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Since McLaren’s been off the supercar market for quite a few years, it’s safe to say that the Britsh are now in their childhood. Like any hyper-gifted child, McLaren is learning really fast and now they want to incorporate all the feedback received from 12C owners into their latest creation, the 650S.
We’ve already discussed the 650S Coupe, basically an evolution of the 12C and now it’s time to talk about its Spider version. When we drove the 12C spider, we didn’t feel any weakness compared to the Coupe and now McLaren comes to explain that there’s no drawback in the 650S Spider’s story.
The Carbon tub of the 650S means that the Spider’s structure is just as rigid and doesn’t require weight-penalizing strengthening. Nonetheless, the roof and its mechanism increase the weight by 40 kg (88 lbs), so the 650S Spider comes with a dry weight of 1,370 kg (3,020 lbs). We are talking about a two-piece top that can be operated at speeds up to 19 mph (30 km/h), with the process taking under 17 seconds.
The Spider shares the Coupe's engine, an evolution of the 12C's twin-turbo 3.8-liter unit, delivering 650 HP and a peak torque of 678Nm (500 lb ft).
The 650S Spider matches the Coupe’s 0 to 62 mph sprint time of 3 seconds. Number aficionados will notice the Spider does fall back, albeit just a little bit - the open-top version needs 8.6 seconds to hit 124 mph (200 km/h), which makes it 0.2s slower than the Coupe.
For the moment, McLaren has only announced the British market pricing for the 650S. The Coupe starts at GBP 195,250, while the Spider begins at GBP 212,250. This means that each is GBP 20,000 more expensive than the equivalent 12C model.
McLaren is set to debut 650S deliveries this Spring. Until they do, they’ve given us a 650S configurator to play with. Since there’s no pricing attached to it, we’ll actually label this under “visualizer”.
For the 650S, you get four wheel choices, each offered in three finishes. Just like with the 12C, you can replace the standard carbon ceramic brakes with iron units.
One option we’d seriously recommend is the vehicle lifter, which raises the supercar by 40 mm at the front and 25 mm at the rear, up to 37 mph (60 km/h).
As for the interior, an Alcantara finish is standard, but you can also go for a leather one. At the moment, the visualizer only shows right-hand drive models as being available. Don’t worry about this though, the Coupe they’ve brought to Geneva comes with left-hand drive.
The Carbon tub of the 650S means that the Spider’s structure is just as rigid and doesn’t require weight-penalizing strengthening. Nonetheless, the roof and its mechanism increase the weight by 40 kg (88 lbs), so the 650S Spider comes with a dry weight of 1,370 kg (3,020 lbs). We are talking about a two-piece top that can be operated at speeds up to 19 mph (30 km/h), with the process taking under 17 seconds.
The Spider shares the Coupe's engine, an evolution of the 12C's twin-turbo 3.8-liter unit, delivering 650 HP and a peak torque of 678Nm (500 lb ft).
The 650S Spider matches the Coupe’s 0 to 62 mph sprint time of 3 seconds. Number aficionados will notice the Spider does fall back, albeit just a little bit - the open-top version needs 8.6 seconds to hit 124 mph (200 km/h), which makes it 0.2s slower than the Coupe.
For the moment, McLaren has only announced the British market pricing for the 650S. The Coupe starts at GBP 195,250, while the Spider begins at GBP 212,250. This means that each is GBP 20,000 more expensive than the equivalent 12C model.
McLaren is set to debut 650S deliveries this Spring. Until they do, they’ve given us a 650S configurator to play with. Since there’s no pricing attached to it, we’ll actually label this under “visualizer”.
For the 650S, you get four wheel choices, each offered in three finishes. Just like with the 12C, you can replace the standard carbon ceramic brakes with iron units.
One option we’d seriously recommend is the vehicle lifter, which raises the supercar by 40 mm at the front and 25 mm at the rear, up to 37 mph (60 km/h).
As for the interior, an Alcantara finish is standard, but you can also go for a leather one. At the moment, the visualizer only shows right-hand drive models as being available. Don’t worry about this though, the Coupe they’ve brought to Geneva comes with left-hand drive.
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