Is it just me? Or are Mclaren P1's being sold incomplete?

"dr861" (dr861) 06/09/2014 at 18:07 • Filed to: None

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Almost every P1 I've seen driving on youtube or anywhere across the net seems to be missing some stuff from the back:

Here it is with mesh:

Now without mesh:

What's the deal?

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > dr861 06/09/2014 at 18:11

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Weight savings bro.

Alfalfa > dr861 06/09/2014 at 18:12

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Makes it go faster!!!

CRider > dr861 06/09/2014 at 18:16

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It's like a big SPEED HOLE!

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > dr861 06/09/2014 at 18:17

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I like it better without the mesh. So it's okay.

Saracen > dr861 06/09/2014 at 18:18

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The yellow car has mesh. Find a larger version of that image and you can see it. They all have the mesh.

Also, the orange car is an artists' rendition and not a photo. The production cars have a much more transparent mesh.

daender > dr861 06/09/2014 at 18:18

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It might be a production change, the concept's/#001's mesh might not provide enough cooling so they're changed to a finer mesh or just opted out completely?

The Tunnel > Saracen 06/09/2014 at 18:21

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Holy craps you are right, it is there.

dr861 > Saracen 06/09/2014 at 18:26

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Doesn't look the same to me, agreed there's something there, but different.

jkm7680 > CRider 06/09/2014 at 18:42

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Mr. Regular voice?

lonestranger > Saracen 06/09/2014 at 18:52

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Your point still stands, but the orange car may well be a photo of an actual car. It's just not of a production model. It's likely the a photo of the same pre-production concept car shown at the Paris Motor Show. It had the "solid" mesh:

At any rate, it was a concept car that likely didn't even drive. Production cars don't have McLaren logos in their tire treads, either.

Saracen > lonestranger 06/09/2014 at 18:53

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I think it's a rendition of the prototype. The production cars probably got the mesh that will actually aid cooling.

lonestranger > Saracen 06/09/2014 at 19:06

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Oh, I have no doubt that all of the production cars have the flow-through mesh. I imagine that the only reason the concept's was solid was in order to hide the messy, unfinished, and incomplete mechanicals.

lonestranger > Saracen 06/09/2014 at 19:18

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After examining at the original 8176 x 6132 pixel image and others in the same set ( source ), I still think it's a photo. Heavily retouched, of course, but a photo nonetheless.

That's not to say McLaren strictly uses photographs. For instance, this is obviously CGI.

LuczOr > dr861 06/09/2014 at 19:23

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The top photo you have shows the Mclaren P1 CONCEPT car. As with all concept cars, things change for production. Along with the mesh used, take a look at those tires, also the marker light on the rear wheel well.

TulsaMtnBiker (OkieRising) > Saracen 06/09/2014 at 21:33

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Sinister.