McLaren is far removed from the mysterious company that only made a tiny number of cars a few years ago. Now, the British automaker boasts a solid lineup with performance credentials that match those of prestigious brands such as Ferrari and Lamborghini. Models from the Sports Series (540C, 570S, 600LT) provide a refined yet exhilarating driving experience while remaining easy to drive on a daily basis.
Unlike many other McLarens, the all-new Artura is not named using a series of digits and letters. A combination of the words “Art” and “Futura,” it slots between the GT and 720S as a wonderful new supercar with hybrid technology. With 720S production ending as we speak (and the company …
There are cars that strike a deep chord. In my case, it’s generally about the drive, more than the styling, outright performance or technology. Driving a car is what’s most empowering in this world, unless you fly planes or save lives for a living. Driving is nearly everything to me.
During an impromptu discussion at the last Montreal Boat Show, the folks at BRP mentioned to us that their all-new 300-horsepower, Sea-Doo RXP-X watercraft was faster off the line than many sports cars. What could be more interesting than a good discussion between performance enthusiasts? “Challenge accepted,” we said at …
What is a McLaren? For some, absolutely nothing. For others, it’s a company that very successfully competed in F1 for decades. For others still, McLaren is the creator of some the most sought-after, desirable and rare supercars the world has even seen, such as the monstrously cool F1 road car.
It was a day of exceptional premiers at the St-Eustache Autodrome. On that track, no one had ever driven these two versions of the McLaren MP4-12C, a superb carbon-fibre sports car that took off in hot pursuit of Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and other brands nearly two years ago. Before …
The McLaren Artura plug-in hybrid supercar gets a series of updates for the 2025 model year including more power, a few chassis revisions and the inevitable drop-top variant that some drivers were waiting for. Let’s start with the Artura Spider, whose design is unsurprisingly almost identical to that of the …
McLaren this week unveiled the new and lighter GTS, which replaces the GT in its supercar lineup, offering an unprecedented blend of McLaren driving dynamics and performance with refinement and practicality. “When you want a true supercar driving experience, the GTS delivers that. When you want to relax on a …
The McLaren 720S is gone. Meet its successor, the 750S. Don’t see any difference at first glance? Well, that’s understandable. The two cars look very much alike, but a few key details have changed. In fact, McLaren says that the 750S uses around 30 percent new or modified components. It’s …
Production of the McLaren 720S is coming to a close and no more build slots are being allocated, as the British automaker confirmed to Autocar this week. Introduced in 2017 as a 2018 model, McLaren’s flagship road car is available in coupe and convertible (Spyder) body styles, each one featuring …
Pfaff Automotive Partners, McLaren ’s Canadian importer, celebrated the delivery of the first of ten “Canada 10th Anniversary MSO 1/10” special 720S models in Toronto this week. Remember, the doors to the first McLaren showroom in Canada opened in 2012. In the past decade, the brand has expanded its product …
Introduced in 1992, the legendary McLaren F1 is one of the rarest, most valuable and fastest production cars of all time with a 6.1-litre V12 engine delivering 618 horsepower. Its record top speed of 386 km/h was surpassed in 2005 by the Bugatti Veyron (408 km/h). To celebrate the 30th …
Russ Bond thinks he has found one of the most beautiful and classy cars on the planet. It's also a performer, with the highest power to weight ratio in its class, with a 3.8L twin-turbo V8 WITH 562 hp. Russ also discovered this McLaren has a split personality.
With McLaren unveiling the all-new 570S, the first in its Sports Series of "attainable" supercars, at the New York auto show, Motoring TV was on hand to get all the dirt. The 570S and 540C are clearly taking aim at the Porsche 911, but the question is: Does McLaren have …
“This,” Russ Bond says, “could be the supercar.” What he is talking about is the 2015 McLaren 650S, a $400,000 punch-packing beast on wheels. The price tag, interestingly enough, could net you not one but two Audi R8 V10s, Russ notes. But then again, as great as it may be, …
McLaren is hard at work diversifying their brand’s offerings: after unveiling track-only versions of their 650S and P1, the small English manufacturer has offered us a small taste of its next car, the 675LT .