We have been eagerly waiting for the new McLaren 675LT Spider to be handed over to the journalists so we can have those awesome review videos. And it’s doing now, though very slowly. Mind you, we were waiting for something that is quite pointless and inconsequential.

And what we mean by that is, what are these guys are going to tell us besides how great McLaren 675LT Spider is? It’s an open-top version of the LongTail 675, itself a high performance version of the 650S. What would it be other than great? What’s more, they’re only making 500 copies of this car and last we checked, they’ve all been sold. So yes, these videos are inconsequential as far as reviews go. But they do offer a good look at this amazing machine and that’s enough for us!

First let’s catch up with Shmee150 who’s recently been to Tenerife in the Canary Islands where he got to sample the LongTai Spider. He’s already ordered one of these, so this was more of a getting used to the car sort of thing for him:

And now for a proper car review we hand over to the guys from CarFection who gives us a more technical account of why the Spider is so goshdarn awesome:

McLaren 675LT Spider Specs:

• Performance
  • 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph): 2.9 s
  • 0-200 km/h (0-124 mph): 8.1 s
  • Top speed : 326 km/h (203 mph)
  • Power-to-weight: 532PS per tonne
• Powertrain
  • Engine Configuration: V8 Twin Turbo / 3799cc
  • Power; 675PS (666 bhp) @ 7,100 rpm
  • Torque: 700Nm (516 lb ft) @ 5,000-6,500 rpm
  • Transmission: 7 Speed SSG
  • CO2: 275g/km
• Dimension and weight
  • Dry weight: 1,270kg
  • Weight distribution: 42 / 58
  • Length: 4,546 mm
  • Width: 2,095 mm
  • Height: 1,192 mm