First Look: 2025 McLaren W1

[Donut Lord]

Originally Posted by chassis

Looks OK. Not a McLaren aesthetics fan in general.

What don't you like about McLarens? they look like Orange 458s and 488s with doors that go up

[carseatsm5]

All these hypercars look the same to me. Never been captivated by any of them.

Not to say the tech and performance aren’t amazing. I love that they exist and respect them, but just not my thing.

[Donut Lord]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

I think it looks nice.
I've never been a fan of the P1 / 650 style headlights/front and this is a big step away from that. Also a big step away from the 720/750
But my problem with McLaren styling is that there is absolutely no central design style there. Every few years the look of the cars totally change. It's all over the place.
To me it seems that they just can't get out of that 'beginners brand' phase that they are searching for a brand design style and brand naming.
TBH I think the MP4-12C is still designwise their best model, especially considering it's now a 13 year old design.

Besides the fact the MP4-12C was their worst model, pretty sure they just broke left and right, but putting a 12C next to any of these newer ones it feels 30 years old not just ~10ish.

[Alfisti]

The 720 looks great, goddamn space ship.

[chassis]

Originally Posted by Donut Lord

What don't you like about McLarens? they look like Orange 458s and 488s with doors that go up

Proportions aren’t great. Not a big fan of mid-engined Ferraris for the same reason, same as C8-no thanks. I like grand tourer long hood-short deck proportions. Ferrari FF and Lusso, latest Aston Vanquish. Exceptions in general are Lamborghini centro stile design and 911. Aston 2/4 proportions are great. Latest MB GT proportions are good. MB is rubbish quality- and reliability-wise so there’s that to deal with.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by chassis

Proportions aren’t great. Not a big fan of mid-engined Ferraris for the same reason, same as C8-no thanks. I like grand tourer long hood-short deck proportions. Ferrari FF and Lusso, latest Aston Vanquish. Exceptions in general are Lamborghini centro stile design and 911. Aston 2/4 proportions are great. Latest MB GT proportions are good. MB is rubbish quality- and reliability-wise so there’s that to deal with.

You left out the E86 Z4.

[TXSTYLE]

Tons of pics. It will definitely be sought after for those wealthy Exotic Car collectors!

https://www.autoblog.com/news/view-p...026-mclaren-w1