McLaren has just unveiled the GTS – and if you think that you’ve seen this somewhere before, don’t worry – you’re not imagining things. Like the 750S we reviewed recently (video here), the new McLaren GTS is also really only a slight revision to the existing GT. But we never complain about more performance, do we?
McLaren has applied the same formula it did to the 750S, i.e. more power and less weight, onto the GTS. The familiar 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine has now been uprated to produce 635 hp and 630 Nm, or 15 hp more than its predecessor. Combined with a kerb weight of 1,520 kg (DIN, -10 kg), the new GTS will accelerate from a standstill to 100 km/h in 3.2 seconds, before reaching 200 km/h in 8.9 seconds onward to a top speed of 326 km/h.
In fact, McLaren says that the new GTS has the best power-to-weight ratio in its class at 418 hp per tonne. For comparison, the Porsche 911 Turbo S has 401 hp/tonne, and the Bentley Continental GT Speed a (measly) 293 hp/tonne.
Like before, the McLaren GTS also still remains as one of the most comfortable and practical supercar in the Woking brand’s line-up – and perhaps even the entire supercar landscape. There’s still the 420 litres of boot space at the back behind the engine, paired to the 150 litres “frunk” totalling 570 litres of storage space, and it’s even got a few new tweaks to help with the GTS’ everyday liveability.
Chief among those is the revised optional nose lift system, which now raises the front end in just 4.0 seconds – more than twice as quickly as the GT. When engaged, the GTS raises its front axle by 20 mm, giving it a sedan-like ground clearance of 130 mm.
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The hydraulic power steering has also been revised specifically for the GTS, giving it steering feel that’s “unmatched by rivals”. As before, the system increases assistance at lower speeds to help navigate around tight city streets and parallel parkings.
It’ll probably take a professional sleuth to tell the differences between this and the GT, which includes the more pronounced air intakes on the revised front fascia, lower front bumper section, and larger sculpted air intakes at the back. But for the rest of us, there’s at least the GTS badges on the front fenders.
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