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MSO Goes Carbon Black With Sinister McLaren 570GT Special

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McLaren Special Operations (MSO) has taken the Sports Series 570GT model and added a bespoke Carbon Black exterior paint, to go with the Titanium SuperSports exhaust and the Sport Pack handling package. Only 100 examples of this limited edition MSO-tuned model will be made available worldwide, at a price of £179,950 (equal to $251,154 at today’s exchange rates), with deliveries set to commence this summer. Look around its stealthy exterior and you’re likely to notice the MSO Defined Black Pack replacing the car’s standard Dark Palladium components, which includes the front and rear splitters, side skirts and air intakes. To complete the dark aesthetic, MSO added new Gloss Black Diamond wheels with black calipers and carbon ceramic brakes. Inside, the 570GT MSO Black Collection trim adds Jet Black leather as well as Carbon Black Alcantara accents on the center tunnel, lower instrument panel, headliner, steering wheel and speaker surrounds. Meanwhile, the electric and h...

The McLaren 570GT is slower and softer, and maybe that's a good thing

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If there was ever a car that could do with a bit less going on, it's the new  McLaren  570S. The company's design chief, Robert Melville, says that McLaren design is a "purist statement" with no excess. We think he need to examining the prescription of his spectacles. In the case of the 570S particularly, there's a distinct possibility that less might actually be a great deal more. Now, meet the new GT version of the 570S, which makes its debut at the  Geneva Motor Show  next week. The on-sale date is in July, with the first US deliveries taking place in late 2016. This is a case where GT does not mean performance, but instead the traditional definition of Grand Touring. With a swipe of his felt tip pen over a just a few panels (roof, rear wings, and deck), Melville and his team transformed the look and mien of this British mid-engine  supercar . They've transformed its usefulness, too, with a sizeable hatchback behind the driver and passenger that gives a...