M600 Carbon Sport
Discussion
macky17 said:
The stuff of dreams. If I had £250k to spend on a car, I'm not sure there would be anything else I'd rather have... Anyone else?
I've always thought that too...but then I read about the 570GT from McLaren & wondered where you could drive to around the world in it with the £100k you saved.bernhund said:
I've always thought that too...but then I read about the 570GT from McLaren & wondered where you could drive to around the world in it with the £100k you saved.
After visiting the MacLaren F1 exhibition and taking in Murray's design and performance details I'm thinking I will now spend the remainder of my life on this glorious planet saving for an F1 
macky17 said:
The stuff of dreams. If I had £250k to spend on a car, I'm not sure there would be anything else I'd rather have... Anyone else?
There was a time when I would have agreed with you, however, after test driving a few of the competition have since bought one from Ferrari, Lambo, Porsche and now McLaren. There is a lot to be said for decades of development and racing pedigree. I still love the raw nature of the M600 but it's now so dated looks wise in my opinion. If they bring out a new body and tweak a few things id probably buy one, the handling will be great.I tried to speak to a certain person at Noble a couple of years ago but they either didn't take me seriously or were too busy talking over me to notice I was interested in buying one, opportunity missed!
Hollowpockets said:
macky17 said:
The stuff of dreams. If I had £250k to spend on a car, I'm not sure there would be anything else I'd rather have... Anyone else?
There was a time when I would have agreed with you, however, after test driving a few of the competition have since bought one from Ferrari, Lambo, Porsche and now McLaren. There is a lot to be said for decades of development and racing pedigree. I still love the raw nature of the M600 but it's now so dated looks wise in my opinion. If they bring out a new body and tweak a few things id probably buy one, the handling will be great.I tried to speak to a certain person at Noble a couple of years ago but they either didn't take me seriously or were too busy talking over me to notice I was interested in buying one, opportunity missed!
Edited by bernhund on Thursday 25th February 07:14
Hollowpockets said:
macky17 said:
The stuff of dreams. If I had £250k to spend on a car, I'm not sure there would be anything else I'd rather have... Anyone else?
There was a time when I would have agreed with you, however, after test driving a few of the competition have since bought one from Ferrari, Lambo, Porsche and now McLaren. There is a lot to be said for decades of development and racing pedigree. I still love the raw nature of the M600 but it's now so dated looks wise in my opinion. If they bring out a new body and tweak a few things id probably buy one, the handling will be great.I tried to speak to a certain person at Noble a couple of years ago but they either didn't take me seriously or were too busy talking over me to notice I was interested in buying one, opportunity missed!
I do love the look of the Noble, but it is starting to look dated, especially the front lights. When I said I feel they needed to update the lights on their FB page, with maybe LED running lights, their response was if it ain't broke don't fix it!?!? They felt headlights were getting too fussy, but if that's what the market wants, give it to them, like Pagani, unless you can't afford/be arsed to offer this and use the lame excuse as above!!!
Thing is, I like that approach, and it's not just following the norm .
Personally I can't stand the modern bling led lights, with every new car out trying to come up with another pattern resembling something drawn by a 5 year old.
The very fact that the M600 is "different "is part of it's appeal..... And all this time after launch, every single owner still has theirs, so they must be happy bunnies.
Personally I can't stand the modern bling led lights, with every new car out trying to come up with another pattern resembling something drawn by a 5 year old.
The very fact that the M600 is "different "is part of it's appeal..... And all this time after launch, every single owner still has theirs, so they must be happy bunnies.
sjc said:
Thing is, I like that approach, and it's not just following the norm .
Personally I can't stand the modern bling led lights, with every new car out trying to come up with another pattern resembling something drawn by a 5 year old.
The very fact that the M600 is "different "is part of it's appeal..... And all this time after launch, every single owner still has theirs, so they must be happy bunnies.
Unfortunately the "approach" is to spend bugger all on lights and do the absolute minimum, it's not about design philosophy, it is about laziness and cost, Personally I can't stand the modern bling led lights, with every new car out trying to come up with another pattern resembling something drawn by a 5 year old.
The very fact that the M600 is "different "is part of it's appeal..... And all this time after launch, every single owner still has theirs, so they must be happy bunnies.
Funnily enough saying all that, the lights on Graham's new car were made in hungry, because it's to expensive in the UK
Edited by Adrian W on Saturday 27th February 08:17
Getting dated a bit already yes but still impresive - the only thing for me is I feel the engine bay looks odd as the power unit is small and fitted very low down in there. I realise this is good dynamically (and that it emits adequate power!) but am used to engines filling the engine bay so one can admire them. This looks like there's room for the proverbial golf clubs and a full shop (I realise not a good idea as would get too hot). Basically, when you lift the engine cover the comment seems to be "where's the engine then?!" It looks like a large battery power pack at first!
Just my thoughts...
Just my thoughts...
AMG Merc said:
Getting dated a bit already yes but still impresive - the only thing for me is I feel the engine bay looks odd as the power unit is small and fitted very low down in there. I realise this is good dynamically (and that it emits adequate power!) but am used to engines filling the engine bay so one can admire them. This looks like there's room for the proverbial golf clubs and a full shop (I realise not a good idea as would get too hot). Basically, when you lift the engine cover the comment seems to be "where's the engine then?!" It looks like a large battery power pack at first!
Just my thoughts...
Haha, that's what I always think Rob. There's an echo in that engine bay! But I suppose the M600 is about the 'purist' as was the M12. It has a job to do, which it does sublimely and everything else comes second to that. However, no matter how much of a purist you are, unless the car is used for racing I think there will always be a case of 'my dick is bigger than yours'. And that's when as an owner of a quarter of a million pound car, you would want to lift that rear hood & say look at the size of that!Just my thoughts...
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