I can’t tell you which car won Road&Track’s Performance Car Of The Year test, and I can’t share any driving impressions that would help you figure out which car won. I can tell you that the McLaren Senna is the best million-dollar car I’ve ever driven and that it has astounding seats to go with the rest of its astounding-ness.
What I can show you is a couple of wet laps around NCM West, just so you can listen to a couple of really neat limited-production sports cars.
Neither lap is anything about which one should write home; in both cases I lifted on the back straight so I didn’t loop into a wall when I hit standing water. Still… we’ve been a little short on car-related discussion from yours truly lately on this site. Let’s rectify that a bit. And let’s not talk about the fact that my 90mph midcorner speed on Turn 5 was below what my wife recorded in her MX-5 Club the following day, alright?
I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a single feature I want more than the transparent panels in the doors of the Senna. They are fantastic and I want them on my Mustang.
Do you want them enough to lose your ability to roll your “top” windows down?
I do!
I sure do! You could make the top windows slide back like an old Mini or something I guess. It’d be worth every moment of moderate inconvenience that that would bring imo.
The 488 seems waay too stiff for that track..
You should see the Senna footage, it looks like it was shot from inside a washing machine.
I can hear the average owners hips creaking. It’ll be interesting to see if the best million-dollar car you’ve driven is also the best car you’ve driven..
The hedgies in my neck of the woods putz around off idle in fancy iron like that on weekends. I’d imagine it’s like having a playmate of the month on your arm, but she’s wearing a chastity belt (and her jaw is wired shut).
I’m no expert, but I’ve reviewed a couple of McLarens and you can have great fun in them without ever exceeding the speed limit. That speed limit sign doesn’t specify the time it should take for 0-40. Take a turn at the speed limit, without lifting, because you know the car has enough lateral grip to easily take a 90 deg corner at 45 mph. Accelerate into a gap in traffic as you would on a sport bike.
Of course, as always, drive safely, kids.
WHEEE ! .
I’ll never get to do this .
-Nate
I’m just surprised you sprung for the petrolhead version of Harry’s Lap Timer.
It was before I became unemployed!
I’m jealous. The only $300K vehicle I’ve ever drove had armor.
I thought it’d be about rich idiots wrecking new super cars….
-Nate
Is it the recording volume, better interior soundproofing, or the turbocharging that makes those powerful engines seem so quiet?
Recording volume. The phone gets shocked into minimum gain by the sheer impact of the noise.