Mclaren's road car range
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This topic was triggered by an email from Mclaren this morning telling me about their new WEC hypercar. Awesome, but that's not going to keep the company afloat. Why is Mclaren's sports car range so woeful? I am in a position to buy my next Mclaren, but ...
750S - awesome but high price point/supercar
Artura - great car but not a replacement for the successful 570 series, plus nobody wants a secondhand hybrid super car (same problem for the Italian supercar manufacturers)
Where is their sub £200k ICE junior supercar? Are there even plans to make one?
I think I may end up in a 570 or 650 spider at this rate.
Yours frustratingly...
750S - awesome but high price point/supercar
Artura - great car but not a replacement for the successful 570 series, plus nobody wants a secondhand hybrid super car (same problem for the Italian supercar manufacturers)
Where is their sub £200k ICE junior supercar? Are there even plans to make one?
I think I may end up in a 570 or 650 spider at this rate.
Yours frustratingly...
root cause, bureaucrats directed that there would be no ICE sports cars
the product development chain has been broken, that leaves a product gap.
Personally, I think Artura is the most overlooked product out there, just needs an indi to support it.
Will the bureaucrats step back and let the free market function? or do they plan to put us all in Trabants
the product development chain has been broken, that leaves a product gap.
Personally, I think Artura is the most overlooked product out there, just needs an indi to support it.
Will the bureaucrats step back and let the free market function? or do they plan to put us all in Trabants
Your only new sub £200k option is the GTS. Artura production has now finished ( confirmed last week by a dealer ), some stock cars available. The immediate future is GTS, 750S, 788HS and W1. Then the revamp happens in 2028. I’ve been told the Artura/750S replacement will likely be a V8 hybrid. I don’t think they will do a sports series replacement which is a shame.
They’re ultimately a very small manufacturer. Regulations pushing everyone to hybrid, 750 replacement is V8 hybrid and Artura successor is another V6 hybrid. If the SUV succeeds maybe they can use that to drag down the fleet average and release a few ultra high end non hybrids but not mass market like the sports series was.
Not like Ferrari / Lambo offer anything either. Aston and Porsche can just about do it as they have huge volume other sellers or use engines from someone else that can afford to meet the new regs.
Not like Ferrari / Lambo offer anything either. Aston and Porsche can just about do it as they have huge volume other sellers or use engines from someone else that can afford to meet the new regs.
The Artura could end up being even rarer in the UK than some of the hypercars. As of Q3 2025, there were under 300 cars registered or SORNd.
Joint 3rd in evo COTY in 2022, and 3rd in Spider form in 2024.
I get that 'no-one wants a second hand hybrid supercar' but that's going to be the reality for all supercars soon.....people will get used to it.
ETA: Whilst the Artura was originally conceived as a 570 replacement, it didn't turn out that way. McLaren now classify the Artura as either a class on its own, or more generally (such as in their workshop info) as a Super series car, like the 720S.
Joint 3rd in evo COTY in 2022, and 3rd in Spider form in 2024.
I get that 'no-one wants a second hand hybrid supercar' but that's going to be the reality for all supercars soon.....people will get used to it.
ETA: Whilst the Artura was originally conceived as a 570 replacement, it didn't turn out that way. McLaren now classify the Artura as either a class on its own, or more generally (such as in their workshop info) as a Super series car, like the 720S.
A used 750S at £200k or Artura at £130k doesn’t look like bad value to me given the performance on offer and both well below list price. I had an Artura as a courtesy car for a weekend a while ago and I was v impressed with it. Much better built than the 570s and excellent cabin ergonomics. The 750s is wildly powerful and closer to the 765LT than the 720s…I’d happily have one.
Streetbeat said:
Whats your comparison point to the 750s being too highly priced and who else is making a sub 200k junior ice supercar?
I never said too highly priced, just high price point. I think 750s are great value, but they are too expensive for me.
I don't care about who else is making one, I want a Mclaren
targarama said:
This topic was triggered by an email from Mclaren this morning telling me about their new WEC hypercar. Awesome, but that's not going to keep the company afloat. Why is Mclaren's sports car range so woeful? I am in a position to buy my next Mclaren, but ...
750S - awesome but high price point/supercar
Artura - great car but not a replacement for the successful 570 series, plus nobody wants a secondhand hybrid super car (same problem for the Italian supercar manufacturers)
Where is their sub £200k ICE junior supercar? Are there even plans to make one?
I think I may end up in a 570 or 650 spider at this rate.
Yours frustratingly...
Woeful.... bit strong perhaps when Artura and 750 (and 720 for that matter) are winning rave reviews. I don't see a better range from a competitor.750S - awesome but high price point/supercar
Artura - great car but not a replacement for the successful 570 series, plus nobody wants a secondhand hybrid super car (same problem for the Italian supercar manufacturers)
Where is their sub £200k ICE junior supercar? Are there even plans to make one?
I think I may end up in a 570 or 650 spider at this rate.
Yours frustratingly...
A 570 or 650 are great cars, but both of the above are a level above, as reflected in cost and capability.
Customers will always buy what you don't have, my old gaffer used to say - frustratedly.
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