WHEELS & WATER
SUPER MODEL McLaren introduces the new Artura coupe.
WORDS CHRIS NIXON ENTHUSIASTS for Britain’s McLaren sports car have met a fresh temptation in the form of the all-new Ar tura coupe, which made a pre-sale visit to the Gold Coast and Brisbane recently at the start of a national tour. The Artura will be priced at $449,500 (plus on-road costs) when the first local supply lands in the fourth quarter of this year. That’s firmly in Ferrari, Lamborghini or Aston Martin territory, give or take a few over-priced options. What’s new? Well, you can save on petrol. Here’s why: The Artura differs from rivals in this price range in using hybrid- elec tric
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engine power, a first for a mainstreammodel McLaren. A robust rear-mounted electric motor with battery charged from either onboard regeneration or a mains source is combined with a twin-turbo V6 petrol engine of 3.0 litres’ capacity. (The V6 also is new. Modern McLarens have been V8s until now, but the V6 saves 50kg and valuable space for electric gubbins in the engine compartment.) The result of this is a hefty 500 kiloWatt power output. It will propel the car from rest to 100 kmh in 3.0 seconds and on to a governed top speed of 330 kmh.
