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CAR magazine - Sports Car of the Year - 720S wins, GT3.2 second

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Old 10-15-2017, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by ///Armin
That is one ugly *** super car, saw the car in person recently, my opinion has not changed
All personal preference... I thought it looked great in person and on the move
Old 10-15-2017, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ///Armin
That is one ugly *** super car, saw the car in person recently, my opinion has not changed
I think it looks better in person but mostly because it looks exotic not supercar sexy. The 675LT is the best looking McLaren with the 570GT followed by a close second.

None-the-less I would gladly take one if I could afford it.

Instead a .2GT3 will have to do.
Old 10-15-2017, 06:18 PM
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GT3 would've won if it had hydraulic steering.
Old 10-15-2017, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Warren99
All personal preference... I thought it looked great in person and on the move
same, I think it looks like art to me!
Old 10-15-2017, 06:43 PM
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I'll gladly take the GT3 and pocket the rest.
Old 10-15-2017, 07:07 PM
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So they do a car of the year and don’t include the gt2rs, Performante, 488 or 812 Superfast and declare a car with cancer in its eye sockets and turbo lag the winner?

Yup, makes perfect sense.
Old 10-15-2017, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by bronson7
I'll gladly take the GT3 and pocket the rest.
Completely agree
Old 10-15-2017, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by kfmcmahon
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would rather it look like a 570S
Front of a 570s, rear of a P1, cabin and doors of a 720s and it'd be a classic.
Old 10-15-2017, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by manitou202
I think it looks better in person but mostly because it looks exotic not supercar sexy. The 675LT is the best looking McLaren with the 570GT followed by a close second.

None-the-less I would gladly take one if I could afford it.

Instead a .2GT3 will have to do.
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Spent about an hour last night looking at a good mix of cars all at my local dealer. They had a 675LT, 991 GT3 RS, GT4, LaFerrari, P1, 570S, 570GT, 570S Spider among others all in the same spot. For me it was the 720S that took the crown on looks, especially in Memphis Red with carbon everywhere.
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.2 RS will take the crown.
Old 10-15-2017, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Yippiekiaye
So they do a car of the year and don’t include the gt2rs, Performante, 488 or 812 Superfast and declare a car with cancer in its eye sockets and turbo lag the winner?

Yup, makes perfect sense.
They take the cars that are available at the time the test is scheduled.

Have you seen any press reviews of the GT2 RS apart from ride-alongs (e.g. kacher). No, because the press launch hasn't happened yet, so obviously the car isn't in press fleets.
Old 10-15-2017, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Guest89
They take the cars that are available at the time the test is scheduled.

Have you seen any press reviews of the GT2 RS apart from ride-alongs (e.g. kacher). No, because the press launch hasn't happened yet, so obviously the car isn't in press fleets.
True, but there were some glaring omissions in that test.. 488 and performante just to name a few.
Old 10-15-2017, 09:00 PM
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Not to be jaundiced but think a UK car mag is going to pick a German car over a very competent British car?

BTW lately it seems that car mags are looking for ways to put P cars down. How about the selection of an AMG GT3R over a P car, because the P car was "too"perfect and AMG lack of perfection made it a better car?
Old 10-15-2017, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Guest89
They take the cars that are available at the time the test is scheduled.

Have you seen any press reviews of the GT2 RS apart from ride-alongs (e.g. kacher). No, because the press launch hasn't happened yet, so obviously the car isn't in press fleets.

488?
Performante?
F12?
812 Superfast?
Old 10-15-2017, 11:09 PM
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Car and Driver, Motortrend, and Road & Track have all been coming out with their big sports car test and they have all had different lineups. Just because the cars are out there doesn’t mean the magazines can get them for the test. I would love to see every relevant sports car in all these test, don’t get me wrong, I just don’t think it’s always that easy.


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