Which version to buy: 3.8 DSG is the only 600LT on the sheet
The McLaren 600LT has 1 generation and 1 version: 3.8 DSG. Production of that generation starts 2019-01-01; a stop date is not measured, so the sheet does not close the run. Body type is Coupe. Engine layout in the data is Central. Drive is RWD. Gearbox is Robotic with 7 gears.
The McLaren 600LT has 1 generation and 1 version: 3.8 DSG. Production of that generation starts 2019-01-01; a stop date is not measured, so the sheet does not close the run. Body type is Coupe. Engine layout in the data is Central. Drive is RWD. Gearbox is Robotic with 7 gears.
There is no second horsepower figure under the same name, no restyling row, and no later generation to trade against. Arithmetic between versions is therefore not available: you cannot spend “the extra money” on a stronger 600LT in this file, because a stronger 600LT is not listed. The choice is 3.8 DSG or a different model entirely.
If you want the 600LT as defined here, you want 3.8 DSG. The rest of this article is the numerical case for that one car: how much power per litre you get, how little kerb weight sits on each horsepower, what the 0–100 and 328 km/h figures imply, and where fuel, CO2, payload, clearance, and wheels are measured or not measured.
Generations: what 1 generation actually changed (and did not)
1 generation (key 3314) is the whole 600LT record: start 2019-01-01, stop not measured, body Coupe, 1 modification. Restyling is not a separate generation in these data; there is no restyling row at all.
What this generation “changed” versus a predecessor is not measured — there is no prior 600LT generation in the file. What it offers as a finished product is fully specified on 3.8 DSG: 600 hp, 620 Nm, 3799 cm³, Gasoline, 8 cylinders, V-shaped, Turbo, Direct injection (direct), RWD, Robotic 7-speed, kerb 1261 kg.
A buyer comparing generations of this name has nothing to step up to. A buyer comparing this generation to other McLaren names must leave this sheet; those names are not in the launch data.
Engine and specs: what 3.8 DSG actually is
| Version | hp | Nm | cm³ | Fuel | Cylinders | Layout | Boost | Gearbox | Drive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8 DSG | 600 | 620 | 3799 | Gasoline | 8 | V-shaped | Turbo | Robotic, 7 | RWD |
3.8 DSG is a 3799 cm³ Gasoline engine, 8 cylinders in a V-shaped layout, 4 valves per cylinder, Turbo, Central position, Direct injection (direct). Peak power is 600 hp / 441 kW at 7500 rpm. Peak torque is 620 Nm from 5500 – 6500 rpm. Compression ratio is not measured. Bore and stroke are not measured. Specified fuel is 98. Emissions class is Euro 6. CO2 is 266 g/km.
Power per litre on 3.8 DSG: 600 ÷ 3.799 = 157.9 hp per litre. In kilowatts: 441 ÷ 3.799 = 116.1 kW per litre. Torque per litre: 620 ÷ 3.799 = 163.2 Nm per litre.
The torque plateau is 1000 rpm wide (5500 to 6500). Peak power sits 1000 rpm above the top of that plateau (7500 − 6500). The engine is therefore specified to keep making torque through the last thousand rpm of the plateau, then to keep climbing in power for another thousand rpm. There is no second map on this model to compare that spread against.
Boost is Turbo; the sheet does not give a bar figure. Do not infer a twin-turbo count or a six-cylinder layout: cylinders are 8, layout is V-shaped, boost label is Turbo.
Performance and economy: 3.8 DSG numbers, not a second trim
3.8 DSG reaches 100 km/h in 2.9 s and a top speed of 328 km/h. Those are the only acceleration and top-speed figures on the 600LT.
Fuel use on 3.8 DSG:
- city 16.3 L/100 km
- highway 9.1 L/100 km
- mixed 11.7 L/100 km
City is 7.2 L/100 km higher than highway (16.3 − 9.1). Mixed sits 2.6 L/100 km above highway and 4.6 L/100 km below city. Highway is 55.8% of the city figure (9.1 ÷ 16.3). Mixed is 71.8% of city (11.7 ÷ 16.3).
Tank is 72 litres. Range arithmetic from that tank (distance = 72 ÷ consumption × 100):
- city: 441.7 km
- mixed: 615.4 km
- highway: 791.2 km
Highway range is 349.5 km longer than city range. Mixed range is 173.7 km longer than city. None of these ranges is a factory range figure; they are tank ÷ consumption from the same row.
CO2 is 266 g/km on Euro 6. There is no second version with a lower CO2 number, so you cannot “buy cleaner 600LT” inside this catalogue.
If a 0–100, top speed, or L/100 km figure is missing on another McLaren in another article, that would be not measured. On 3.8 DSG those three performance/economy groups are measured: 2.9 s, 328 km/h, 16.3 / 9.1 / 11.7.
Dimensions and weight: where 3.8 DSG is light, and where the sheet is silent
Kerb weight of 3.8 DSG is 1261 kg. Gross weight is 1356 kg. The gap is 95 kg (1356 − 1261). That 95 kg is 7.5% of kerb weight (95 ÷ 1261). Payload in the usual kerb-to-gross sense is therefore 95 kg — a small allowance relative to a 1261 kg coupe with 600 hp.
Weight per horsepower: 1261 ÷ 600 = 2.102 kg/hp. Weight per kilowatt: 1261 ÷ 441 = 2.859 kg/kW. Gross-weight power loading: 1356 ÷ 600 = 2.260 kg/hp, 0.158 kg/hp heavier than the kerb figure.
Ground clearance is not measured. Wheel sizes are not measured. Those absences are not “this coupe has no clearance or wheels”; they are unlisted on the sheet. Do not treat them as zero.
Front suspension: Independent, spring. Rear suspension: Independent, spring. Front brakes: Ceramic ventilated. Rear brakes: Ceramic ventilated. There is no alternative brake or spring package named on a second version.
Tank 72 L is the only capacity listed. Combined with mixed 11.7 L/100 km, each litre of tank buys 8.55 km of mixed distance (100 ÷ 11.7).
Which version to choose — the arithmetic on 3.8 DSG
Choose 3.8 DSG if the 600LT is the car you want, because it is the only version. The numbers that justify that choice, rather than a vague “track car” claim, are:
1. Specific output. 157.9 hp/L and 163.2 Nm/L on 3799 cm³ Gasoline, Turbo, 8 V-shaped cylinders. You are not paying for a larger displacement number than 3799; you are paying for 600 hp from that displacement.
2. Mass versus power. 2.102 kg/hp at 1261 kg kerb. 95 kg of listed payload. If you need to carry more than that 95 kg above kerb, 3.8 DSG as specified does not have a heavier-duty sibling on this page.
3. Speed figures. 2.9 s to 100 km/h and 328 km/h. There is no slower, cheaper 600LT and no faster 600LT in the data. You take both figures together.
4. Drivetrain. RWD, Robotic, 7 gears, engine Central. If you require AWD, a different gearbox label, or more than 7 gears, this version does not offer them — and no other 600LT version does either.
5. Fuel and CO2. 98 fuel, 11.7 mixed, 16.3 city, 9.1 highway, 266 g/km, Euro 6, 72 L tank. Mixed range from the tank is 615.4 km; city 441.7 km. If those litres and grams are too high, there is no economy 600LT to step down to.
6. Unmeasured items that must not be assumed. Compression, bore × stroke, ground clearance, and wheel size are not measured. Reliability, common problems, and prices are not measured — this file has no failure rates and no prices. Do not treat silence as “no problems” or “cheap.”
Do not choose a second 600LT version — it is not in the database. Two trims with the same name and different horsepower do not exist here; there is one name, 3.8 DSG, at 600 hp.
1 generation versus a later generation: later generation not measured (does not exist on the sheet). Year span from 2019-01-01 with stop not measured. Body remains Coupe for the only generation.
If the question is “which 600LT to buy,” the answer from these data is 3.8 DSG: 600 hp, 620 Nm, 3799 cm³, Gasoline, Turbo, RWD, Robotic 7-speed, 1261 kg, 2.9 s, 328 km/h, mixed 11.7 L/100 km. If the question is “which 600LT generation,” the answer is 1 generation, Coupe, one version, start 2019-01-01. Any other McLaren name, any other horsepower, and any price comparison sit outside this dataset.