MOTOR Magazine Australia

04 McLAREN 720S GT3X

IT’S A BONA FIDE RACE CAR, ALBEIT ONE THAT, DUE TO ITS OUTRAGEOUS POWER BOOST, IS INELIGIBLE TO RACE

ENGINE 3994cc V8, DOHC, twin-turbo

POWER 537kW @7500rpm

TORQUE 700Nm @ 2100-5500rpm

0-100KM/H 2.8sec

WEIGHT 1210kg • PRICE $1.4m (approx.)

LIKE: Relentless performance; purpose-built focus; depth of engineering

DISLIKE: Expensive; ineligible for competition; will leave you battered and sore

is the McLaren 720S GT3X? One of the fastest track-day weapons ever made? A race car that can’t be raced? A rich person’s plaything? The truth is that it’s all of these things.

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