03 MCLAREN 765LT
LONGTAIL IS MCLAREN’S ANSWER TO A PORSCHE RS OR LAMBORGHINI SUPERLEGGERA
★ Rating 4.0
ENGINE 3994cc twin-turbo V8, DOHC, 32v
POWER 563kW @ 7500rpm
TORQUE 800Nm @ 5500rpm
0-100KM/H 2.8sec (claimed)
WEIGHT 1339kg • PRICE $600,000 [est]
LIKE: Fiercely focused; outlandish pace; obsessive details; 720S a great base
DISLIKE: Vanishingly rare; who are these people that think a 720S is slow?
INSPIRED BY the McLaren F1 GTR Longtail Le Mans racers of the 1990s, Longtail is McLaren’s answer to a Porsche RS or Lamborghini Superleggera-type sub-brand. Its 765LT will compete head-to-head with the heavier, less powerful (it’s all relative) but still sensational Ferrari 488 Pista – a car we’ve also driven here at Silverstone, and in the dry, too.
Longtail models take an already sporting and lightest-in-class McLaren base car, subtract even more weight, then add a healthy amount of power, mechanical grip and downforce, before sprinkling on a
