The 675LT's performance in the canyons isn't exactly surprising, but its road manners sure are. Left alone with the modes set to Normal on the highway, the McLaren is quite nice to drive. The ride is exceptional for a supercar, cabin noise is relatively quiet, and visibility is surprisingly good, too. The McLaren doesn't stutter in stop-and-go traffic, either—the car is seemingly just as happy slogging it at 14 mph as it is accelerating past 140.

The McLaren isn't perfect, though. My list of complaints is rather short, however: A pre-production prototype fuel line-clamp failed after the track session, giving us starting issues; the engine cover rattles when the engine's cold and idling at 1,500 rpm; the seats get uncomfortable after a few hours in the saddle; and the infotainment system works about as well as you'd expect a 3-year-old Android tablet to. But what supercarisperfect? Who would want a perfect supercar anyway? Aside from those small eccentricities, the 675LT is a remarkable supercar that even at nearly $400,000 still manages to punch way above its weight class. Some may bemoan the computer intervention, but the average drivers should welcome it, as it helps make the McLaren's world-beating performance attainable to even the most ordinary of us.

2016 McLaren 675LT
BASE PRICE	$353,600
PRICE AS TESTED	$399,271
VEHICLE LAYOUT	Mid-engine, RWD, 2-pass, 2-door coupe
ENGINE	3.8L/666-hp/516-lb-ft twin-turbo DOHC 32-valve V-8
TRANSMISSION	7-speed twin-clutch auto.
CURB WEIGHT (F/R DIST)	2,993 lb (42/58%)
WHEELBASE	105.1 in
LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT	179.0 x 82.5 x 46.8 in
0-60 MPH	3.0 sec
QUARTER MILE	10.5 sec @ 139.7 mph
BRAKING, 60-0 MPH	94 ft
LATERAL ACCELERATION	1.09 g (avg)
MT FIGURE EIGHT	22.4 sec @ 0.98 g (avg)
EPA CITY/HWY/COMB FUEL ECON	16/22/18 mpg
ENERGY CONS, CITY/HWY	211/153 kW-hrs/100 miles
CO2 EMISSIONS, COMB	1.06 lb/mile

Back in the day, the 0-100-0-mph test was a common performance benchmark. Legend has it that Carroll Shelby was the first to boast that his Cobra would take less time to make the trip to the century mark and back to a standstill than your car would need to make it to 60 mph. His much-disputed claim was 13.8 seconds. With that test in mind, in our April 2000 issue we picked one of five extant McLaren F1 LM supercars and enlisted "veteran McLaren driver Andy Wallace—one of the elite cadre of drivers who contributed to a McLaren juggernaut that took first, third, fourth, fifth, and 13th places overall and stormed to a 1-2-3-4 sweep of the GT category at the 24 hours of Le Mans, when the car debuted there in '95. Toss in a full factory support staff, sophisticated Datron timing equipment, and a suitable venue in the heart of East Anglia, and you've got the makings of a great day, indeed." Mind you, tires weren't what they are new, launch control wasn't part of the program, and the Big Mac didn't have ABS. The resulting 0-100-0 time of 11.5 seconds broke the record and shattered the Shelby brag by a whopping 2.3 seconds. Which got us thinking: What would the latest, greatest McLaren 675LT do? It decimated the revered mark by another 2.2 seconds, requiring just 9.3 seconds total.-Chris Walton