Ehhh, the Evora has a twin!!

[wacattack]

Ladies and gentleman, the new Mclaren road car...

Edited by wacattack on Wednesday 9th September 12:59

[Twit]

HAHA! No it hasnt, that is much nicer - the back doesnt look like another car grafted on the back!!! Although in fairness that is the best pic I have seen of it; the other pictures make it look a bit too long.

If it looks like anything its more like the Farbio or the Artega GT, both of which are also much more coherent designeds than the Evora. I guess the reason is they havent made any attempt to shoe-horn two pointless seats in the back!

Edited by Twit on Wednesday 9th September 13:22

[wacattack]

Twit said:

HAHA! No it hasnt, that is much nicer - the back doesnt look like another car grafted on the back!!! Although in fairness that is the best pic I have seen of it; the other pictures make it look a bit too long.

If it looks like anything its more like the Farbio or the Artega GT, both of which are also much more coherent designeds than the Evora. I guess the reason is they havent made any attempt to shoe-horn two pointless seats in the back!

Edited by Twit on Wednesday 9th September 13:22

All I will say for those that arent feeling the love for the Evora is go and see one in person, the car is truely stunning. For whatever reason the Evora is is not photogenic, but in person it is fantastic

[Twit]

I have and I have driven it twice...

Nice car to drive, albeit not that quick, still dont get it I'm afraid... But there are plenty of threads about this already!

[kambites]

That picture is an old mock-up of the Mclaren, not the real thing.

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kambites said:

That picture is an old mock-up of the Mclaren, not the real thing.

That makes sense, I was looking at the other pictures of it and trying to equate it, it looks much longer in the other pictures, which is a pity as the pic the OP has posted looks great. The picture above really looks like the Artega or Farbio.

[Scuffers]

if the price is right (£150-200K) then who in their right minds would buy a Noble for £200K?

[andy_s]

Exactly scuffs. Some nice detail, all bespoke, in house engineered, own engine etc plus the badge - I think Noble may have outbraked themselves with this in the offing...

[cyberface]

Scuffers said:

if the price is right (£150-200K) then who in their right minds would buy a Noble for £200K?

£200k? wtf?

Not sure what Noble are actually trying to do, but their M12 around the £50k mark was a decent niche. I bought one for £42k and loved it. I have no idea what Noble are planning to build the new one out of if they're to charge £200k - it'd have to be incredibly special, and short of designing their own engine (which TVR managed (stop sniggering) at around £50k price points) or building the entire thing out of unobtanium (unlikely) I'm not sure who the hell would drop £200k on a Noble?

McLaren have a bit of a reputation... but the F1 must be a millstone around their necks, since nothing will ever be as focused as that car, not with today's legislation. And anything with a McLaren badge will inevitably be compared to the F1.

I'm still waiting to get a test drive in an Evora - I'm not the target market and not likely to buy a new one (happy with an Exige and a blown V8 saloon) but I still want to try it out. Too many keyboard drivers slinging arrows without having driven the car or even seen it in reality - photos don't always do a car justice (Lotus have a habit of this - the Europa also looks a damn sight better in person than in pictures)...

[Dr K]

Probably biased, but i still prefer the Farbio!

[kambites]

Scuffers said:

if the price is right (£150-200K) then who in their right minds would buy a Noble for £200K?

Someone who wants a lighter, more powerful car, presumably (assuming the 1300kg weight for the Mclaren that people are banding around is correct).

Edited by kambites on Thursday 10th September 08:33

[Scuffers]

kambites said:

Scuffers said:

if the price is right (£150-200K) then who in their right minds would buy a Noble for £200K?

Someone who wants a lighter, more powerful car, presumably (assuming the 1300kg weight for the Mclaren that people are banding around is correct).

you honestly think a steel chassis'ed Volvo engined Noble is going to tip the scales at less than the McLaren? (with it's Carbon tub etc)?

[kambites]

Scuffers said:

kambites said:

Scuffers said:

if the price is right (£150-200K) then who in their right minds would buy a Noble for £200K?

Someone who wants a lighter, more powerful car, presumably (assuming the 1300kg weight for the Mclaren that people are banding around is correct).

you honestly think a steel chassis'ed Volvo engined Noble is going to tip the scales at less than the McLaren? (with it's Carbon tub etc)?

Unlikely I'll admit but not impossible. The SLR was completely carbon fibre and weighed nearly two tonnes.

[Scuffers]

kambites said:

Scuffers said:

kambites said:

Scuffers said:

if the price is right (£150-200K) then who in their right minds would buy a Noble for £200K?

Someone who wants a lighter, more powerful car, presumably (assuming the 1300kg weight for the Mclaren that people are banding around is correct).

you honestly think a steel chassis'ed Volvo engined Noble is going to tip the scales at less than the McLaren? (with it's Carbon tub etc)?

Unlikely I'll admit but not impossible. The SLR was completely carbon fibre and weighed nearly two tonnes.

that's not quite true either: