McLaren 765LT Spider takes wind-in-your-hair motoring to the max
McLaren has unveiled its savage new 765LT (Longtail) Spider.
Forming part of the British marque's track-focused “Super Series” range, this ferocious-looking drop-top joins its coupé sibling that was unleashed in March 2020.
Also limited to just 765 units, the ultra-exclusive 765LT Spider features an electronically retractable roof fashioned from a single piece of carbon fibre. With a touch of a button it can be raised or lowered in 11 seconds and at speeds of up to 50km/h.
The complexity of such a system obviously concedes a weight penalty (electric motors aren't light) but even so McLaren claims the Spider is only 49kg heavier than the coupé. In total it tips the scales at 1,388kg, which makes it 80kg lighter than the 720S Spider.
As with the 765LT Coupé, the Spider comes armed with a Ricardo-built 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine that puts out a gargantuan 563kW and 800Nm worth of torque. Sent to the rear wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, these enviable figures allow the 765LT Spider to surge from 0-100km/h in 2.8 seconds and 0-200km/h in a blistering 7.2 seconds. On a long enough road you'll see reach a top speed of 330km/h.