Coming soon: McLaren 650S first drive review

IN THIS weekend’s The Sunday Times Driving, Alistair Weaver heads to Spain to put the new 207mph McLaren 650S through its paces. Here’s a snippet:

“The main difference is in the way it drives. Chris Goodwin, McLaren’s chief tester driver, admits he’s spent the last three years trying to make the school swot more of a laugh on a big night out. The 650S has a special ‘cylinder cut’ function, for example, that makes the engine pop and fart when you lift off the throttle. It’s pointless, and inefficient, but — what the hell — like the whistling wastegate of the turbo it adds to the sense of occasion.”

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