The McLaren 720S is dead. A little bit. Of course, it will be remembered for a long time as the McLaren supercar to date – apart from That Other You Know from the 90s – and of course it will not prevent it from appearing.
But no new 720S models will be built from now on. McLaren showed TopGear. com that “we are not accepting any other customer-specified construction orders for the 720S, but cars can be obtained through our network of racers. “
So, dead, but not quite. Find a new, ready-to-use 720S at your friend dealership and you can actually buy a new one, but there’s a limited supply now, and that’s a real shame because the 720S is one of McLaren’s most productive cars.
It arrived in 2017 as a result of an immediate and progressive program and featured a number of improvements over the 650S it replaced. (In fact, the 720S represented the first time McLaren completely replaced one of its main cars. )
McLaren told us at the time that 91% of the 720S is new compared to the 650S. It has a larger 4. 0-liter twin-turbo V8 that generates 710 hp and 568 lb-ft of torque. The Monocage II carbon tank is stiffer and stiffer than the 650, and of course it looks sensational despite being an “old” car now. How ridiculous, huh.
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It wasn’t just the 0-62mph time that made it supernatural (2. 9s, if you ask), but the guiding feel that makes it drive like a great Lotus, the fact that it never feels tall, superlative driving and stability. So much so that it won the 2017 TG mag Performance Car of the Year award. The 720S Spider beat rivals Ferrari, Porsche and Lamborghini in our super-convertible test. And the 765LT was something completely different.
Now that McLaren is phasing out this car, what’s next on the horizon?There has been no official word on the 720S replacement, so the jury is rarely quite sure if it will take a hybrid line like the Artura, which marries a V6. with an electric motor, or if the “core content” of the 720S might not be, so just upgrade it.
Thus died the McLaren 720S. Long the McLaren. . . ?
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