“When the tachometer crests 6,000 rpm, the engine finds an extra ax-murderer gear, resulting in real, actual terror. Alien technology for the street.”
It’s the Sybil of supercars. McLaren’s new 720S manifests different personalities depending on driver skill and electronic settings. Nearly every judge left most safety settings engaged for Route 198, and most emerged feeling invincible. Chris Walton: “This McLaren reads your mind, and you just ‘think’ your way through corners.” Mark Rechtin: “It handles as though it has its own volition or sentience—but completely predictably.” Jethro Bovingdon: “It rides with a fluency that the Lambo and GT2 RS can only dream of, with a balance that ebbs and flows so naturally.” The car is astonishingly responsive, the steering is fingertip-light and communicative, and drivers with an ounce of skill…
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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2018