Except a 288 has a longer wheelbase, the motor is north south not east west. Yes a 288 might loosly be based on the 308, but it is far closer to a F40 than a 308. In fact a f40 is really just a more boosted 288 with lighter body and aero. For that matter a Tr is just a boxer a bit longer with an ugly suit on because the radiators are on the side. True though the F50 and enzo were completly different cars to anything else. A 918 is really an updated carrera Gt that looks nice, but then the carrera Gt was special to begin with, what with its CT tub and all. Wait the MP4 already has a CF Tub, like the F50 and Enzo, so maybe instead of thinking of the P12 as an expensive MP4 maybe we should considder the MP4 to be a bragain P12 F50 etc. Imagine a MP4 that looked better and with a bit of a more booseted engine, both easy to do, so you can see where the MP4 is headintg once the p12 stakes out the hight ground. I mean if a P12 hasa MP4 based motor, why try match the 458 in performance with the MP4 when you can totaly blow it away by going partway to a P12. What maclaren lacks is stylists with style, and engineers who get the passion part. Technicaly they are already ahead of the pack.
Funny thing, last night at a light I was behing a 90's firebird and it hit me. Maclaren must have hired the pontiac crew to design the P12, the rear end is an exagerated version of the firebird esp at night with lights on. Hope they don't do an suv, aztek?
http://www.gtspirit.com/2012/09/27/paris-2012-mclaren-p1-design-study/ liking the look of that now. Not of the front lights though. Really don't like the v8 TT idea (V12 por favor)...
