TestDrive: Mclaren Artura
Everyday Driver Car Debate
Everyday Driver
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Electrify my way out of the parking lot just whirr |
| 0:07.0 | right up until the point where the engine |
| 0:09.0 | I'm turning it on yeah there it is |
| 0:12.0 | much better much better |
| 0:13.4 | and in sport motor and sport mode on the left side proper |
| 0:17.0 | sport one on the right side sport one on the right side |
| 0:19.1 | means the engine is running and it's charging but it's pulling both in our plugin hybrid. |
| 0:24.0 | Sport on the left side means suspension. |
| 0:27.0 | I think we're ready now to drive the McLaren Arturo. |
| 0:29.0 | This is the new Artura. |
| 0:30.0 | This is McLaren's newest car since the MP 412 C as a matter of fact. |
| 0:34.4 | Yep. They're building the carbon tub at their factory in Sheffield England. |
| 0:37.6 | I knew I'd like it not just because of the architecture and how it looks, but I was shocked at how much I did like it. |
| 0:46.0 | I think we've both been surprised by this. |
| 0:48.0 | We drove the 12C forever ago. I'm actually a pretty big McLaren fan. I feel like McLaren kind of picked up the mantle for Lotus. I feel like they are the modern day Lotus as far as road cars are concerned. |
| 0:57.6 | I think McLaren is the point between us as far as Porsche for me. You're probably right. |
| 1:02.3 | McLaren to the middle of Lotus here. |
| 1:04.4 | We probably meet very well at McLaren. |
| 1:06.4 | That's a very good point. |
| 1:07.4 | I got to go into manual mode here and I got to go. |
| 1:09.4 | Yeah, you do. The shifters are rocker. |
| 1:12.2 | So when you pull the left paddle the right paddle moves so you could actually shift up or down with either paddle which is very cool |
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