When shopping for a new vehicle and evaluating its performance metrics, terms like BHP and PS can be confusing. BHP stands for Brake Horsepower, while PS refers to Pferdestärke, or Metric Horsepower. Keep reading to learn more about these terms. If you’re considering a new McLaren, explore our online inventory and car financing options at McLaren Chicago, our dealership in Chicago, Illinois.
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If you’ve been following McLaren for some time, you will have noticed that it likes to call its convertibles “Spiders,” whether it’s the 570S Spider or the 765LT Spider. The moniker does sound cool unless you’re someone who dislikes creepy eight-legged crawlers. Many of our customers at McLaren Chicago in Chicago, IL ask us why McLaren convertibles are called “Spider,” and that’s what we’re going to debunk in this blog, so read on.
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McLaren has been serving the sports car needs of the U.S. for over 30 years now. If you are also a sports car enthusiast living in or around Chicago, IL, this article is for you. McLaren Chicago now offers the option to not only purchase vehicles but also lease them. Continue reading to learn more about a certified McLaren lease return center in Chicago, IL.
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The McLaren team consists of some pretty wild folks, and those folks come up with some pretty wild rides. The McLaren Speedtail is one of the wildest of those creations; in fact, it’s no less than the fastest McLaren currently in existence.
Chicago drivers who’ve heard about, and perhaps even witnessed, the mind-blowing performance of the McLaren Speedtail often come up to us in a state of awe here at McLaren Chicago and beg us to tell them: how does McLaren make the Speedtail so fast?
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There’s nothing quite like the experience of driving a supercar. Of course, a super vehicle comes with a super price tag; that’s just the name of the game. Driving an insane vehicle through the streets of Chicago doesn’t exactly come cheap.
However, the ability to drive a supercar is made more possible when one doesn’t have to pay for the whole thing in cash upfront. Where can one finance a supercar in the Windy City?
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Here at McLaren Chicago, we deal in fast cars. Very fast. As speedy as they are, however, many of the vehicles on our lot could go faster than they do if not for a little thing called electronic speed limiting.
It’s not just supercars, either. Lots of vehicles out there in the world have their speeds electronically limited by their makers and have for some time. Why are the top speeds of vehicles electronically limited?
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Most drivers, at some time or another, have experienced a phenomenon called understeer. It happens a lot in the racing world, which is why customers come in to visit us here at McLaren Chicago and smack us with questions like the following: what exactly is understeer? How and why does it occur? How should one deal with it when it does?
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The all-new McLaren Artura is extremely exciting for many reasons. This high-performance hybrid supercar boasts an all-new, ultra-compact 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged V6 petrol engine paired to a lightweight, compact Axial Flux E-motor and compact hybrid battery. How fast does this whole setup get the Artura from zero to 60 miles-per-hour?
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It’s no secret that McLaren produces incredibly fast vehicles. No matter which model you’re driving, you can expect impressive speeds. A common question we hear at McLaren Chicago is: which McLaren is the fastest of them all? We’re here to answer that question. Also, those interested in a new McLaren can view our online inventory and car financing options at McLaren Chicago in Chicago, IL.
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If you’ve been researching European vehicles like McLaren, you may have encountered the term “PS” when discussing a car’s power, similar to horsepower. However, the exact meaning of PS isn’t always clear. This often leads people to ask us at McLaren Chicago: What is PS, and how does it compare to horsepower? Let’s find out.
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