As well as increased luggage arrangements, McLaren’s Mike Flewitt has promised the Grand Tourer will be lightweight like any McLaren with “competition levels of performance… and a level of agility never experienced before in this segment.” Like all McLarens, the car is centred around the firm’s carbon-fibre tub and powered by a version of the twin-turbo V8 engine.
There aren’t any pictures of the interior, but McLaren asserts it will “will feel spacious, uncluttered and modern with only authentic, high quality materials employed,” although unlike the three-seat Speedtail the Grand Tourer will have space for just two people.
McLaren has also confirmed the Grand Tourer will sit outside the existing Sports, Super and Ultimate Series of cars, as a “unique, tailored model.” It is thought it will however replace the 570GT – McLaren’s 2016-introduced first tilt at a softer, more practical kind of mid-engined sports car – the success of which has inspired the new model.