McLaren 570S Coupe Revealed Ahead Of 2015 New York Auto Show: Live Photos

The Sports Series is here, and it’s every inch a McLaren. Don’t call this the cheap one. Call it the 570S.

To be fair, it’s still not likely to be inexpensive—figure something around $150,000. But you’ll get an awful lot of bang for those 150,000 bucks.

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First up, the specs: A 562-horsepower, 443-pound-foot twin-turbocgharged 3.8-liter V-8 engine sits in the middle; a 7-speed SSG dual-clutch gearbox swaps cogs; 62 mph comes in 3.2 seconds; 124 mph arrives in just 9.5 seconds; top speed is 204 mph; the car weighs 2,895 pounds when configured with lightweight options; 42 percent of the weight is over the front axle, 58 percent over the rear. Naturally, it’s rear-wheel drive.

Those are the McLaren 570S’s prime stats, but if driving the car is anything like the 12C and 650S, both of which we’ve had in our hands, the specs will only be a tiny portion of the overall experience. Thrust, brakes, and lateral grip, as well as an incredibly rewarding driver experience have become road-going McLaren hallmarks.

Wearing a design McLaren calls “shrinkwrapped” (think of the body being sucked down around the chassis and necessary components), a pair of flying buttresses improve aerodynamics and downforce. This aerodynamic optimization has been applied to the entire car’s surface as well, including the “door tendons” that help direct air up to reach the cooling inlets for the V-8.