2024 McLaren GTS: updated grand-tourer supercar revealed

The McLaren GTS has been confirmed with more power and less weight than the GT it replaces, with a price tag of $419,392 when it lands in Australian showrooms in 2024.

A rival to the Porsche 911 Turbo S and Bentley Continental GT, the McLaren GTS takes on the role of grand tourer/daily driver in the McLaren line-up, and hones the already capable GT into a sharper, faster yet comfort-focussed supercar.

With new colours including an exclusive Lava Grey paint choice, gloss black detailing has been used to give the GTS a unique identity, taking the GT’s front end’s ‘hammerhead’ styling further with a new bumper and more pronounced sculpted air intakes – which can be optioned in a ‘gloss’ carbon fibre – while at the rear there’s a larger diffuser and dual-exhaust set-up.

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Unique 10-twin-spoke Turbine forged alloy wheels wrapped in Pirelli P Zero rubber measure 20 by 8.0-inches up front and 20 by 10.5-inches wide at the rear, and can be had in Silver, Gloss Black and Gloss Black Diamond Cut.

The GTS sits on the carbon fibre MonoCell II-T chassis but has a 10kg weight reduction compared to the 1520kg GT, with savings made via the recycled carbon fibre roof and increased use of carbon in the upper rear structure, including larger rear air scoops.

The hungrier scoops feed an 11kW more potent mid-mounted M840TE 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 – now 467kW/630Nm – and seven-speed dual-clutch transmission for power-to-weight of 307kW/tonne – seven more kilowatts per tonne than the GT.

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McLaren says the combination sends the GTS from 0-100km/h in 3.2 seconds, but more impressively hits the 200km/h mark in 8.9 seconds before a top speed of 326km/h.

Carbon-ceramic brake rotors measuring 390mm with six pistons up front and 380mm with four pistons at the rear see the GTS stop from 200km/h in 127 metres and pull up from 100km/h in 32 metres.

The GTS’s role is to perform its heroics in comfort, so there’s a unique set up for the hydro-electric steering, adaptive dampers – with McLaren’s proactive control for a more compliant ride when desired, including three settings, Comfort, Sport and Track.

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The cabin uses ‘Comfort’ Nappa leather seats and leather-wrap steering wheel, with a ‘TechLux’ interior design theme as well as machine-finished aluminium look used on the paddle shifters and switchgear.

The exterior gloss black detailing extends inside to the 7.0-inch infotainment screen, air vents surrounds and window switches.

McLaren says the GTS is the most practical supercar available in 2024, with 570 litres of luggage space made up of 150 in the nose and 420 litres behind the passenger cell.

The GTS’s $419,392 pricing is a minor increase over the GT’s original $399,995 ask before on-road costs when it launched in 2020.