![]() The program didn’t include a track drive component (though the car would have been up to the challenge). McLaren brought us to sunny Barcelona for the 570S Spider launch. But as soon as you escape the gridlock and find an open stretch of road, you’ll discover that this car is wasted on low-speed displays. You certainly can do that, and people certainly will notice you. Something you cruise around a resort town in, stuck in second gear so everybody notices you. In our tester’ eye-searing coat of Lamborghini-esque Curacao blue rounded out by McLaren orange brake calipers - a sort of deconstructed Gulf livery - the 570S Spider comes dangerously close to feeling frivolous. But less mass makes for a livelier car no matter the output of its engine or number of driven wheels, and McLaren’s obsession with weight is heartening - a sign that remains focused on building driver’s cars, roof or no. Totally dry, it manages to come in at under 3,000 pounds.Ī lower curb weight might not be as scintillating a spec as acceleration (for the Spider, still 0-60 in 3.1 seconds) or top speed (204 mph top up, 196 mph top down). Thanks to its maker’s mastery of lightweight carbon-fiber construction techniques, the 570S Spider is, at 3,302.5 pounds, a few hundred pounds lighter than the Audi R8 Spyder (which, granted, has a pair of extra cylinders and a quattro system to haul around) and even shaves a few dozen pounds off the Ferrari 488 Spider’s curb weight. ![]() Yet McLaren still says it’s eager to take on all comers in a battle for lower curb weights, probably because it knows that’s the sort of battle it can win. True, the 570S Spider weighs 101 pounds more than the coupe (all in the hardtop mechanism, not structural reinforcements). ![]()
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