McLaren 540C, Product Manual

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SPORTS SERIES PRODUCT GUIDE /
CHASSIS
Chris Goodwin – Chief Test Driver
“For Sports Series we started out
looking for a real sports car feel.
Ultimately for us, it means a car that
feels nimble, agile and it must also
possess a lightness and directness of
response to the drivers inputs.
Certainly for us a sports car really
engages the driver, at any speed.
For a Sports car it is more about the
grip balance and the response of the
tyres and the response of the
steering. Sports Series has narrower
tyres and the car still has high enough
objective performance, but it is also
about the subjective feel. Its hard to
measure subjective performance, but
how big the smile on the drivers face
is when he goes round a corner is
always a good measure. We have
used the suspension geometry and
setup to create a balance that makes
the car really want to turn in to a
corner. All you have to do is look at
the apex of the corner and the car is
sucked into it.”