About 750S
The 750S is McLaren's core supercar, the car that most directly answers the question of what the Woking company does better than anyone else. Revealed in 2023 as a deep reworking of the 720S, it carries a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 behind the cabin, a carbon-fiber monocoque and hydraulically assisted steering at a time when nearly every rival has switched to electric assistance. Its name refers to its output in metric horsepower, roughly 740 by the American count, and it comes as a coupe or as the folding-hardtop Spider.
Its bloodline runs back through the 720S of 2017 and the 650S to the MP4-12C that relaunched McLaren as a road-car maker. Each generation has kept the same recipe: a mid-mounted V8, rear-wheel drive, dihedral doors that swing up and out, and a clever suspension that links the dampers hydraulically instead of using conventional anti-roll bars. The result is a car that rides like a grand tourer on a broken road and sharpens into a scalpel on a racetrack. Critics point to cabin tech that trails German rivals and to depreciation that can sting.
The 750S competes with the Ferrari 296 GTB, the Lamborghini Temerario and the fastest Porsche 911s, and it has become notable for what it lacks: there is no battery pack, no plug and no electric motor. With the Artura and the W1 already hybrid, it stands as McLaren's remaining pure-combustion supercar, a light, loud and rather old-fashioned machine in the best sense, and a car that has had to carry the brand through ownership upheaval and a long wait for new models.
Coverage of the 750S tends to run to road tests, track comparisons against Maranello's latest, limited editions from the company's bespoke division, recalls and auction listings for its predecessors. The bigger question hanging over it is succession. McLaren has talked openly about new platforms and new powertrains, and whatever replaces this car will be measured, fairly or not, against its steering, its speed and its uncommon sense of purity. Until then, it remains the clearest expression of the Woking formula.