Following its regional launch at a glamourous gala event in Dubai’s Al Serkal arts and culture district in May 2024, McLaren today announces that the new Artura Spider has arrived in the Middle East. Customers in the region can now contact their nearest McLaren dealership to book an experience with McLaren’s first-ever convertible with a high-performance hybrid powertrain.
The news comes less than a month after the McLaren Artura Spider made its global dynamic debut at the Monaco F1 Grand Prix, driven by H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco and accompanied by H.S.H. Hereditary Prince Jacques.
The new Artura Spider was designed and developed to ambitious targets across the board, focusing on driver engagement, performance, agility, refinement, efficiency and quality. It is introduced with significant upgrades to power, performance, and driver engagement, combined with the sensory pleasures of open-top driving, which add a remarkable new dimension to the Artura.
The new Artura Spider’s dry weight is just 1,457kg, and its kerb weight (DIN) is only 1,560kg—just 62kg more than the Artura coupe’s. These figures position the new Spider as easily the lightest convertible, enjoying an advantage of up to 83kg.
More importantly, in combination with the 700PS of the high-performance hybrid powertrain, this gives a power-to-weight ratio of 480PS/tonne at the lightest dry weight, which perfectly positions the Artura Spider to optimise every aspect of supercar high-performance, including exploiting its mid-mounted engine, rear-wheel drive chassis layout to the full.
McLaren’s high-performance hybrid powertrain has been recalibrated, with an additional 20PS from the V6 combustion engine on the MY25 Artura, increasing overall power to 700PS. The additional power is focused from 4,000rpm to the redline at 8,500rpm, providing a marked ‘crescendo’ in performance. Peak torque value remains at a muscular 720Nm, its delivery optimised by minor changes to electronic mapping.
The instant torque delivery provided by the E-motor and the 605PS of the twin-turbocharged V6 engine give the Artura razor-sharp throttle response and acceleration across the board, whether in-gear or through the gears.
The Artura Spider’s official figures of 0-100km/h (0-62mph) in 3.0 seconds, 0-200km/h (0-124mph) in 8.4 seconds and 0-300km/h (0-186mph) in 21.6 seconds highlight the levels of supercar performance available, all the way up to a maximum speed limited to 330km/h (205mph).
Every new Artura comes standard with a five-year, unlimited-mileage vehicle warranty, a six-year, 75,000km/45,000-mile battery warranty, and a ten-year anti-perforation body warranty. These warranties can be extended. A three-year service plan and a five-year roadside assistance package are also included.
