I'm not in love with the way the McLaren GT looks, but I did fall in love with the way it drives. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] It has been interesting to watch McLaren Automotive making the most of its platform. The company has been highly resourceful, using the same (or highly similar) basic building blocks—a carbon-fiber monocoque tub and twin-turbo V8 engine—to build a range of supercars and hypercars for most occasions.