The successor to the potent McLaren 720S is finally here. It’s called the 750S, and it enhances and refines many aspects of its predecessor, with around 30 percent of the supercar’s components new or changed. The automaker revealed both the coupe and hardtop convertible body styles.
The new McLaren hides a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 engine under the familiar-looking body. It produces 730 horsepower (740 brake horsepower) and 590 pound-feet of torque, more than the McLaren P1. An updated seven-speed sequential gearbox with a shorter final drive ratio feeds power to the rear wheels.
The 750S Coupe and Spider can reach 60 miles per hour in just 2.7 seconds. However, the convertible is 0.1 seconds slower to 124 mph – 7.2 to 7.3 – and 0.6 seconds slower to 186, which takes 19.8 and 20.4. Their quarter-mile times also differ, with the coupe completing it in 10.1 seconds compared to the Spider’s 10.3-second time. Both can reach a top speed of 206 mph.
The model has a 0.24-inch (6-millimeter) wider front track and new suspension geometry. It arrives with McLaren’s new-generation Proactive Chassis Control III, with three-percent softer front springs and four-percent firmer rear ones. The automaker also improved its vehicle-lift system, raising the front of the car in four seconds. It took the 720S 10.
At the front, a new bumper channels air into the redesigned and narrower eye sockets that house the LED lighting and a path to the low-temperature radiators. A new extended front splitter provides aerodynamic balance, working in connection with the 20-percent larger active rear wing.
All the weight savings results in the 750S coup weighing 66 lbs less than the 720S, tipping the scales at 3,062 lbs (DIN). The Spider is only 108 lbs heavier at 3,170 lbs.
The 750S Coupe starts at $324,000 (prices do not include transportation and port processing fees of $5,000 or the $2,240 Americas Accessory Pack). The 750S Spider costs $345,000 to start.
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