Car | April 2017
McLAREN 720S
The 720S is about having your cake and pushing it into your happy mouth in one great lump without a shred of remorse. It’s about the co-existence of
attributes previously considered mutually exclusive. The car uses a bigger,
more powerful engine than the 650S but it’s also lighter (by 18kg, dropping the lightest dry weight to 1283kg). It requires more cooling than its predecessor but moves through the air with twice the efficiency, and generates more downforce as it does so. McLaren personnel claim the car will run long distances on the road with the ease and refinement of a 570GT while also
delivering near-675LT levels of track heroism. It’s a supercar you can see out
of the back of, an aero-honed aluminium sculpture to rival the P-51 Mustang
and, perhaps most intriguingly of all, a McLaren conceived first and foremost to make you smile. Whatever next…
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Car April 2017.