McLaren 720S successor to be revealed in April 2023 – report
McLaren’s next flagship supercar – internally known as the 750S – will reportedly be unveiled in April, just four months after production of the 720S ended.
The successor to the McLaren 720S supercar – named 750S within the UK company – will be revealed in April 2023, according to overseas reports.
Production of the McLaren 720S came to an end in January 2023 after a five-year run, with convertible examples of the supercar’s race track-oriented version – the 765LT – winding up in the near future.
A McLaren insider reportedly told Automotive News the 750S will be an evolution of the 720S, though it’s not known whether it will continue with the alphanumeric designations of past McLarens or use a ‘real’ name.
The publication’s source claims McLaren will publish its first teaser of the 750S later this month, before a full reveal occurs in April 2023.
According to the report, the 750S will be powered by the McLaren 720S’s 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine, rather than a more powerful version of the Artura’s 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6 hybrid.
Compared to the McLaren 720S, the 750S is set to receive a power boost – rising from 530kW to 552kW– but it won’t be as potent as the race track-oriented 765LT, which produces 563kW from the same V8 engine.
According to Automotive News, the 750S is set to become McLaren’s final new car to launch without electrification, although the UK-based company will continue to use hybrid systems across its model range.
The McLaren 750S’s exterior will reportedly be a heavy refresh of the 720S’s five-year-old design, incorporating elements of the company’s recently-launched supercars – such as the Artura – with a new front bumper, larger air intakes and bigger air brake.
As reported in December 2022, McLaren has established a design tie-up with the Lockheed Martin ‘Skunk Works’ division, leaning on the US advanced aerospace company to provide what the supercar maker claims is a more futuristic design approach for its next-generation cars.
Automotive News reports the McLaren 750S’s digital instrument cluster will be relocated from the dashboard to the steering column, while control buttons for its suspension settings and drive modes could be relocated from the centre console to the dash surround.
If the McLaren 750S is launched this year, it could provide a much-needed injection of cash for the UK car-maker, having reportedly been in financial dire straits for a number of years.
In December 2022, news agency Bloomberg reported McLaren recently sold a number of collectible vehicles from its heritage fleet to Mumtalakat Holding Co. – the car-maker’s Bahrain-based owners – to fund “technical upgrades” for the Artura hybrid supercar.
A spokesperson for McLaren told Bloomberg the sale injected an additional £100 million ($AU180 million) into the struggling UK car-maker, which recorded a loss of £203 million ($AU351 million) between January and September 2022.
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