McLaren 750S

Woking shuns electrification and aims for lightness and purity with 720S replacement The McLaren 750S is the supercar that directly follows one as dependable and highly rated as the mighty 720S – a machine that must have been a very reassuring influence at Woking these past few years, as the company has morphed around it.In recent years the technically bold Artura has arrived, and is now with us in revised form, its troubled gestation and launch behind it; McLaren Automotive’s senior leadership team has changed widely since 2022 but now seems more settled; and the firm has been back to its shareholders for recapitalisation funding.Calmer waters should be ahead. And while Woking’s greater exploration of ‘luxury’ niches and ‘lifestyle’ vehicle concepts remains on the to-do list, it can now plan that exploration with some confidence.While doing so, it is time for the five-star 720S, McLaren’s trusty mainstay, to take a step on itself. The car you're about to read about is a revised take on that car’s simple mid-engined, carbon-tubbed concept.But while the 750S’s competitors increasingly embrace plug-in hybrid power, it has moved in the opposite direction. This car is reaching for even greater performance, handling dynamism and driver appeal through the pursuit of lightness, agility, downforce, mechanical grip and control feedback.Unlike its rivals from Modena and Sant’Agata, it will forge on without any powertrain hybridisation, and without the complexity and weight it would add, and McLaren has sought to ram home that advantage by dialling up its appeal to supercar purists and true enthusiast drivers. Read on to find out how – and how effectively – that has been achieved.The range at a glanceModelsPowerFromGTS Coupe626bhp£179,260Artura Coupe691bhp£202,660Artura Spider691bhp£222,760750S Coupe740bhp£246,655750S Spider740bhp£269,160The Artura and GTS featured on McLaren’s model configurator are 2025-model-year cars (the former with the more powerful engine sampled recently onthe Spider version).The 750S offers no trim levels per se, but there are various option packages bringing, for example, exterior carbonfibre trim, extended Alcantara interior trim, and McLaren’s TechLux interior.