McLaren 720S Spider

The decision to pair a turbocharged V8 with rear wheel drive places the McLaren 720S Spider in a distinct corner of Dream Car Garage. In a catalogue of 600 cars, only 40 use the same broad formula of a turbocharged V8, and just 132 combine a V8 with RWD. That choice gives the 720S Spider a clear identity, while accepting the trade off that comes with sending power through the rear wheels rather than choosing another drivetrain layout.

Its position in the catalogue shows what that decision delivers. The 720S Spider reaches 100 km/h in 2.9 seconds, faster than 517 of the 600 cars listed, placing it 83rd overall for acceleration. Its 341 km/h top speed ranks 64th, and its 710 bhp places it in the top 14 per cent for power, at 87th. Those figures come from a 3,994 cc, 4.0 litre V8 engine with turbocharging, producing 770 Nm of torque. The numbers are not just impressive in isolation, they show a car that sits firmly among the upper levels of the catalogue without relying on a different formula.

The 2 seater convertible body style adds another layer to that position. The 720S Spider combines supercar performance with the open roof configuration of a cabriolet, a pairing that makes it stand apart from the majority of cars available in the collection. It is a UK car from McLaren, a marque founded in the United Kingdom in 1985, and it represents one of 21 McLaren entries within the catalogue.

The used price of £220,000 places the 720S Spider 165th among the 600 cars for cost, meaning 435 catalogue cars are less expensive. Its cost per bhp sits at £310, giving context to the relationship between its asking price and its output. It is not positioned solely by its price, but by how much performance is concentrated into that figure.

For a collector choosing between the extremes of the catalogue, the 720S Spider occupies a precise middle ground between accessibility and rarity. It is not the catalogue’s most expensive car, fastest car, or highest powered car, yet it remains close to those upper limits, ranking near the sharp end across each measure. With a known production figure available for only some cars in the wider collection, the meaningful comparison here is its place among the 177 cars with known production data, rather than an assumption about the full 600. The result is a car that changes the balance of a garage by bringing together a rare combination of turbocharged V8 power, RWD layout, and open roof design.