SECOND COMING

WITH FEWER CYLINDERS AND LOTS OF NEW PARTS, INCLUDING A HYBRID SYSTEM, THE ARTURA USHERS IN THE NEXT GENERATION OF MCLAREN. WE FIND OUT WHETHER IT'S UP TO THE ROLE.

- K.C. COLWELL

It's hard to believe McLaren has been in the road-car game for little more than a decade. (Granted, it was nearly 30 years ago that the McLaren F1 became the be-all and end-all for enthusiasts, but McLaren didn't produce another street car for years afterward.) Since 2011, the storied Formula 1 brand has launched several root models and completely upset the supercar hierarchy that a pair of Italian companies had long dominated. And while all of those models, including the MP4-12C, the 570S, the Senna, and the 720S, have their own character, they've all shared a very similar set of components. The Artura is new, and not like your favorite streaming service's latest round of reboots. New as in never before. Think Severance, not Bel-Air. For all intents, it is McLaren's second series-production car. And it's a plug-in hybrid.