinet...

Koeniggsegg is a great example for what i mean..
x2, that color scheme is hideous. Money still can't buy good taste...
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I think it looked better with the camo on.
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It's all a bit silly to me, just buy a track car at some point no? Like a caterham or something. I don't get what you do with this.
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It's all a bit silly to me, just buy a track car at some point no? Like a caterham or something. I don't get what you do with this.
You will barely drive it to keep the value intact. Maybe 200 miles per year or so. You keep it in your massive garage together with all the other exotics you have and post instagram pics.
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looks dumb.
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Aston Martin Valhalla looks kind of sexier.
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      01-14-2021, 04:12 PM   #19
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You will barely drive it to keep the value intact. Maybe 200 miles per year or so. You keep it in your massive garage together with all the other exotics you have and post instagram pics.
😂😂. Seems to be a growing theme these days
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In the rarified air of hypercar ownership, this would not be my choice.

From the supercar era, either an Enzo or F40....oh what the hell - both.
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