McLaren 650S History
The 12C's evolution — P1-inspired styling, an uprated 641-hp twin-turbo V8, plus the hardcore 675LT longtail.
Photo: “2015 McLaren 650S Spider, carbon fiber pack.jpg” by Mr.choppers / Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
History
Launched at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, the McLaren 650S succeeded the 12C as the Super Series car, blending the 12C's carbon-tub architecture with P1-inspired front-end styling and an uprated 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 (the '650' denoting 650 PS / 641 hp). It was offered as a coupe and a retractable-hardtop Spider.
Its most extreme derivative was the 675LT ('Long Tail'), a lighter, more powerful (675 PS / 666 hp) track-biased version built 2015–2017 in coupe and Spider form, reviving McLaren's 'Longtail' name from the F1 GT racing era.
Generations
Single generation · McLaren 650S
Photo: “2015 McLaren 650S Spider, carbon fiber pack.jpg” by Mr.choppers / Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Evolution of the 12C with P1-inspired styling and an uprated 641-hp twin-turbo V8; coupe and Spider, plus the 675LT longtail.
2015 Photo: “McLaren 650S, Paris 7 November 2015 001.jpg” by Falcon® Photography from France / Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Body styles
- Coupe
- Spider (retractable hardtop)
Notable special editions & performance variants
650S Spider
Retractable-hardtop convertible version of the 650S.
675LT / 675LT Spider
Lighter, 675-PS 'Long Tail' track-focused derivative; coupe (2015–2017) and Spider (2016–2017), reviving McLaren's 'Longtail' nameplate.
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