Its defining characteristics include a hand-built, twin-turbo V-6 engine, rear-biased all-wheel drive, a dual-clutch transmission, 2+2 seating and chunky coupe styling. The nearly 2-ton GT-R ...

Looking at the McLaren P1 GTR sitting still on a show stand is all well and fine, but what we really want to know is what it's like to actually drive the thing like it's meant to be driven.

The GT-R’s truest rival throughout its life, also sporting sophisticated all-wheel drive and turbocharged six-cylinder power, was the Porsche 911 Turbo, first with the 997 and 991 and towards ...