McLaren 600LT Spider review: stripped-down 'racer' takes its top off

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he less there is of it, the more it costs, observed my father many years ago as he sat waiting for Mum to choose a new bikini. It's a bit like that with cars. Colin Chapman might have coined the phrase "simplify, then add lightness," but he omitted the inevitable third step, which is to double the price.

So the list of stuff M.I.A. from the spec sheet of this new, limited production 600LT Spider is extensive. This is the fifth long-tail car in the modern series, and McLaren won't say how many they'll make; just that it will be produced to order for one year only. Expect around 500 examples to be built.