British supercar company McLaren has announced a new “Design Edition” take on its most compact model that should give the everyday supercar an added touch of exclusivity.
The standard McLaren 570S ticks nearly every box on the dream car checklist. It’s constructed from carbon fiber. Its engine’s in the middle, and it boasts eight cylinders in a V-formation. And crucially it can go from 0-60 mph in under three seconds and maxes out at 200 mph. However, by McLaren’s own standards, at least, it’s mass-produced—several hundred a year—so it falls down in terms of rarity.
To combat this shortcoming and to publicize its growing customization capabilities, McLaren recently revealed a new range of five “Design Editions”—so called because their exterior and interior features have been put together by the very team that designed the 570S itself.
Design Edition 1, the first car for which complete specifications have been announced, will come with a special Vermillion red exterior paint finish and will sit on diamond-cut-finished five-spoke alloy wheels that envelop red brake calipers.
Inside the seats are dressed in carbon black Alcantara and Apex Red Nappa leather, while the dashboard is wrapped in a combination of Jet Black and Apex Red Nappa leather with gray contrast stitching. But as the company is quick to point out, even a special edition can simply serve as the foundation for greater personalization, and clients will be free to add extra equipment or further external carbon fiber elements to any Design Edition model.
For those that think red is a bit too strong a color, the other Design Editions models will offer Onyx Black, Storm Grey, Ventura Orange, or Silica White as their exterior finish. Optional extras include contrast stitching, body color calipers, and special paint finishes. For example, a coat of McLaren Mantis Green exterior paint usually adds an extra $4,255 to the standard 570S asking-price of $184,900. Even with the comparatively large list of extras that come on the Design Edition, the new models will only cost an extra $10,575.
So now the 570S is more exclusive and affordable. See more images of the Vermillion Design Edition below.
—Relaxnews with additional reporting by the RealClearLife staff
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