2020 McLaren 765LT road test: How to train your McLaren
Far from friendly? Decidedly unsettling? Andrew Frankel throws a lasso around the wild 2020 McLaren 765LT and offers it a sugar lump
McLaren 765LT
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
You will be forgiven for being somewhat confused if you’d read elsewhere the early reviews of this new McLaren 765LT. Some absolutely loved it, others had their admiration under far closer control, largely because they said they found it to be far from friendly on the limit which, in this kind of car, is a big problem. One even complained it had too much steering feel, which I found curious.
Initially it seemed that the reason was down to conditions, those who drove it on a dry, smooth circuit preferring it more than someone who drove it on a damp or bumpy track. And that would appear to be its fault: this, after all, is a car most owners will take on track and it should perform in that environment whatever the conditions. But it also has to perform
on the road too, which McLaren did not permit during launch activities.
I have now driven the 765LT in conditions ranging from perfect (warm, dry Silverstone) to diabolical (cold, wet Castle Combe) and hundreds of miles between the two so I am now in some position to give a reliable verdict.
