McLaren 720S 2017 Video Review

Name: McLaren 720S 2017 Video Review
Uploaded: 2018-09-25T16:46:45+10:00
Description: The 720S is the new Super Series McLaren, replacing the 650S, and the super-car maker claims it has no direct competitors. It has a twin-turbo V8, a carbon fibre tub and bristles with cleverness.

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EXPERT RATING

7.6

Peter Anderson

Contributing journalist

31 Jul 2017

9 min read

Peter Anderson

Contributing journalist

31 Jul 2017

9 min read

Years ago, McLaren wasn't really making McLarens. The ill-fated SLR was still in production, but was an oddity that made little sense - it was a highly specialised Mercedes and built to sell for crazy money to mega-rich F1 fans. Production was down to a trickle,and the iconic and legendary F1 had completed its run a decade earlier.

The "new" McLaren Automotive had a shaky start in 2011 with the unloved MP4-12C, which became the 12C and then morphed into the 650S, getting better with each reinvention.

The P1 was the car that really grabbed the world's attention and was then-new designer Rob Melville's first project for the British sports car maker.

Last year, McLaren sold its 10,000th car and production numbers are closing in on Lamborghini's. Sales have almost doubled in Australia and Rob Melville is still there, and is now the Design Director. The company, clearly, has done very, very well.

Read the full McLaren 720S 2017 review.