Sure the new Volkswagen Golf Mk7 and its kin, the Audi A3 and Seat Leon, along with the likes of the Renault Clio, Dacia Logan and Ford Mondeo, just to mention a few of the mainstream debuts at the Paris Motor Show, are the ones that matter in real-life terms, but it's cars like the McLaren P1 that keep us dreaming and…alive.
Although billed as a concept, in reality, the P1 is a pre-production teaser of the road car that will hit McLaren's glitzy showroom floors just before the end of 2013.
Deemed by many as the spiritual successor to the great F1 of the 1990s, McLaren says the P1 was designed with one simple goal: "to be the best driver’s car in the world on road and track".
We will have to wait for the production model to find out whether the McLaren P1 can live up to its promise, but in the meantime, we can ask your opinion about the hypercar's design and if it hits the right notes.
The styling of the P1 is the result of the collaborative efforts of Chief Design Engineer Dan Parry-Williams and Design Director Frank Stephenson (his previous work includes the modern day Mini, Fiat 500 and the Ferrari F430), and their respective teams.
"The collaboration was one of the great things about the project and that allowed us to reach such a complete package," Parry-Williams said.
Stephenson agrees with him: :"We have ended up with a car that looks as futuristic as a concept car – except that it will go into production – and with similar aerodynamic properties to a sports racing car. I believe it is a terrific achievement."
According to Parry-Williams, the McLaren P1's styling prioritizes function over pure style, while Stephenson adds that he wanted a car that was "striking but also functional, a real statement of intent. I wanted a genuinely beautiful and dramatically honest “supersports” car, in keeping with McLaren’s heritage but also at the forefront of automotive design".
While McLaren's people have their own reasons to like and appreciate the design of their latest creation, we would like to ask what you think about the P1. You can cast your vote below and explain your choice in the comments.
POLL: What do You Say About the McLaren P1's Design?
28 Comments:
I like the color.
It looks really good overall, but the side line is too much for me
you can't make a new hot supercar from MP4-C and called him P1 ,hot color yes but not the car ,WTF !
agreed. i hate it. especially the rear.....i say bring back a true successor. 3 seater. and the driver is in the middle.
Admit it, guys. You like how it looks because its a McLaren. Not because of how it looks. Think of it this way. What would you think if Lexus came up with an exact same design? I'm sure a lot of you would say "It sucks."
... and with the engine that's not carried over from the "base grade" cars.
...Lexus don't seem like they would come up with that design, first of all.
Second, I'll say that I like the car, but not for its design. If you watch the video on the design and read the recent McLaren Automotive Media page on the P1, it will help explain the choices they made with the car (such as the taillights being almost nonexistant. Apparently that's to allow more heat to exit the engine bay).
Not a great design but still prettier than Veyron.
I just hope that all those lines it are for sake of aerodynamics, because if they are not...
MP4-12C or whatever its name is may be too bland, this goes a bit to the other side, but I guess the driving quality will matter the most to the billionaires who (will) buy this...
Sexy!!
Form follows function. The car looks great. Oh and the McLaren logo for a headlight design? Nice touch. If you put all the hyper cars together, few of them are works of art because design would get in the way of things like aerodynamics, but I guess we just all want the best of both worlds.
Because, pop up spoiler!
If it was really form follows function it wouldn't have that huge blank panel in the side window area. A lot of cars over the years have used this trick to make the side window opening look like a shape it's not, but this is the worst I've ever seen. Overall, the design is a very modern cartoon car, not form following function at all. A lot of stuff designed to look cool, not necessarily to enhance function at all. And the blacked out area in the doors - what's the point of that? It even looks terrible. This is a stylist car, not a designer car.
it's not better than crappy aventador. X1 Concept would be a sex bomb.
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successor to the great F1: driver is in the middle.
Great examples of form and function
1.Ferrari Italia 458
2.Lamborghini Aventador
Pair the McLaren P1 next to the original McLaren f1 and see how poorly designed this car looks.
This design would have been better suited as a successor to the ssc ultimate aero.Even the scc concept looks better than this cliche design of a super car.Sometimes these old designers need to be less involved in these projects.
Not that it matters, this being a prestige collecter's item for superrich uncultured Arabs or Russians or whatever, not a car for normal people. But this car is an perfect example of the evil side of modern car design. Everything is about doing stuff because you can, not because it's beautiful or practical or ideally some brilliant combination of the two. Even the color. Or colors, if you include the ugly pointless black side area.
It's the auto as huge bike helmet. Except bike helmets are aerodynamic and ventilate and provide safety while being a bit flamboyantly cool. And cost $40. This car is for young poseurs of the kleptocracy who think it will impress equally moronic shallow young hotties and lead directly to having sex.
I don't like the design. It's pure science and no art. Like what Jeremy Clarkson said on the MP4-12C vs. the Ferrari 458, unlike the Ferrari, which has art, the McLaren seems to have been sculpted by numbers, science, and physics. Sure, the 458 Italia is sculpted by science too, but along science, it has art.
I like the look of it! but however like I said in the previous post and that is it doesn't have that tuxedo feel like Pagani, Bugatti, and even Ferrari. So, for that matter it is a beautiful car , but does not provoke that upscale cost appeal. It seem a tad below the lambo in appearances. But I like the car period.
I like this post because the has very beautiful shining color with attractive design.
How do you not like this car...
continues evolution from the ~Pagani Zonda S~. If it doesn't need the nasals on the hood would smooth that area out. Hope the inner door panels could become electrostatic fog/clear glass. Put body on a chevette or pinto chasis and I'd still love it. Ha ha all you snobs!
agera r is better
designing is about making something look extremely different from anything else,
this is the best looking mclaren ive ever seen HANDS DOWN, it looks way better than what i was expecting, and i like it because it looks good, not because of the badge
It looks like a cheap chinese toy... Awful...
I just want to see the future race between Mclaren P1 and Bugatti Veyron super sport just like it was on the top gear series with the Mclaren F1 and Bugatti Veyron
I really don't understand why some people have to say "admit it..it sucks"..that is YOUR opinion, not MINE. And overall it is just an OPINION, not REALITY, as it is mine. For example I really hate the Enzo, I find it horrible, but I don't go around to say to who like it, "admit it..it's ugly"..come on relax guys :-)
Anyway, I have to say that I like this car very much, and you should remember that the F1 wasn't very nice..it became a legend for what it has done, not for how it looked. I think that before to judge if P1 will be a true successor, we should wait to see it on the track. But, IN MY OPINION, the design of this car is beautiful..love it <3
All nay sayers, wait till you see this car move. It looks hot as hell.
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