The 2023 McLaren Artura keeps its weight down despite a new plug-in hybrid powertrain.
My test begins with a road drive from Las Vegas through the Valley of Fire state park to Boulder City, Nevada. It gives me a chance to test out the car’s four powertrain driving modes, which can turn the Artura into a 94-hp economy car or a 671-hp supercar.
Behind the left side of the steering wheel sits another mode selector, this one for the dampers. It has Comfort, Sport, and Track modes, and I spend the vast majority of my time in Comfort mode, which makes the car supple enough to drive on a regular basis. Sport mode and especially Track mode firm up the damping enough that bumps and ruts create abrupt up-and-down motions.
In Track especially, the plug-in hybrid powertrain provides willing power in large doses. It doesn’t feel like the wall of power you get with McLaren’s V-8, but that’s likely because it comes on more quickly, with the motor providing torque fill while the turbos spool up. It then just keeps revving willingly up to its 8,500-rpm redline in a relentless pursuit of speed. McLaren says it can launch from 0-60 mph in 3.0 seconds, and I believe it.
From corner to corner, the Artura’s hunkered down feeling inspires confidence. The 235/35R19 front and 295/35R20 rear Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires keep the car stuck to the pavement. McLaren says they have comparable grip to the extreme Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R tires from. The e-diff puts the power down efficiently, and the car builds speed quickly. The track is just 1.
The car feels a little freer in Track mode, even without adjusting the stability control from its standard setting to Dynamic or off. I detect a bit more slip when I push the weight around too suddenly, but the car still feels rock steady in each corner.
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