Which Legacies OUTDID Their Forebears? Two "Maccas" Come Together At The Track

To be straightforward, it's never easy living up to the hype of a legend, particularly if you're a legacy. That's because the legends seem to attract a mythical, God-like status among its beloved followers. Whether it's a stellar athlete or McLaren's infamous F1, you know anything birthed after it is going to have some big shoes to fill.

So, when the MP4-12C came along, you knew it was going to have to be good or be condemned.

Thankfully for Autocar, it had the opportunity to get both vehicles together so they could compare back-to-back and see if there was some DNA in McLaren's latest and greatest.

**Take a look down below at one of the greatest sibling rivalries of all time


Just how does the new McLaren MP4-12C compare with the older, more focused F1 GTR racer? In a rare opportunity to find out, but Steve Sutcliffe from Autocar got the option to take them both on the Top Gear track to see where the similarities start and the differences end...



[Source: GTspirit VIA Autocar]


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