The McLaren 570S GT4 Is A Surprisingly Affordable Racing Car With Big Helpings Of Badassery
With McLaren’s GT racing cars doing rather well right now, it was only a matter of time before the 570S spawned its own competition variant. And sure enough, it’s now here: the 570S GT4.
As was the case with the launch 650S GT3, however, it’s not actually finished. What McLaren will do is field the car in the British GT championship this year using its own team in what’ll essentially be a very public development period over all nine rounds, meaning the regular punters that receive their GT4s in 2017 will have cars that are “fine-tuned in the heat of real competition.”
The 570S’s carbonfibre Monocell II chassis wears a wider body with a plethora of aero additions including a new high-level rear spoiler, and the whole shebang sits on a set of magnesium wheels shod in sticky Pirelli slick tyres. It’s powered by McLaren’s tried and tested 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8, carried over from the 570S road car.
Want one? That’ll be £159,900 please, which, considering the road car is £143,250, doesn’t seem all that bad. Want something like this but aren’t fussed by the racing side of things? McLaren will sell you a 570S ‘Sprint’, a bonkers track-only car that isn’t tied to any racing regulations. We’ll get out first look at that particular beast in the coming weeks.
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The only way I can think of spending £159,000 is a Audi R8, which I can use on the track AND on the road.
That’s the price of the race version. If you want a car that you could use on the track and the road, you can buy the production car for £143,250.
These wheels don’t suit the car IMO
Considering how much the road car costs that isn’t that bad a deal. If I had that kind of disposable income it would be something I would have to look at
Same exact engine as the street-legal version? Now that’s a bit disappointing, even though the chassis improved.
Keep in mind that the engine in the boggo 570S is far too powerful for GT4 competition and will be restricted to hell. It makes no sense for Mclaren to make a bespoke racing engine for just one level of competition.
“Badassery”. Is that even a word in the dictionary?
Why do you care so much about these kind of things?
if its not in. it should.
Grammar n4zi much?
Jokes aside, someone add it to the dictionary…
Damn, I’m just gonna go see how much my house is worth so I can sell it and buy this thing :0
McLaren are really dominating the sports car market
Can’t say that about there F1 cars
The brake lights are ugly
Last I checked, you don’t buy race cars for their tail lights.
a lot more expensive than the aston martin vantage though with is currently the fastest gt4 car
The vantage is from 2012 and this is from 2016 the tech in this is newer and its is faster so the price fits what you get
give me a chicken with gravey.