{"id":151674,"date":"2015-12-31T20:48:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T19:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/?p=151674"},"modified":"2015-12-31T12:59:41","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T11:59:41","slug":"mclaren-570s-launched-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2015\/12\/31\/mclaren-570s-launched-in-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"McLaren 570S Launched in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the midst of year-end discount promotions to let go of older vehicle stocks, some auto brands continued to roll out their latest cars shortly before the Christmas holidays, in preparation for the upcoming 2016.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the Christmas week, Lamborghini Hong Kong (Kingsway Cars) held a small media reception on the latest rear-drive Hurac\u00e1n street variant, the ~HK$3.6M LP580-2. Meanwhile, a weekend earlier, McLaren Hong Kong (Goodwood Motors) lashed out a full show and unveiled the ~$3.2M 570S to a trove of existing customers, VIPs, and the auto press.<\/p>\n

The same studio warehouse at the Shaw Studios complex may have been used for the brand\u2019s initial unveil and 12C\u2019s launch back in 2011, but this time the launch program was not about cloth-unveiling formality, but instead consisted of a demo vehicular drifting performance by pro-racing driver Charles Ng, followed by a sharing session by Ng and local motoring authority Dik Kong Sang. Dik, a veteran auto journalist currently running the local Automomo webzine — and the only local media invited to such overseas test drive — joined Ng in early December to test drive the new 570S, the 650S, and the 675LT (Long Tail) at Malaysia\u2019s Sepang International Circuit, experiencing the differences in handling and performance amongst the said models.<\/p>\n

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Referring to the Sepang test drive experience, Ng told the crowd that the 570S yields the most comfortable driving experience amongst the three. Whereas the track-oriented 650S and 675LT \u2018suffer\u2019 from overaggressive nature with over-sensitive steering input and much stiffer rear suspension setting – which attribute to easier loss of control in the case of wheel slip and over-countersteering – the 570S features relatively softer suspension settings and slower steering ratio, which helps maintain a more \u201clinear\u201d drifting (or sliding) motion during cornering, allowing for easier control and increased driving pleasure to the everyday driver.<\/p>\n

McLaren predicts the 570S will help triple the company’s sales volume by 2020, so the vehicle\u2019s initial local reception should be very encouraging, as it is reported to be very positive, and that the first two batches of stock (in undisclosed numbers) have already been sold out. <\/p>\n\r\n