In fact, the 12C and 540C bookend modern McLaren’s journey through steering feel, from light and vague to direct and detailed. The 540C gives the impression of being a much more evolved machine ...

The 540C Coupé is a pure McLaren, and a pure sports car, sharing its DNA with the models in the Super Series and Ultimate Series, including a light weight carbon fibre chassis and race-derived ...

The 540C may well be McLaren’s most affordable, entry-level car but with a carbonfibre chassis, a 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8, 533bhp and a £126,000 price tag it’s hardly what you’d call basic.

It also comes in two new exterior paint colours - 'Mean Green' and the 'Boundless Blue' of our test car ... and just as importantly, light. McLaren quotes a dry weight (no fuel, lubricants, or coolant ...

The GT-Line also comes with the option of two-tone body paint - that is a black roof with 'Clear White' or 'Pluton Blue' body colours ... as importantly, light. McLaren quotes a dry weight (no fuel, ...