Detailed Photos of the 2019 McLaren 720S Spider
With no real drawbacks compared with the coupe version, the 720S Spider is the easy choice when shopping for a $300,000-plus McLaren.
Yes, the new-for-'19 McLaren 720S Spider is simply a droptop version of the familiar 720S coupe. Its introduction is in no way significant in the grander scheme of things. Read the full story here.
But in three very specific ways, the Spider version is meaningful:
1. If you happen to be the person who gets to drive one of these magnificent things.
2. With the removal of the fixed roof, the slinky 720S finally looks exactly like the stupid-expensive Italian loafer it has clearly always wanted to be.
It's been the long-standing conviction of performance-minded car enthusiasts that the convertible version of a sporty vehicle is the poseur's choice.
But, in the rarefied air that the 720S Spider breathes, the loss of the roof has no real impact. This is a vehicle that launched itself to 60 mph in 2.8 seconds and through the quarter mile at 10.3 seconds, only a tenth of a second less insanely quick than its hardtop brother in each measure.
With an identical 710-hp twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 and only 108 additional pounds of heft compared with the coupe version, the performance trade-offs of the Spider are infinitesimally small and largely academic.
The Spider wears the same braking system as the coupe: Six-piston calipers pinch 15.4-inch carbon-ceramic rotors up front, and four-piston calipers squeeze 15.0-inch carbon-ceramic discs out back.
Unlike the 570S and 600LT Spiders, the 720S Spider's roof has no transverse seam between the pillars.
It is a continuous piece of carbon fiber or variable-opacity electrochromatic glass, making for a smoother appearance and reducing wind noise. If you choose the glass roof, which our test car sported, is eight pounds heavier than the carbon piece, so maybe eat fewer Swedish Fish so as to offset the additional poundage.
2019 McLaren 720S Spider
2019 McLaren 720S Spider
2019 McLaren 720S Spider
2019 McLaren 720S Spider
2019 McLaren 720S Spider
2019 McLaren 720S Spider
2019 McLaren 720S Spider
2019 McLaren 720S Spider
2019 McLaren 720S Spider
2019 McLaren 720S Spider
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