The future LT variant of the McLaren 720S is already testing at the Nürburgring under camouflage

Stories tend to repeat themselves sooner or later, and at McLaren it has become customary for the LT name to be applied to its creations in order to bring out a much more radical side. We have already seen this happen with the 650S, which gave rise to the 675LT, and with the 570S, from which the 600LT was derived. Now it is the turn of the 720S, the big brother and favourite child of the Woking team, a model that is about to serve as the basis for an even more radical vehicle. Everything points to it being called the 750LT, and the test mule spotted running around the Nürburgring suggests a possible new king of kings.

The Green Hell is an essential visit for any car manufacturer developing a new supercar. As expected, the most sporting version of the 720S could not have been cooked slowly anywhere other than the Nürburgring, where it is already running in one of its final phases, which leads us to think that its presentation is closer than we imagine.

For now the British firm maintains a perpetual silence regarding this supposed 750LT, but there are plenty of details that reveal its new philosophy. One of the main keys to the performance of McLaren’s LT models is their carefully worked aerodynamics, an aspect that can be glimpsed in the front of the test mules and in the rear area, where a much more prominent rear wing hints at new intentions.

Inside the cabin the same seats used by its big brother, the Senna, can be seen, along with a roll bar that has surely been developed only for the prototypes. The rest of the 750LT’s body has been covered in matt black camouflage, with the canards on the front bumper being the latest sign that we are looking at one of the most radical McLarens of all time.

As for the mechanical side, we can expect the same 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 to continue to be used, except that this time, as its name suggests, it would be developing 750 CV. It is true that the increase in power is not very significant, but the aerodynamic improvement and a considerable reduction in weight will bring about a much more relevant power-to-weight ratio.

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With the Frankfurt Motor Show just around the corner, McLaren may surprise us with the presentation of the 750LT, a vehicle that will seek to put its heavier rivals on the ropes. In the meantime we can only wait for the Woking engineers to take the step through which they will attempt to mark a before and after in their history.