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SPOTLIGHT | MOTORING

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MCLAREN 750S

Peak performance achieved in McLaren’s lightest road-going car to date. But is the new 750S a step forward enough to be lured away from the already supremely capable 720 model? WORDSSAM HEXTER PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF MCLAREN

ITERATIVE EVOLUTION From the exterior, you’d be forgiven for mistaking this brand-spanking new McLaren 750S for the outbound 720S that burst onto the scene back in 2017. And while its outer spaceship-looking shell may look similar to its predecessor, McLaren has said a third of all the

hardware is new for the 750S. Many of the improvements help to usher in some serious functional ferocity. It boasts larger intakes helping to channel more air into the motor, trick aero parts to channel hot air out from the arches, lightweight alloy wheels, and new linkedhydraulic suspension dubbed

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PCC III – catchy – just to name a few of the latest upgrades. The interior has had a facelift too, but more on that later. The most significant thing to note with the 750S is its weight. This new McLaren tips the scales with a dry weight of just 1,277kg.

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