MILEAGE 5488
WHY WE'RE RUNNING IT
To see if the most important McLaren in a dozen years is as easy to live with as it is fun to drive
I said last time that something unexpected had happened to the Artura when its winter Pirelli tyres were swapped for the P Zero rubber the car wears as standard. Well, to be honest, it wasn't that unexpected because I had been here before.
It was 2019 and I was running a 720S upon which a similar switcheroo was visited. And with it came what felt like another 200 horsepower. This car that had hitherto felt bracingly fast, swiftly offered up performance bordering on the unhinged. And we've just had an action replay with the Artura. Its acceleration has never been exactly weak but I had put down the fact that sometimes it wasn't quite inclined to pull my face off to the level of charge in the hybrid system. Turns out, however, it's all down to traction. Or a lack thereof.
This story is from the May 08, 2024 edition of Autocar UK.
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