MIKE FLEWITT

FOUR FOUR QUESTIONS QUESTIONS S THEY THEY REALLY REALLY DIDN DIDN DIDN’’T T T WANT WANT WANT TO TO TO BE BE ASKED ASKED...

CEO, McLaren Automotive 1 It’s often said your cars are too similar to one another. Rivals make both front- and mid-engined cars. Before you ask, McLaren will not make an SUV. But I get really pissed off the people say we’re making the same car again and again. Look at the Speedtail, the GT, the LT, the Senna GTR. Completely different. 2 All V8 turbos though, and that carbon tub? It’s absolutely not true to call it the same tub for each car. Yes we’ve had a V8 since the 12C, but with two blocks, five different heads, hybridised and not, with outputs from 400kW to 820kW. We don’t sell engines to anyone else. Our stuff is our stuff. Well, OK, the P1 had a brake booster that was shared with a Porsche design.…

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Top Gear South Africa (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2019

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