2020 McLaren 600LT Spider: The \'Attainable\' Supercar

2020 McLaren 600LT Spider: The ‘Attainable’ Supercar

With a base price of $256,500, this potent convertible is the flagship of the brand’s Sport series, the closest thing McLaren has to ‘entry level.’ Dan Neil takes one out on the track

IT’S SUPERCAR SILLY season. Every year before the Geneva motor show (March 7-17), exotic auto makers whip up the press with access to the show’s newsmakers. Such is the case with our guest, the McLaren 600LT Spider ($306,000, as tested), the open-air version of the British speed shop’s coltish club racer. We will return to sturdy family crossovers soon enough.

I had the Spider out for a jolly last month, through Prescott National Forest, near Phoenix; I even got my licks in at a local racetrack, across the valley from Luke...