These days? So yes, the 720S is quicker than a Veyron. So yes, the 720S is quicker than a Veyron. Gulp. You never reach the end of it. "Cars shouldn't be this quick," you tell yourself just prior to pulling the paddle for the next gear. The handling is too good for public roads. McLaren 720S acceleration figures from PDriveTV using VBox on the street which is far more realistic than the posted figures here :) 0-100 km/h 3.11..with roll out 2.9 sec 0-200 km/h 7.87..with roll out 7.6 sec 1/4 mile 10.2 @ 144 mph with roll out This commenting section is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page. The holy stuffing happens in the middle of third. The McLaren 720S is quicker than the Holy Trinity of hypercars, not to mention just about any Bugatti you can think of. Maybe the chassis finds it. Randy Pobst would lap the 720S there the following day. ""This car brings the braking point to you. That did the trick.Now before you start firing off the angry "McLaren cheated!" That last 20 percent of the 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8, when it's on full boil and all the power peaks begin happening, fills you with a kind of dread. McLaren for its part seems keen. Its figure-eight time of 22.3 seconds places it in a four-way tie for second place, along with the aforementioned Z06 and Viper ACR plus the Corvette Grand Sport.
Home > News > U-turn. Back when I was a lad walking to school uphill in the snow both ways, cars knew their place. McLaren 720S 0-60 mph, quarter mile (1/4 mile), top speed, 0-100 kph and 66 other acceleration times The 720S is still a relatively new car, so as crazy as it sounds, we suspect the times will only get lower from here. A sedan is what you drove to work because life was dull, a sports car was a silly, useless little thing, an SUV had solid axles (and not much else), a supercar was little more than bedroom wall fodder, and the term "hypercar" was just a glimmer in some marketer's eye. Scott was kind enough to write down his driving impressions. You begin to doubt your own reflexes, your own abilities.
The McLaren 720S is an ultra-capable supercar with tons of cornering performance and everyday usability.
We may earn a commission through links on our site. You'd have to have a death wish to find this car's limits on Angeles Crest. More drag Car action: 1600-HP Toyota Supra Rips Seven-Second 1/4 Mile It's there. Stuff gets real at 100 mph. I'd go so far as to use the word "terrifying," but in a good way. Thankfully, the world has gone mad.
Gulp.Braking is the only test metric where the 720S isn't at the top of our charts. Until then, rest easy in the knowledge that you can purchase an honest-to-goodness hypercar at low, low supercar prices. Just when you think you're there, you turn the wheel a little more, and somehow there's more grip. Best ever? The 720S averaged 1.05 g, the second-best of all time. Longer the race the better the 720S will fare; similar 1/4 and 1/2 mi trap times despite slower start show the 720S will eventually catch it. The quickest we've ever seen is the LaFerrari with a 9.7-second run at 148.5 mph. You're traveling so fast. The 720S also comes with Variable Drift Mode, which manipulates the stability control to help drift the car. Famously, the quickest production car The McLaren's quarter-mile result is likewise near chart-topping. At 1/2 mi it very well might though... the 918 decouples its front electric motors at 146 mph (~ 1/4 mi), dropping HP to about the same as 720S but with 500 lbs more weight. "I concur with Scott, especially about the acceleration. To further emphasize just how quick this blue McLaren is, the 987-hp Bugatti Veyron ran the quarter mile in 10.4 seconds at 139.9 mph. The ultra-light (2,993 pounds) McLaren 675LT managed 1:24.29, and the Porsche 918 Spyder turned in a fast lap of 1:23.54. The #1 resource for McLaren 0-60 & quarter mile times offering a comprehensive index of McLaren specs including P1, 720S Spider, 600LT, 675LT, F1 LM, 650S, Speedtail & MP4-12C and more! "I hope I make it." Fuhgeddaboudit. It's still world-class, stopping from 60 mph in just 93 feet, which puts it in a five-way tie for sixth place. Our product picks are editor-tested, expert-approved. Road & Track participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites.
""Even in Los Angeles, even by supercar standards, the Paris Blue 720S turns a lot of heads.
The 720S is a great track car.
Luckily, like Scott said, the brakes are perfect, and the front end really doesn't run out of grip. Even still, the McLaren 720S broke the 918 Spyder's previous record on lap two with a time of 1:23.31.
Trim Engine Drive Type Trans. After that is—you guessed it—the 720S, ripping down the quarter mile in 10.1 seconds at 141.5 mph, making it the quickest purely gasoline-powered car we've ever tested.
And like I said, it's the good kind of terror.A couple of numbers for you before we get to the McLaren's laps.
Therefore, the quickest nonasterisked quarter-mile time in our books is the 904-horsepower McLaren P1, which hits it in 9.8 seconds at 148.9 mph. There's no limit for the sane.
This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. Next comes the 918 Spyder with a time of 10.0 seconds at 145.2 mph. Here are some excerpts, with the profanity edited out:"Life begins at 70 mph.
""The brakes are perfect. I should also point out that after his first two warm-up laps, Randy complained that the engine was "pulling power" at high rpms.