Originally Posted by
Big time
It almost sounds like McLaren is "degrading" the marque for "peanuts".
No, degrading is when they slap McLaren onto pencils and polos. I hardly think a $200K+ USD sports car is considered "selling out" to the masses especially since it has all this trick aero/powertrain technology, not to mention all the CF bits.
Let's face it - as cool as it would be for McLaren to build the F1, they still have to make payroll. If they can make more $ while making a car true to their ideals, so be it.
I'm dropping out to create a company that starts with motorcycles, then cars, and forty years later signs a legendary Brazilian driver who has a public and expensive feud with his French teammate.