So what better way to sample the new car than drive it on road and on track, at its international launch in the Algarve in Portugal.
Whether it was designed with a focus on day-to-day comfort and practicality or not, the rear-wheel-drive 570S, codenamed P13, still looks out of this world.
Blending a 75kg carbonfibre MonoCell II chassis with ‘Superformed’ aluminium body panels â€" the latter a first for a McLaren â€" the 570S not only looks stunning, it’s light. At 1313kg (dry), it weighs significantly less than any of its key rivals and 21kg less than the $550,000 track special Ferrari 458 Speciale.
Regardless of what you think of the combined look of the McLaren’s aluminium bonnet, fenders, roof, rear deck, and lower dihedral door sections and composite front splitter, upper door sections and door ‘tendons’, it’s all there for a reason.
The front bumper, for example, separates airflow into four directions. Below that, ‘Aero Blades’ channel air into front-mounted low-temperature radiators. There’s a rear diffuser, a completely flat underbody and a fixed rear wing. McLaren says the 570S’s specifically designed wing mirror arms improve cooling efficiency by two per cent. Think they’re taking things seriously?
Measuring 18mm longer and 2mm wider than the 650S, the 4530mm-long, 2095mm-wide 570S shares its carbonfibre core with every other modern-day McLaren, though uniquely, its tub has been redesigned to better aid cabin ingress and egress.
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