New McLaren 570S First Official Photos Leaked

[FoxHound]

I read the margin in general(911) to be close to 35%, with some 911 models around 60%!

[bdr529]

I'm only able to find an overall average of 18% , but nothing that brakes down profit by individual model,
It's not that I don't believe you, I can't imagine 60%, I just got to see where you read that.

[FoxHound]

I'm only able to find an overall average of 18% , but nothing that brakes down profit by individual model,
It's not that I don't believe you, I can't imagine 60%, I just got to see where you read that.

Im trying to find it.... it was an Autocar article interviewing Martin Winterkorn circa 2011/12

[bdr529]

I found this
Gold-Plated Porsche: How I Sank a Small Fortune into a Used Car, and Other
By Stephan Wilkinson

[bdr529]

FoxHound please don't waste any time trying to find it, It's a Holiday weekend, we can look later

[FoxHound]

FoxHound please don't waste any time trying to find it, It's a Holiday weekend, we can look later

...No worries.

I'll look into it when I've the time, but it also had an interesting bit on McLaren's strategy and how it would affect Porsche.

[Just_a_fan]

Of course, Porsche hasn't made a 911 in years. The 911 was last produced in 1989 which is when the 964 was started. Ever since then, "911" has been a marketing name.

[FoxHound]

Of course, Porsche hasn't made a 911 in years. The 911 was last produced in 1989 which is when the 964 was started. Ever since then, "911" has been a marketing name.

Explain this to the £100k buying public. Mclarens nomenclature systemology makes even worse sense, buy a 12C with 100bhp less for 50k less.
It's a market ploy, and Porsche are masters of it.

[PlatinumZealot]

In porsche you pay for the name. So they take advantage.

On the mclaren. On first view of the orange one, it looks like some chinese knock-off of 650s, but it does look a lot better in silver. I think i will go woth everyone else and take a top line model in the 911 gt3 over a bottom of the barrel 570.

[SectorOne]

Of course, Porsche hasn't made a 911 in years. The 911 was last produced in 1989 which is when the 964 was started. Ever since then, "911" has been a marketing name.

No the 911 is the official name of the car. The 991 (latest version) is the internal designation, not external.

It´s like saying the last M3 was created in the 80´s. Or there´s only one Golf, only one S-class etc.
They´re not, they are an evolution of an original concept that still carries that name.

The 991 is no different then M3 E30, E36, E46, E90 etc. They´re all internal designations but they´re all M3´s.

[FoxHound]

I knew I couldn't have dreamt these numbers up!

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/aut ... rs/11.html

According to Bernstein Research....
Developed on a "tiny budget" and virtually unchanged during the last two generations, "the 911 is outrageously profitable," Bernstein's Warburton writes. Some versions -- such as the 911 Turbo -- earn gross profits of over 75%, he estimates, in an industry where 5% is considered good.

And there is also a story that I cannot unfortunately link, from racer.com regarding the Porsche Boxster having a higher cost in bringing to market than a base 911....by $10K.

Sadly I have neither the time nor the patience to look into this any further. We'll just have to make do with these until 1 day, hopefully McLaren can make a car with this sort of Profit margin, all told.

[bdr529]

FoxHound, I"m glad you found that, because I was thinking about it over the weekend and realized that I was probably wrong thinking their SUV would have the higher profit to car ratio. SUV's are more often at the top of a car companies model-price list, unlike Porsche their SUV is not their top model, only the boxster/caymen and macan are cheaper.

[tomas6791]

Looks good in silver.



From the article:
When you’re out there, stuck between the taxi's and buses and cyclists who like to chase supercars, even the financial relief the McLaren 570S brings in terms of McLaren pricing should be helpful.

3 pictures and full article

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[mrluke]

The word "Gopping" comes to mind, the front end just looks wrong. Ive loved the p1 and mp4s but this is awful from the front corner

[tomas6791]

Starting to like the way this car looks and weighing only 2,895 lbs is Epic.



From the article:
Under its carbon fiber hood is a 3.8-litre, 562 HP, twin-turbo V8, derived from the one found in the McLaren 650S. Granted, the engine has 30% of the components re-designed, but a tweaked version could rival its bigger brother. Weighing only 2,895 lbs, a stock McLaren 570S achieves a power to weight ratio of 428 horses per ton; 29 less than a stock McLaren 650S. Hmmmmmm……

Photos and article - McLaren 570S New Mega Gallery

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