It is, perhaps, worth note that McLaren F1 cars are not doing very well at all, yet their road cars are both in demand and leading the technical race.
Ferrari are the reverse...for now.
To my mind, this simply demonstrates something which should be screamingly obvious to everyone - the characteristics which make a good race car simply don't apply to those which make a good road car and vice-versa.
Race cars go in circles around smooth well-surfaced tracks which are able to be practiced repeatedly and with entirely predictable traffic conditions. The engines are designed to be driven at or near maximum power output nearly every second they are being used, and the brakes, when used, are being nailed on absolutely at the limit. The physical forces on a race car lie right at the limit of what a very physically fit person can withstand. They are designed to be extensively rebuilt after extraordinarily short mileages. Who in their right mind would ever want a car that was set up to do that?
The fact that McLaren isn't doing very well in F1 simply indicates to me that they are focusing more importance onto the development of their road cars, and jolly good luck to them.
There is no way on this earth I will ever be in a position to contemplate the purchase of a 'supercar', but if it did ever happen, it's a McLaren that I'd be buying.
