12c was ugly. P1 looks better

Can't wait for the figures and track tests

Looks like a Garaiya.

I love the look of it already, but without the specs and what it can do i can't say that its a worthy successor. Going to be hard be the fastest car in the world for a decade or so.
 

I like it, doesn't look like anything else out there on the road. Just how a hypercar should be. 

I think the P1 looks ugly, very ugly. 

I'm glad we're finally seeing the second coming of the classic hypercars. This and the F70 are really what I'm looking out for the next couple of years.

looks like something from Supercar Heaven. However, really need to see some specs to see what it's all about

exactly what i thought as soon as i saw it xDDD
 

Waw, very impressive and beautifull!

I think that It will be to "electronic" to be as good or better, compared to  the F1, but i hope it ridiculously quick and shows how advanced McLaren are.Fingers crossed!!!!!  

P1 finally an easy name to remember 

 @Aisakey I think I prefer the MP4. I like to think of its design as a blank canvas, something easy modified to suit the owner. I suppose we need these ultimate speed machines around, but to me the MP4 offers some of the same freedoms as a Nissan GTR and that extra accessibilty has more dream appeal. lol if I make any sense...

Having spoken, at length, with a McLaren rep, having sat in an MP12C, and btw, not ever having 300k in my pocket to spend, McLaren seems to have the right people in play to make you love the brand. So it is with slight bias that I rate this car so highly. I have seen an F1 in person, in fact it was Ralph Lauren's car, at the Boston Museum of Art. Initially the MP12C didn't have awe inspiring looks on paper, but once I understood the car better, I realized it was a technological powerhouse. No anti roll bars? Say no more. So this car, not only is expressive on paper, but if I ever get to see one in person, I'm certain the earth will momentarily stop.

This may be the F1 successor, but only because it's made by the same company...I mean, the F1 was meant to be the ultimate driver's car: no ABS, non assisted steering, no TC, NA engine, RWD, central driving position, lightweight.
This cars has KERS, a twin turbo engine, probably the hydraulic suspensions from the 12C..
Gordon Murray himself said the only car that got close to the F1 in terms of philosophy was the Zonda: light, carbon tub, NA V12, and so on.
I'm sure this car will be supremely fast, but it will be no F1.
 

Might get sometime to get use to the outer appearance.
It'll be bloody fast for sure but it won't be the true successor to the F1 imo.
 
I'm waiting for a winged version of it...if it will be built.

Where is the "Ugly" button ?
 
The Mp4-12C is a not revolutionary, but beautiful design, but this just looks like a Nike Air Max shoe...

If "It looks great, but nothing will ever live up to the F1" was an option, I'd pick that.

It looks promising, but I honestly think only time will tell.

looks rly good. at least this one has some character by looking at it. 

 @Fede I agree 100% 

the real question is: will the driver be centered in the cockpit? never heard of a better place to put one. as far as looks, it's a bit extreme for my tastes.

It looks nice, the shape of the chassis is sort of like the ASL Garaiya JGTC car

It looks like my cat stepped on a piece of soft clay.

I think it looks like a suped up version of the mp4-12c aerodynamic wise, probably a testiment to how good the 12c's aero is. But i want to see some truley rediculous performance numbers from this beast

it doesnt look good to me! i agree it looks fast and 'mental' but not exactly nice :/

Well, maybe, but I remember when I saw the MP4 for the first time, I thought it somehow lacked of originality, it was a bit too much like many other cars of its class, I was quite disappointed (especially when you think back on what McLaren did before with the F1). I would prefer a GTR just because of its unusual look. But yeah, I see what you mean, it's just a matter of opinion after all ... : D

The first one looked like a Tesla, this one looks like a ASL Garaiya
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ja/archive/5/50/20070415093205!ASL-Garaiya.jpg

More I see it more i like it It's good that it has ultra high tech hyper car looks on it.

The car is gorgeous. To me, it's lines and profile are more alike to Koenigsegg, or Pagani Zonda. It has to be a pretty difficult task to top the F1. Fede made a good point, and I can see what he means. I'm sure the developers at McLaren know the same-- you can't replicate the F1 or it's influence on the world. So, since McLaren can't, they don't need to follow some predetermined path with design or the way performance is delivered. I'm not disappointed, actually, I feel the looks are way better than the 12C because the P1 seems to be an honest attempt at a new creation. The rear is sexy too.

Seriously, how big of a smile can a car have?! Mazda had a thing going but McLaren took an extra step to make their smile on their cars even bigger!!

 @LouisYio It probably has a lot to smile about

I'm really not impressed. I like that the headlights are shaped like the Mclaren badge but that's about it. Definitely nowhere near as pretty as an F1

I think its absolutely different opposite 12c..design is absolutely perfect... lines is clear and sexy smooth but sharp like razor.

I don't like the looks. It's too extravagant, too ghastly. The F1 looked like it was a hell of a car but it also looked like it could be civilized. This just looks like it's made to beat the lap time record at the Ring and that's it. There's no class.

why doesn't it have a V10?? any ultimate drivers cars needs at least 10 cylinders. 

The MP412-C and the P1 are SO far beyond the McLaren F1 it isn't even worth comparing them. Worthy successor? Please. The McLaren F1 isn't a worthy precursor to these amazing machines Don't get it twisted.

Its weird looking at it SHOULD give me a stiffie but it just doesnt....its ok i guess....

I like it better than the previous design but i couldnt help but see a Veilside fortune kitted RX7 at first glance.

i love this 1) for the company who it represents
2) the boomerang theme is eveywhere if u look (like wheres waldo) the hood vents/ the brake ducts/ the fender/tail lights
3) Frank Stepehenson designed it. great pebble beach interview wit Mike Spinelli made me appreciate his skill and contributions
3.5) Frank Stephenson-- i wikid him and saw the motherfather speaks 7 languages!!
4) the F1 roof scoop
5) the F1 door streaks that are now more aero at a F12 Berlinetta level
evryones has their tastes but i believe the details are going to look insane in public and eventually it will be undeniable 

The P1 looks amazing the rear end is the best angle from the pics. I think it has enough to distinguish it from the 12C. And they havent released what engine it will have its just speculation that it will use the v8 and kers.

Ultimate drivers car doesn't need any set number of cylinders, it just needs to be the ultimate car for drivers.

It looks like McLaren took an ASL Garaiya and updated it with their own styling. Not terribly impressed, yet.

This car is good but going into the specifics of the F1, it still holds a promising title for itself. And that is the fact it's still the worlds fastest naturally aspirated production car in the world. And it's getting to be a rather old car to a lot of peoples standards. The styling of that car will never get old, and can never truly be replaced.

 @MatsNorway  @Fg2_FrAn
 I hear ya. But if this is a direct succesor to the F1...boy they have a big shoe to fit!Let's start with a couple of karats in the engine bay again :p

How a supercar is supposed to look like. Extreme. I think the current trend of supercar styling is to safe. This in my opinion is in the right direction as far as styling goes. At the time the f1 was a tech marvel so i am wondering whats under the new skin tech wise. Look wise i think its a worthy successor.

I think the design is a total failure it reminds me of the autobacs arta geraya which is quite sad because it's not the best looking japanese car. The McLaren F1 looked brilliant and this looks like rubbish i think they should fire their designer. No matter how fast this car is anywhere it isn't a sucessor to the F1 but a shame.

Can't wait to learn more about the aerodynamics, I think they're going to be something special. Three inlets in the fascia, two extractors on the hood, intakes on the lower sides, intakes on the upper doors, intake on the roof, extractors directly over the motor, gigantic diffuser, and some type of extractors on the decklid as well... the guys on Ferrarichat are claiming that it features a blown diffuser a la Formula 1.

Can't wait to learn more about the aerodynamics, I think they're going to be something special. Three inlets in the fascia, two extractors on the hood, intakes on the lower sides, intakes on the upper doors, intake on the roof, extractors directly over the motor, gigantic diffuser, and some type of extractors on the decklid as well... the guys on Ferrarichat are claiming that it features a blown diffuser a la Formula 1.

 @Pancakes  @vroomtothetomb
 lol sorry mate

 @vroomtothetomb Hahahah doesn't upset me but of all the things the McLaren Kiwi could be mistaken for a Boomerang is pretty classic.

 @vroomtothetomb Hahahah doesn't upset me but of all the things the McLaren Kiwi could be mistaken for a Boomerang is pretty classic.

You're spot on as far as the similarities in design. I'm not too sure about the shape at this point, but I think it's one of those cars that will grow on most us eventually (especially considering what the rear end looks like). 

 @MiroslavKandov Having seen new pictures I'm less frusrated now the Design looks fine but the angle in the picture above isn't showing the good things of the design. Actually the car looks fine. If you don't see it as a successor to the mclaren f1 it will be a great car.

 @MiroslavKandov Having seen new pictures I'm less frusrated now the Design looks fine but the angle in the picture above isn't showing the good things of the design. Actually the car looks fine. If you don't see it as a successor to the mclaren f1 it will be a great car.

 @MiroslavKandov Having seen new pictures I'm less frusrated now the Design looks fine but the angle in the picture above isn't showing the good things of the design. Actually the car looks fine. If you don't see it as a successor to the mclaren f1 it will be a great car.

I'm okay with the design. F1 was not that great in design either but it get the job done. That is going fast!