The new McLaren 675LT Spider can manage a launch from 0 to 60 in under 2.9 seconds.
While you might be ready to pull out the thermals and winter coat, here’s something to get you thinking warm thoughts.
Citing “significant customer demand,” the folks at McLaren have decided to offer a drop top version of the new 675LT first launched at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year.
Making 666 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque, the British maker is billing the 675LT Spider as “the most focused, fastest and exhilarating open top McLaren model” ever made. It joins a fast-growing line-up of carbon-fiber super cars ranging from the 570S to the hybrid hypercar, the McLaren P1.
The Spider's top operates at speeds up to 19 mph.
The Spider is virtually identical to the McLaren 675LT – as in Longtail – Coupe. The one big difference is the foldaway roof which adds 88 pounds to the hardtop model’s mass. That’s all in the mechanicals needed to fold the top, McLaren claiming to have found ways to save another 220 pounds compared to the previous 650 Spider. Total dry weight is a mere 2,800 pounds.
You can open or close the three-piece top, incidentally, at speeds up to 19 mph.
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Significantly, both 675LT Coupe and Spider deliver the same launch numbers, hitting 100 kmh, or 62 mph, in a mere 2.9 seconds. Aerodynamics apparently kick in at higher speeds, so the drop top takes 8.1 seconds to hit 200 kmh, or 125 mph, an increase of 0.2 seconds. Top speed, a mere 203 mph, is two miles per hour slower, meanwhile.
The retractable top, shown here closed, adds only 88 pounds to the weight of the 675.
Those who actually care might be pleasantly surprised to discover the McLaren 675LT Spider manages to deliver 18 mpg in Combined fuel economy.
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As with the Coupe, the 675LT Spider features a 20 mm wider track than the earlier McLaren 650S, and borrows some suspension components and settings from the top-line P1 model. New aero tuning radically improves downforce, especially when opting for the aero package.
“Exposed bodywork across the rear deck and below the rear wing aids engine cooling,” noted McLaren, “while louvers in the flared rear bumper optimize pressure levels.”
The Spider will be offered with unique sun-tint Solis paint, as well as Xenon Yellow stitching and 20-spoke wheels.
Pricing starts at $372,600. If you’ve got the cash maybe you can have it shipped to your summer home and skip winter all together.
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