a variety of micro-improvements make the everyday supercar more versatile than eve.

The new McLaren 750s is by all accounts, the successor of the company's famous McLaren 720S, which has become the standard-bearer for the McLaren brand. It plays an important role within the lineup, serving as the reference point from which all McLaren models are built—from the 540C to the GT, and all the way up to the Senna. Suffice to say, it's very obvious that the company needs to get this one sorted from the get-go as well, since it sets the tone for the brand going forward.

In With The New-ish

These days, sports cars are becoming bigger and bulkier with the ushering in of each new generation. Of course, this has been the case for virtually all makes and models that have endured long enough to celebrate decades-long milestones. However, the growth spurts are still easily discernible even when comparing across recent iterations—which are already by no means, the nimble and dainty figures they once were all those years ago. The British automaker has chosen a more unconventional play with their new 750S, by today's standards.Technically speaking, the 750S might as well just be a refreshed version of the outgoing 720S, if one were to go by-the-book on what constitutes a "new generation" for an automobile. This however is a classic, if not cliché, example of when less is more. So no, that's not meant to be a slight towards either of these magnificent supercars nor McLaren's business acumen. In fact, I think they've got it spot on. They get it.

(Some) Change Is Good

Afterall, any approach to radicalize the new McLaren 750S in one direction or another would be counter-intuitive to what this car is supposed to be. Both in isolation and as a catalyst for the broader McLaren game plan, the 720S-now-750S is required to masterfully juggle multiple roles. It needs to be livable on a daily basis. It has to perform at the race track. It must be as practical as a mid-$300K supercar could possibly be. With no compromises—by both McLaren and for its customers alike—the McLaren 750S is defined to be the complete supercar.

As a result, the McLaren 750S is the culmination of smaller changes which cooperatively lead to meaningful improvements all around. As subtle as they might be individually, there's enough to say that a transformation has taken place through the collective. If the 720S was a"10", then the 750S would be a solid "11", and going anything beyond that would place it within Senna territory—where the 750S has no intention of hanging around.The best analogy I could think of, is that the McLaren 750S is an ideal marriage between the civil nature of the 720S and the performance panache of the 765LT. Hmmmm….just like "Goldilocks", and par for the course in terms of what the model represents, really.

Performance & Drivetrain

As things go with the "less is more" philosophy, the familiar and quintessentially awesome 4.0L twin-turbocharged V8 continues to power the McLaren 750S albeit with a slight power bump that allows it to produce some 750 PS (740 bhp)—up from its predecessor's 720 PS (710 bhp), and hence the moniker change. Torque is also up to 590 lb-ft, compared to 568 lb-ft in the outgoing version. Through this, an ever-so-slightly more wild soundtrack is produced through a redesigned and lighter center-exit exhaust.

On paper it's going to be a smidge faster off the line than the previous car, which completed the 0-60 mph sprint in just 2.8 seconds. However, its superiority shouldn't just be mindlessly spouted off from what the spec sheet reads. McLaren claims that additional revisions were done to the powertrain to help the car feel better and more responsive to drive. Amongst some of these changes include a shortened final-drive gear ratio, pistons from the 765LT and improved transmission programming for the 7-speed DCT. 

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