New 2018 McLaren 570s Spyder

After its first appearance a while back at Goodwood Festival of Speed the new Spyder variant of the 570s is finally available. Convertibles like this one may look very good but usually the performance is affected by the chassis, this because that the roof is an important element for the structural rigidity so if you take it off you have to compensate making the bottom more stiffer and consequently heavier. It was not the case with this car because also in the Coupé version the strength was concentrated in the bottom to lower the center of mass, this is what allowed to have an added weight of just 101 pounds (46 kg). The engine and transmission are the same in both versions: 3.8 liter twin-turbo V8 producing 562 hp, 443 lb-ft (570 Nm) of torque and a seven-speed gearbox. The 570s Spyder can accelerate from 0 to 62 mph (0 to 100 km/h) in 3.2 seconds and has a top speed of 204 mph (328 km/h). The roof unfolding takes just 15 seconds and it can be done at speeds up to 25 mph. The starting price will be 211,300$  (186,557 euro) which is 20,200$ more than the Coupé enough money to buy a new Ford Focus.

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