McLaren 570GT MSO for Pebble Beach

How to make the GT more GT? A louder exhaust with gold heat shields, of course!

It's become tradition for McLaren to reveal something a bit fancy at Pebble Beach, with cars like the X-1 and that stunning P1 from 2014 a couple of recent highlights. This year is no different either, with a McLaren Special Operations 570 GT ready for the golf course.

Bring the noise!

Looks a lot like a regular 570 GT, doesn't it? No bad thing, but the key is in the details. So it's painted Elite Pearl White, with an MSO Piano Black exterior package and 'MSO Defined Full-Length Sill Panels in Gloss Carbon Fibre' too.

But there are more interesting things to discuss than that, both for people who will take a McLaren to their home golf course and the ones who will use it properly. So there's an electrochromic roof for the former group, the MSO GT featuring a touch sensitive interior headlining that can change the glass roof through five settings from almost transparent to a "rich, dark tint." Expect that on the regular 570 GT options list soon.

Best like saddle leather

For that latter group there's a titanium exhaust fitted on this car as well. Yep, the car that McLaren intentionally made quieter for a more relaxed experience, made louder again at first opportunity. It's 30 per cent lighter than standard and promises a "richer and more characterful tone". Note the heat shields too, finished in a gold titanium nitride tint - one that turns bluey-purple as it heats and cools.

Inside the MSO GT there's more carbon fibre, a 'By McLaren' luxury interior and the 12-speaker B&W stereo. For when the exhaust gets too much, presumably.

If you like the look of the GT, all of the additions seen here are due to become part of the MSO Defined portfolio soon. More to follow from Pebble Beach when it's available!