As anyone who has traveled in an open-class powerboat will know, speed often comes at the expense of comfort. It's the same with race cars, most of which offer loud exhaust pipes, resonant cockpits, thin seating and a bone-jarring ride. There are few names more redolent of automobile racing than McLaren, so it's unsurprising that, since dipping its toe into the waters of road-car production with the limited-edition Fi in the early 1990s and then establishing McLaren Automotive in 2010, the marque's "street legal" products have been biased towards covering ground as quickly as possible. The fact is McLaren Automotive, in its near-10-year history of building road cars, has never really set out to make one with the potential to take two people and their luggage on a continent-crossing grand tour from which they are likely to emerge feeling fresh and relaxed. Now, however, there is a McLaren for those who love driving - but also like more than a little luxury. It's simply called the GT and represents a new category for the maker in being designed to provide fun and exhilaration without putting its occupants through the mill.
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