McLaren 720S Spider 2022
Top down for open mountain roads at dawn
- 2022
- Seats: 2
- 720 hp
Top down for open mountain roads at dawn
The 720S Spider is McLaren's argument for why a roof should come off. With 720 hp routed through a carbon structure built for a coupe's rigidity, the Spider loses none of the chassis discipline that makes the fixed-roof version so precise — the retractable hard-top folds away in seconds without asking the car to compromise on stiffness through fast direction changes. That matters more than the horsepower figure once you're actually driving it: this is a car that rewards a light, deliberate hand on tighter, uneven surfaces, the kind found on mountain passes or coastal stretches where a car with a soft edge would start to feel nervous. The 720S Spider doesn't.
Open, the cabin changes the character of the drive rather than just the sound of it — sightlines widen, the dihedral doors and low scuttle line make the car feel narrower than its numbers suggest, and the two-seat layout keeps the whole experience focused rather than social. It's a car built for a driver who wants to feel the road, not one built to seat a group. That single-purpose intent shows in small details: the visibility out of the rear glass buttress, the way the suspension settles at speed, the immediacy of the throttle response once the turbos are spun up.
This particular 2022 example is the one variant we hold in the fleet, priced from €1700 per day, which puts it toward the upper end of what we offer and firmly in territory reserved for clients who already know what a McLaren feels like and want it for a specific day — a coastal loop, a mountain circuit, an arrival that needs to say something without saying much. It isn't a car we position as an everyday rental, and it isn't marketed as one.
Booking one is straightforward in the way any car in the fleet is: a security deposit is required, the car is returned with a full tank, and handover can be arranged at the location that suits the trip — hotel, private residence, or airport, depending on what's practical for the dates in question. Given there's only one unit on the roster, timing matters more than usual if a specific date is fixed. For a driver whose interest is in the mechanics of the drive rather than the theatre around it, the 720S Spider remains one of the more honest supercars available — open-top, focused, and unmistakably built to be driven hard rather than simply looked at.