Not quite as fast as what Bob quoted (C&D?) but still a 10.1 @ 141.5 mph.
Pretty sure the Camaro SS 1LE does the same.Braking is the only test metric where the 720S isn’t at the top of our charts. It’s still world-class, stopping from 60 mph in just 93 feet, which puts it in a five-way tie for sixth place. The current king is the Dodge Viper ACR, which goes 60–0 mph in just 87 feet. Take solace in the fact that the McLaren 720S is among only a handful of elite brakers shod in non-R-compound rubber. Had McLaren remembered to ship over some Pirelli Trofeo R’s, I’m sure all the numbers—not just braking—would be different. More on this later.
Numbers wise, GM is knocking on the door of the 720S, without the ludicrous 140+ mph trap. That is extremely impressive. That said, the 720S is a true supercar in that it is designed for driving, and is pretty light for what it is at 3,167 lbs.The 720S is one of three production cars to ever average higher than 1.0 g around our figure-eight course, the other two being the Corvette Z06 Z07 (1.06 g) and the Porsche 918 Spyder (1.06 g). The 720S averaged 1.05 g, the second-best of all time. The McLaren’s max lateral acceleration is 1.09 g, among the best-gripping cars we’ve ever tested. Its figure-eight time of 22.3 seconds places it in a four-way tie for second place, along with the aforementioned Z06 and Viper ACR plus the Corvette Grand Sport.
Huh. I wonder if that is where the 148 trap went.The McLaren engineer on hand theorized that because the engine is meant to run 98 octane (the U.K. equivalent of our 93 octane) to prevent knock, the engine was retarding the timing, aka pulling power. Solution: We splashed in five gallons of 101 octane in an attempt to get the engine working properly. That did the trick.
What is the point of the Ford GT again? It has even more in it if it had R-compound tires.Fastest Production Car Lap Times at Big Willow
2018 McLaren 720S 1:21.75 sec
2018 Lamborghini Huracán Performante (Euro-spec) 1:22.53 sec
2015 Porsche 918 Spyder 1:23.54 sec
2017 Ford GT 1:23.69 sec
2017 Porsche 911 Turbo S 1:24.26 sec
2016 McLaren 675LT 1:24.29 sec
2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (Z07, 6M) 1:25.00 sec
2014 Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 1:25.17 sec
2016 Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 Superveloce 1:25.42 sec
2015 Nissan GT-R NISMO 1:25.70 sec
2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (Z07, 8A) 1:25.76 sec
2015 McLaren 650S Spyder 1:25.88 sec
Anyway, all hail the new benchmark. I think it's cool that the brand made a comeback when the last cool thing I really remember them for was the ludicrous F1 in the 90s. I say ludicrous because 20 years before the new HP wars, they made a car with 618 hp that weighed only 2,500 lbs. That was good enough for a 11.6 sec @ 125 mph which is basically right at a C6/C7 Z06 or Camaro ZL1 or Hellcat.