Does anyone know when we can expect the first reviews to come out?
750S Reviews (was: When will reviews come out?)
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750S - another great McLaren!
Well the embargo’s over so I can finally speak, being a 720s driver for almost three years I was worried about my choice to move to a 750s, well a day in Lisbon has well and truly put that fear to rest, the combination of every little change is astounding. For those who have ordered you will be thrilled, for those on the fence, i hope you can get an allotment because it’s a step change.
This video I think covers some of it, but once I get my car early December we will be doing a more in depth video from an owners perspective.
So sit back and enjoy, and come on off that fence if you’re hesitant this is the 720s but better in every single way.
This video I think covers some of it, but once I get my car early December we will be doing a more in depth video from an owners perspective.
So sit back and enjoy, and come on off that fence if you’re hesitant this is the 720s but better in every single way.
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Exactly. It wasn't until I drove the Artura back to back with mine on the same rubber that I was really able to appreciate the improvements.
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Wow I Love the 720S. I know a little Mr Lane and he was saying pre embargo it was impressive and or a "monster" LOL!
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I'm Sorry I don’t know what those are?😉😹
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They all are.😂
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Driven! The 2024 McLaren 750S Is Civilized Ludicrousness
Meet the 750S, a refinement of the 720S with the performance of the 765LT.
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"Track It
The 2024 McLaren 750S's greatest strength is its forgiveness. It doesn't want to bite you. It wants to go faster, and when you make a mistake, it isn't mad, it's just disappointed in you. The front end pushes a little, or the rear gets a bit sideways, but neither happens suddenly nor unexpectedly. Screw up a corner and you know the punishment before it arrives—and you can therefore plan for it, correct yourself, and try to save the next corner. The 750S doesn't want you to fail; it wants you to know what you did wrong so you can do it better on the next lap (but good luck ever getting Turn 4 correct).
Let's get one thing straight, though: the 2024 McLaren 750S is no shrinking violet. It's wickedly fast in a straight line and finds an ungodly amount of grip in corners. Unless you try to provoke it deliberately, you won't get it loose until you're traveling very, very fast through a corner.
But when you do, you punish yourself harder for making such an obvious mistake than the car does. It's unreal. Getting sideways at these speeds in a supercar this powerful and expensive ought to be scary as hell, but it isn't—it's just frustrating, because the 750S could do better if not for the driver.
If you do just want to be sideways, though, it's happy to oblige. Once you've broken the rear tires loose, you can drive it fully with the throttle. The moment you want it back under heel, simply lift and the car brings itself back in line. It wants to grip, but even when it isn't gripping, it still wants to work with you. Switch on the Variable Drift Control and you can basically dial-in the exact slip angle you want and go out and do it over and over without even thinking.
With the standard P Zero tires, you're best advised to leave the traction and stability controls alone, especially if the road is in anything but ideal condition. Drive aggressively enough on your favorite stretch and the computer will get a workout. Fit a set of Trofeo Rs, though, and a world of possibilities opens, best explored on a track. Add the Senna-derived track-brake package and the 750S becomes indefatigable. While it's possible to overdrive the tires by getting too greedy in any given corner, the brakes can take far more than you can. We consistently saw more than 170 mph on Estoril's front straight and the brakes continually laughed it off. The car will run out of gas long before it runs out of brakes or tires."
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Meet the 750S, a refinement of the 720S with the performance of the 765LT.
"Track It
The 2024 McLaren 750S's greatest strength is its forgiveness. It doesn't want to bite you. It wants to go faster, and when you make a mistake, it isn't mad, it's just disappointed in you. The front end pushes a little, or the rear gets a bit sideways, but neither happens suddenly nor unexpectedly. Screw up a corner and you know the punishment before it arrives—and you can therefore plan for it, correct yourself, and try to save the next corner. The 750S doesn't want you to fail; it wants you to know what you did wrong so you can do it better on the next lap (but good luck ever getting Turn 4 correct).
Let's get one thing straight, though: the 2024 McLaren 750S is no shrinking violet. It's wickedly fast in a straight line and finds an ungodly amount of grip in corners. Unless you try to provoke it deliberately, you won't get it loose until you're traveling very, very fast through a corner.
But when you do, you punish yourself harder for making such an obvious mistake than the car does. It's unreal. Getting sideways at these speeds in a supercar this powerful and expensive ought to be scary as hell, but it isn't—it's just frustrating, because the 750S could do better if not for the driver.
If you do just want to be sideways, though, it's happy to oblige. Once you've broken the rear tires loose, you can drive it fully with the throttle. The moment you want it back under heel, simply lift and the car brings itself back in line. It wants to grip, but even when it isn't gripping, it still wants to work with you. Switch on the Variable Drift Control and you can basically dial-in the exact slip angle you want and go out and do it over and over without even thinking.
With the standard P Zero tires, you're best advised to leave the traction and stability controls alone, especially if the road is in anything but ideal condition. Drive aggressively enough on your favorite stretch and the computer will get a workout. Fit a set of Trofeo Rs, though, and a world of possibilities opens, best explored on a track. Add the Senna-derived track-brake package and the 750S becomes indefatigable. While it's possible to overdrive the tires by getting too greedy in any given corner, the brakes can take far more than you can. We consistently saw more than 170 mph on Estoril's front straight and the brakes continually laughed it off. The car will run out of gas long before it runs out of brakes or tires."
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This is a description of the way every McLaren fundamentally handles, it's what sets them apart.
too bad he didn't drive any mclaren before to compare. he was mentioning the 12C?
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It's very telling that none of them are even bothering with comparisons to lesser supercar brands. I've heard one passing mention of the 296 (that the 750 is faster), and a couple of very brief mentions of Ferrari and Lambo, but that's it. Because the rest pale by comparison to the point where they're not even thinking about them is my guess.
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None of this should come as a surprise. The 720s was outstanding. The 750 takes it to another level…I do believe ‘someone’ said expect it to be much closer to a 765 than a 720 in performance but with all of the comfort of a 720.
It would have been very hard for McLaren to mess this up because the 720 was such a great starting point. Take what you’ve learned from the 720 and 765…then make the 750. Home run.
Catchpole said he’d take it over a 296. For McLaren that’s really the only comment that matters…as it should be. Well done Mac.
It would have been very hard for McLaren to mess this up because the 720 was such a great starting point. Take what you’ve learned from the 720 and 765…then make the 750. Home run.
Catchpole said he’d take it over a 296. For McLaren that’s really the only comment that matters…as it should be. Well done Mac.
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The Aussie guy's reaction was very similar to my own when I first got on track having never driven a McLaren on track before (as he apparently hadn't either!). There's something about the overall way it feels that allows you to push it way harder than you previously thought possible. There's nothing else on sale today that can beat this as a driver's car. Not by a long shot.
I think Leiters even said that the 720S was Ferrari's benchmark or meaning the car to copy when he was with Ferrari.
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