The lightest, most powerful and quickest road-legal model in the McLaren Automotive Sports Series range has made it’s Australian debut, introducing the McLaren 600LT.
The 600LT is the fourth vehicle to be included in the limited edition Longtail series, a product family that is acclaimed for performance excellence on track. Featuring a unique exhaust system with top-exit pipes, it’s loud and you will certainly hear it coming and I imagine it would sound magnificent at full noise down the main straight at Sydney Motorsport Park!
It also has beautiful carbon fibre bodywork, just look at it! The photographs do not do it justice, I could have spent hours admiring the carbon fibre work.
The 600LT redefines expectations of a super-sports car delivering astonishing acceleration, outstanding track cornering speeds and a truly dynamic connection between driver and car. The 600LT’s dry weight of 1,274kg and aerodynamic carbon fibre bodywork allows for blistering acceleration, going from 0-100 km/h in 2.9 seconds!! Almost the same as a McLaren P1, in a car the fraction of the price. To slow you down just as quickly the 600LT is also fitted with McLaren Senna inspired brake boosters that ensure precise and phenomenal stopping power: 200km/h to a standstill in just 117 metres.
“We are thrilled to welcome the eagerly anticipated 600LT to Australia. The LT redefines expectations of super-sportscar performance and pays homage to McLaren rich racing history. To date, we’ve already received an incredible amount of interest from the Australian market and I am looking forward to seeing it on Australian roads,” said George Biggs, Managing Director of McLaren Automotive Asia Pacific.
The McLaren 600LT breathes new life into the Longtail range. Positioned alongside the Super Series 650S, 675LT and 720S, and the Ultimate Series, P1 and P1 GTR and Senna, the 600LT joins the McLaren Sports Series range, which is comprised of the 540C, 570GT, 570S Coupe and 570S Spider.
The innovation of the 600LT showcases McLaren’s unprecedented knowledge and commitment to the production of bespoke supercars, with further expansion in the Super Series and Ultimate Series families still to be announced.
McLaren is a pioneer that continuously pushes the boundaries. In 1981, it introduced lightweight and strong carbon fibre chassis into Formula 1 with the McLaren MP4/1. Then in 1993 it designed and built the McLaren F1 road car – the company has not built a car without a carbon fibre chassis since. As part of the Ultimate Series, McLaren was the first to deliver a hybrid hypercar, the McLaren P1™.
Announced at Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2018, the company’s Track25 business plan will see it invest £1.2billion in research and development to deliver 18 new cars or derivatives by the end of 2025.
Deliveries of the McLaren 600LT will commence in Australia in late 2018, priced from AUD$455,000 excluding on-road costs. For more information and order enquires please, contact the McLaren Automotive showrooms in Australia.
Those exhaust outlets are almost right behind your ears!
Photographs by Driven Women Magazine.