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Written by Sam Philip
They"ve only gone and blown the bloody roof off. This is the McLaren 675 LT Spider, a 666bhp, 203mph V8 convertible that"s out to wage war on loose-fitting hats worldwide.Woking calls it the most focused, fastest and exhilarating open model to ever wear a McLaren badge", and you"d be braver than us to argue.The 675 LT Coupe, you"ll remember, was effectively a 650S turned up to 11, a car we described as perhaps the best McLaren since the F1.Wisely, then, the 675 Spider doesn"t mess with the hardtop"s rather brisk mechanical formula. Under that slatted rear deck sits the same 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8, an engine with shares barely 50 per cent of its parts with that of the 650S.As well as that devilish 666bhp produced at 7,100rpm, it makes 516lb ft of torque. Churning through McLaren"s seven-speed double-clutch gearbox to the rear wheels, that"s good for a 0-62mph of 2.9 seconds a time identical to the 675LT hard-top with 124mph reached 5.2 seconds later. By any standards, that"s heroically, ridiculously quick.Because the 675"s carbon tub is so strong, McLaren says no extra reinforcement was required for the convertible. Which means the 675LT Spider remains light with a dry weight of 1,270kg, it"s some 100kg more lissom than the not-very-heavy-at-all 650S Spider, and just 40kg heavier than the 675LT Coupe. Thank extensive use of carbonfibre for the bodywork.
Date: 4 Dec 2015
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 504
They"ve only gone and blown the bloody roof off. This is the McLaren 675 LT Spider, a 666bhp, 203mph V8 convertible that"s out to wage war on loose-fitting hats worldwide.Woking calls it the most focused, fastest and exhilarating open model to ever wear a McLaren badge", and you"d be braver than us to argue.The 675 LT Coupe, you"ll remember, was effectively a 650S turned up to 11, a car we described as perhaps the best McLaren since the F1.Wisely, then, the 675 Spider doesn"t mess with the hardtop"s rather brisk mechanical formula. Under that slatted rear deck sits the same 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8, an engine with shares barely 50 per cent of its parts with that of the 650S.As well as that devilish 666bhp produced at 7,100rpm, it makes 516lb ft of torque. Churning through McLaren"s seven-speed double-clutch gearbox to the rear wheels, that"s good for a 0-62mph of 2.9 seconds a time identical to the 675LT hard-top with 124mph reached 5.2 seconds later. By any standards, that"s heroically, ridiculously quick.Because the 675"s carbon tub is so strong, McLaren says no extra reinforcement was required for the convertible. Which means the 675LT Spider remains light with a dry weight of 1,270kg, it"s some 100kg more lissom than the not-very-heavy-at-all 650S Spider, and just 40kg heavier than the 675LT Coupe. Thank extensive use of carbonfibre for the bodywork.
Date: 4 Dec 2015
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 504
