Well here it is - the 720S

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Not sure what the event was, but it seems that people have phones and even iPads out taking photos so can't be too secretive. Obviously this is only one image, but from this angle I love it from the front wheel back. Nose not so much, but I'll reserve judgement til I see it at Geneva.

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Well the image was originally posted on Instagram by Woppum - one of our PH own!

He of the orange P1 with chrome bits and orange GT3 RS.

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Peloton25 said:

That is not the case. The image was originally shared by this account a full four hours before any other, but has since been removed.

https://www.instagram.com/godspeed.edc/

Full caption was:

"Mclaren 720S - A special treat for all my fans! You got it here first! This is beyond amazing.

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The very same account also posted some leaked Huayra Roadster images yesterday, but that post has also been taken down.

>8^)
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Edited by Peloton25 on Friday 27th January 18:15

Ah ok, sorry I stupidly took what Autocar said as the truth!

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I'm intrigued to see what they do with the doors on the Spider. The Coupe we know has doors like the F1 where part of the roof comes away too, which is part of the new carbon tub. I imagine the Spider will return to doors like on the current 650S Spider.

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Auto Car's render looks good. Can't wait to see it IRL.

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RamboLambo said:

It certainly looks better and at least in proportion but I'm still not entirely sold on it or feeling the urge for one.

Maybe I'm missing the point but when I saw the first pictures of 650S I did go wow.

Still need to see it in the flesh to get up close and touch all the aero going on.
Anyway not long to Geneva and VIP day

*press day

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Bunty Killa said:

I've heard the customer service is terrible. Cetain people on here who own all the top Mclaren cars haven't been invited to the launch and have even asked to go and still can't which I find shocking!

Maybe that's because they take to Twitter and bh and moan about said company every time they don't get their own way?

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Bunty Killa said:

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Maybe that's because they take to Twitter and bh and moan about said company every time they don't get their own way?

They're in their right if the above happened. Crazy to treat top existing customers and potential buyers

Said person whinged on twitter many times about McL, when the LT Spider came out, then again with the MSO HS etc, he's very vocally slagged them off in the recent past, so it's no surprise they aren't going to be very friendly with him now, F1 or no.

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andy74b said:

Whinged on twitter many times?? The majority of my posts are singing the praises of the f1 and p1. Can I not post when things aren't right? What did I winge about the HS? I think P1GTR is the best car made at the moment. My F1 is very well known as I still use and track it.

I'm lucky to buy new cars from other manufacturers so I am in a position to compare the products and levels of service. Sadly I think McLaren fall behind Porsche, Ferrari and Aston. They' have issues internally between departments which leads to problems i.e. goodwood last year etc.

I can't be bothered to trawl back through twitter, but you were very vocal about the LT situation. When you're (rightly) well known for your gorgeous F1 you become well known for McLaren stuff, so the negative comments you made stand out.

It's not surprising that MCL may take notice of that. Have you got a 720S ordered?

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rs200evo said:

For those that were there, how big is the door section that now cuts into the roof? Just wondering how much this changes ingress/egress for the car....

You can see from the new carbon tub that there's only a small central spur, so i'm guessing the door cuts in almost all the way to that part.

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They already do. It's called the 570S

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Davey S2 said:

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They already do. It's called the 540C

Edited that for you.

Very true

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I think it'll be very interesting to see where the 720S fits in. As you say RL, the 650S is overengineered and is easily the most accomplished and complete of it, the 488 and Huracan. If you wanted to, you could use the 650S as a comfortable daily that transforms into a hooligan when you want it to. I doubt you could say that of a 488 and certainly not the Lambo.

Will they continue to make the 720S a jack of all trades, master of, well, all? Or will they have gone a more hardcore route? I hope the former as it's seemingly something that only McLaren can do at the moment.

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br d said:

I know that a Spider is in the offing, does anybody have any info on how they are going to design it around that central roof strut?

The 650 Spiders big selling point was it's near identical stability and performance to the Coupe so looks like some magic will have to be employed if they want to continue that trend.

Perhaps it'll have two roofs!

I doubt any part of the central roof panel is structural, so it can be removed for the Spider Monocell II with no issues. It'll have been designed in from the start so the structure will be designed for two different door mounting points.

That being said, there are rumours that the Pagani Huayra Roadster is still going to have gullwing doors, not sure how they'll manage that!

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MDL111 said:

I would argue that from the 355 onwards Ferraris have been perfectly useable as daily drivers - this applies to all standard V8 and V12 cars. They have comfortable seats, light control weights and relatively soft suspension settings and are not particularly wide or low.

Agree they're far better than they used to be, but the 650S is bordering on S-Class levels of ride quality when in comfort, it's really quite spooky.

I've done 5hrs driving in a 650S and got out feeling fresh as a daisy whereas 2hrs in a 488 made me feel very worn out.

Purely my experience of course. I'm 6'3 so the small mid engine Ferraris never fit me too well.

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Craigwww said:

It's about time you got yourself a decent camera, I don't know how but you manage to make a McLaren look dull and boring in every shot. Get yourself a DSLR and learn some basic processing in Lightroom, then repost. It'll save you posting the same photo on every thread too.

For christs sake, he's just posting a quick image on PH, he's not trying to be a photographer!

The endless bickering and sniping on here is seriously boring. Staggering that the people in here are successful enough to actually own these cars yet act like 12yr olds.

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Friends wife spotted this on the M25 this morning

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New wheel design is nice:

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Quickmoose said:

I'm not shooting you Sone, and I'd not shoot the McLaren dealer either, that'd be just wrong.
As wrong as his opinion.
He could have an opinion that a circle is a square. That'd be wrong too

Maybe the next model is more angular, but in this case sometimes, personal opinions are wrong, because whichever way you want to slice it, the 720S bares no similarity to Lamborghini in terms of surface treatment.

But his opinion is clearly wrong. The 720S is actually curvier than the 650S. The 650 had some sharp lines around the front end and rear, this is all swooping lines, curves and scoops. I think he was just speaking out of his arse.

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Once again somehow a photo completely fails to show off how good it looks. I've got a photo of that car I took about an hour before that one and it looks ten times better.

I will admit the light cluster is challenging at first, but after 10mins of staring I 'got it' and love it now.

If you're on the fence, wait til you see it.