It’s always something to watch when a racing car company makes a road car, or, even better, a track-day car. Sure, an individual can fiddle with a Honda Civic so they can go pound around their local track. But when someone like McLaren says, “Here, let us make you a stripped-down corner carver,” you best watch out.

McLaren 720S GT3X: Guns Blazing!

In short, that angular, glowing thing you see in your rearview mirror" It might just be a McLaren 720S GT3X. And it might just eat you for lunch.

McLaren has been going great guns lately. I’m not going to get sidetracked by the details, but ever since American Zak Brown took over the company from (very) British Ron Dennis, they sure have been firing on all cylinders. Take the McLaren 720S GT3X as an example. It’s not exactly pretty, but, much like a cobra or a shark, it sure presents itself as being very scary and effective.
McLaren 720S GT3X. Photo: McLaren Automotive.

Track Use Only!

McLaren Customer Racing (the in-house branch that sees to keeping well-heeled amateurs and pro-racers equally happy) just rolled out the unrestricted version of the 720S GT3 race car. Dubbed the GT3X, it is for track use only. It’s not homologated, so there’s no real racing class or championship you can enter with the thing, but without the need to comply with competition regs, GT3X owners get to play with increased levels of power and performance and have that much more fun.

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