Lightweight Focus

The new McLaren GT introduces something that hasn’t been seen in the Grand Touring segment ever before, the carbon-fiber monocoque. No other manufacturer uses carbon fiber to this extent in a GT car and that is evident in the portly cast of characters that McLaren lined up as competition. The new GT tiptoes along the road at 3,232 lbs with a full tank of fuel. For comparison, the Bentley Continental GT has let itself go at 5,412 lbs. Friends and family of the Conti GT are concerned but have been hesitant to, you know, bring it up. Plus it seems like food is the only thing that makes it happy. It has such a pretty face. All bodies are beautiful.