The new McLaren 570S Spider combines breathtaking visual design with optimized airflow management to fully embrace aerodynamic requirements, giving McLaren’s latest convertible the performance to match its striking looks. A retractable hardtop – rather than a fabric roof – ensures that the car loses nothing visually to the Coupé, with the roof up or down.
Aluminium bodywork shrink-wrapped around a powerful mechanical package gives an athletic appearance with instantly recognizable McLaren styling cues and a clear McLaren Sports Series identity. Key design elements include a teardrop-shaped cabin, unique-in-class dihedral doors and distinctive LED lighting front and rear, with the Daylight Running Lights recreating the signature McLaren Speedmark badge.
Maintaining the purity of the 570S Coupé’s silhouette was imperative for McLaren designers and from the earliest days of the project retractable hardtop technology – already proven in McLaren Super Series Spiders – was identified as the ideal solution.
When the 570S Spider’s retractable roof is closed, its lines mirror those of the Coupé, giving a flowing, uncluttered appearance. With the roof open, the silhouette is equally dramatic, additional attention being drawn to the two distinctive buttresses that taper into the bodywork either side of the mid-mounted, V8 engine.
The two-piece composite roof can be opened in just 15 seconds and at speeds of up to 25mph. This is particularly useful if traffic lights change mid-way through roof operation, or weather conditions alter unexpectedly on a busy road. The powered roof folds neatly and quietly out of sight beneath a hard tonneau cover to provide a sensory open-air experience and even greater enjoyment of the intoxicating exhaust note of the V8 engine.
Designed around an ideal driving position that puts the driver at the center of the action and ensures excellent visibility, the cabin of the 570S Spider features exceptional levels of craftsmanship and technology. And while the new Spider is more than capable of delivering a thrilling, high-performance sports car driving experience on demand, the interior is a welcoming sanctuary of luxury and airiness; surface shapes reinforce the fluid lines of the exterior form and a ‘floating’ center console adds to the feeling of space.
Traditional craftsmanship such as hand-stitched leather trim sits side-by-side with advanced technology in the guise of a 10-inch TFT instrument cluster and a centrally-mounted 7-inch IRIS touchscreen. The result is an environment in which the driver feels fully engaged and comfortable exploiting the exhilarating dynamic ability of the new 570S Spider, while being equally at ease – and enjoying first-class comfort – on longer journeys and at lower speeds.
Optimizing the design of interior surfaces has provided greater seat recline space than on previous McLaren Spider models and with a manual seat at the nominal 28-degree back angle, the Spider has the same seat travel as the Coupé.
The 570S Spider offers owners unrivaled opportunity to personalize their car to suit individual tastes. Three seat choices are available, all providing exceptional comfort and support. Manually adjustable sports seats with six-way driver and four-way passenger adjustment are standard. They are upholstered in leather, with sophisticated Nappa leather or performance-oriented Alcantara® available as an option.
Customers can upgrade to a fully-electric version of the seats, with eight-way adjustment and heating and memory functions. Leather upholstery is again standard, with other materials optional. For the ultimate sports car experience, carbon fiber racing seats inspired by those developed for the McLaren P1™ can be specified. The fixed-back, manually-adjustable ‘bucket’ seats are available in either Regular or a wider, Touring size and offer the very highest levels of support necessary for track days while maintaining generous comfort on longer journeys. The composite material saves a substantial 33.07lbs and the seats are compatible with race harnesses for track use.
Specifying the optional electrically adjustable steering column together with the powered seat enables a comfort entry/exit feature, which moves the seat to its lowest and most rearward position and retracts the steering column to maximize available space when exiting or entering the car.
A choice of three audio systems is offered, with the standard four-speaker system providing excellent audio quality. Customers can upgrade at additional cost to either an eight-speaker McLaren Audio Plus system that gives the added benefit of surround sound, or a 12-speaker 1280 Watt Bowers & Wilkins premium system featuring technology developed for the Hi-Fi industry and especially tuned to adjust EQ (Equalisation). Automatic Volume Control (AVC) adjusts system levels depending on vehicle speed and whether the roof is closed or lowered.
The McLaren 570S Spider employs racecar-style, double-wishbone suspension all-round, with the same steel springs, twin-valve adaptive dampers and anti-roll bars as 570S Coupé models. The result is exceptional body control and a particularly pure and rewarding drive. Electro-hydraulically-assisted steering – still McLaren’s preferred choice to meet its exacting attribute requirements – offers greater steering feel than purely electric systems, giving the driver exceptional feedback and full confidence to exploit the perfectly-balanced chassis.
The 570S Spider is also extremely comfortable, as befits a sophisticated, luxurious convertible. The driver can choose from Normal, Sport or Track chassis modes via the Adaptive Dynamics Panel for progressively softer or firmer suspension, to best suit prevailing conditions.
The chassis software both enhances the driving experience and increases safety. Brake Steer, developed for Formula 1™, and subsequently banned due to the competitive advantage it offered, is fitted as standard to the 570S Spider and aids cornering by subtly applying braking force to the inside rear wheel as the driver turns in to a corner, reducing understeer and enabling the driver to brake later and accelerate earlier.
Performance Traction Control calibrated by McLaren provides precise control in extreme situations. The ESC (Electronic Stability Control) system includes a ‘Dynamic’ mode with reduced intervention and increased ‘driftability’, allowing drivers to build up to the 570S Spider’s full dynamic potential with confidence. The driver can also leave the ESC in its default ‘on’ setting with earlier intervention, or if preferred, cancel it altogether.
Carbon-ceramic brakes are standard, with 394mm discs and six-piston calipers at the front and 380mm discs and four-piston calipers at the rear. The brakes have a progressive, easy-to-modulate pedal feel from cold and deliver significantly shorter stopping distances than conventional iron brake discs; braking from 62mph to zero takes just 3.2 seconds, with just under 105 feet (32 meters) covered. They are also 4.41lbs lighter than iron discs and significantly more resistant to brake fade under track use.
The 570S Spider is fitted with performance-focused Pirelli P ZERO™ CORSA tires as standard. Measuring 225/35 R 19 at the front and 285/35 ZR20 at the rear, they offer excellent handling response and superior standing-start acceleration on road and track. A Pirelli P ZERO™ tire is available as an option and provides optimal performance in wet or cold weather conditions.
Incredible performance, impressive efficiency
The 3.8-liter, twin-turbocharged McLaren V8 M838TE engine positioned behind the driver sends power to the rear wheels, delivering outstanding performance. Incorporating race track technologies such as a flat-plane crankshaft and dry sump lubrication, the eight-cylinder engine revs freely for quick response, accompanied by a characterful exhaust note that is ensured by equal-length, cast stainless steel exhaust manifolds mated to stainless steel hydroformed tubes. A sports exhaust system is available as a cost-option.
All 570S Spider models feature a seven-speed, seamless-shift gearbox (SSG), providing high levels of refinement in normal conditions and exceptionally fast shifts during more spirited driving. The gearbox can be left in full automatic mode for maximum convenience, or controlled via tactile paddle-shifters fitted to the steering wheel to increase driver engagement. The Adaptive Dynamics Panel allows drivers to adjust powertrain characteristics through Normal, Sport and Track modes, simultaneously changing gear shift calibration, throttle response and exhaust sound from comfort-focused to progressively more intense and thrilling. Cylinder-cut technology, first used to optimize gear upshifts in the McLaren 650S, activates on both upshifts and downshifts in the Spider.
A switchable stop-start system fitted as standard automatically stops the engine while stationary. This contributes to the efficiency of the new 570S Spider, which delivers 16mpg city, 23mpg highway and 19mpg combined.
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