Summary
The McLaren 600LT is a high-performance sports car available that was offered as both a coupé and convertible (Spider). It is based on the McLaren Sports Series (540C and 570S).
Rather than specify a number of cars for their production runs, McLaren announced that each of the Coupé and Spider would be produced for a year at its plant in Woking, Surrey. Production of the Spider ended in 2020 and the entire McLaren Sports Series is being renewed in 2021, commencing with the launch of the new McLaren Artura to replace the 570S.
Both the McLaren 600LT and 600LT Spider received unanimously positive reviews from the UK motoring media, with considerable praise for their driving dynamics and performance.
No longer on sale, the McLaren 600LT holds a Used Car Expert Rating of C, with a score of 60%. Although it earned superb review scores from motoring journalists for its driving dynamics, its very high running costs and CO2 emissions inevitably drag its overall score down.

Key specifications
Body style: coupe / convertible
Engine: petrol
Price: From £185,500 on-road
Launched: Summer 2018
Production ended: 2020
Replacement due: TBA
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Media reviews
Highlighted reviews and road tests from across the UK automotive media. Click any of the boxes to view.
Auto Express
Model reviewed: 600 LT Spider
Score: 10 / 10
“The 600LT Spider is one of the finest McLarens ever to emerge from the British brand’s Woking base, and given McLaren has such a strong back catalogue, that’s saying something.”
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Model reviewed: 600LT coupé
Score: 10 / 10
“The 600LT rewards with astonishing performance and an even more involving and engaging driving experience.”
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Auto Trader
Model reviewed: 600 LT coupé
Score: 10 / 10
“McLaren has an impressive stable of road and race cars, and a few, like this 600LT, that offer the best of both worlds. The 600LT sits at the top of the Sports Series, and is essentially a quicker, more aggressive, stripped-out version of the 570S coupe.”
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Car
Model reviewed: 600LT Spider
Score: 10 / 10
“The 600LT Spider is a wonderful track car and an accomplished – if hard-edged – road car. Avoid Grand Touring-style long range cruises and it copes just fine.”
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Model reviewed: 600LT coupé
Score: 10 / 10
“The 600LT strikes a fine balance between visceral thrills for the expert and forgiving tolerance for the less experienced. And it absolutely convinces as a Longtail.”
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Carbuyer
Model reviewed: 600LT Spider
Score: 7.8 / 10
“It might not be the fastest car McLaren makes, but the McLaren 600LT Spider is arguably the most fun.”
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Model reviewed: 600LT Coupé
Score: 7.8 / 10
“The breathtaking McLaren 600LT is sharper and more involving than the 570S.”
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Daily Mail
Model reviewed: 600LT Spider
“If you’re well-heeled enough to be considering the £201K 600LT Spider as your next road-only car, I’m not sure its extreme nature really fits the bill.”
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Evo
Model reviewed: 600LT Spider
Score: 10 / 10
“The benefits of open-air motoring will easily offset the small weight increase for most buyers. It remains a genuinely thrilling car.”
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Model reviewed: 600LT Spider
Score: 10 / 10
“More powerful, more raw, more pure – McLaren’s Sports Series at its best yet.”
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Heycar
Model reviewed:
Score: 9 / 10
“The McLaren 600LT is an incredible performance car, raw, visceral but useable, it’s capable of outrageous performance, but delivers a thrilling driving experience at any speed.”
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Parkers
Model reviewed: Coupe
Score: 9 / 10
“The best McLaren Sport Series to date”
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The Telegraph
Model reviewed: 600LT coupé
Score: 10 / 10
“Fast, thrilling and as exciting to drive as it is spectacular to look at, the 600LT continues McLaren’s celebrated Longtail tradition in spectacular style.”
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Model reviewed: 600LT Spider
“For those looking for a stripped-to-bone track day/racer that isn’t a Porsche 911 GT3 RS and a bit of wind in the hair to boot, there aren’t a lot of alternatives.”
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Top Gear
Model reviewed: 600LT Spider
Score: 9 / 10
“When all’s said and done, it’s just awesome to drive – another Long Tail that deserves its place on McLaren’s model roster on talent alone.”
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Model reviewed: 600LT coupé
Score: 9 / 10
“Perhaps not the same achievement the old 675LT was, but a brilliant supercar nonetheless.”
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Independent crash test and safety ratings from Euro NCAP
No safety rating
The McLaren Sports Series (540C, 570S and 600LT) was not crash tested by Euro NCAP during its production lifetime, which is not surprising given its price and low production volumes.
Independent economy and emissions ratings from Green NCAP
No eco rating
The McLaren Sports Series (540C, 570S and 600LT) was not lab tested by Green NCAP during its production life.
Reliability data provided exclusively for The Car Expert by MotorEasy
No reliability rating
As of May 2024, we don’t have enough reliability data on the McLaren 600LT to generate a reliability rating.
The Car Expert’s reliability information is provided exclusively to us using workshop and extended warranty data from our partner, MotorEasy, sourced from both official dealerships and independent workshops.
As soon as MotorEasy has sufficient data on the 600LT, we’ll publish the results here.
Monthly cost of ownership data provided exclusively for The Car Expert by Clear Vehicle Data
CO₂ output | Average | Score | Variation | Score |
Petrol models | 277 g/km | D | 277 – 277 g/km | D – D |
Insurance group | Average | Score | Variation | Score |
All models | 50 | F | 50 – 50 | F – F |
The McLaren 600LT is an unsurprisingly expensive car to own and run, according to whole-life cost numbers provided exclusively to The Car Expert by our data partner, Clear Vehicle Data.
We only have a limited amount of data available for the 600LT as it’s no longer in production, but we know that fuel consumption and servicing costs are also very high. However, this is unlikely to put off anyone considering buying a used 600LT, so McLaren is unlikely to be too concerned.
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