Spotted: a McLaren 570S

The spotted specimen

In the parking lot of the Hoorn residential boulevard, where we also spotted last week’s Volkswagen Passat B3, there was something else you don’t come across every day. A 2017 McLaren 570S, which has been in the Netherlands since June. Not the most obvious car to visit a home mall with. But yes, of course, you have your new furnishings delivered anyway.

McLaren Sports Series

The McLaren 570S is part of the McLaren Sports Series, a model series we already discussed last year following the McLaren 600LT Spider spotted at the time. The 570S now spotted was the first model in the then brand new model series in 2015.

The McLaren 570S

Although the Mclaren 570S is the first model in the Spots Series, it is in the middle of that these days. In fact, you also have 540, 600 and 620 models, where those numbers indicate power output. So the 570S has an output of 419 kW (570 hp), coming from a twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V8. Torque is 601 Nm. Through a seven-speed automatic transmission, that power is transmitted to the rear wheels. The 100 km/h is reached in 3.2 seconds and the top speed is 328 km/h.

McLaren for everyday use

Although a residential boulevard is an unexpected spot location, it is exactly what McLaren intended the car for. That is, in addition to sporting performance, everyday convenience was high on the priority list during development. Thus, the McLaren 570S has a somewhat larger luggage space and a more spacious and luxurious interior than other McLaren models. Everything is relative, because at 145 liters, you still can’t really carry much. For even more practical convenience, there was the 2016 570GT.

McLaren 570S Spider

Also presented in 2017 was the convertible version, the McLaren 570S Spider. That has a two-piece aluminum folding roof, previously used for the higher Super Series models. Because the 570S uses a carbon fiber “monocell,” the sunroof required hardly any modifications to the car’s structure. As a result, the convertible version weighs only 46 kg more than the closed one.