- McLaren 720S
The McLaren 720S has succeeded where both of its predecessors (the 650S and the MP4-12C) fell short in our supercar class chart: purely and simply, by topping it.
There are few more direct or effective ways for cars in this stratum of the performance car market to demonstrate their superiority than by accelerating faster, lapping quicker and stopping harder than any rival. The 720S does all three. In many of the performance benchmarks that road testers are used to measuring, in fact, this 710bhp blockbuster is a closer match for a contemporary hypercar than one of its mid-engined opponents.
Yet also it’s uncommonly communicative and easy to drive, it’s a supreme ergonomic achievement and it flatters a rambunctious track style more rewardingly than any of its predecessors.
McLaren is set to launch a lighter, faster and generally more track-focused 765LT this year. Power and torque have been lifted to 754bhp and 590lb ft respectively, while the engineers have shaved 80kg in weight. If the previous 675LT and 600LT models are anything to go by, this newest Longtail model should be very special indeed.

- Ferrari SF90 Stradale
This successor of sorts to the LaFerrari hypercar is the most powerful road car in Ferrari’s history. It’s also the car that set the quickest lap time around the firm’s Fiorano test track. Oh, and it’s a plug-in hybrid that can travel for up to 15 miles on electricity alone. The SF90 Stradale is a very different kind of Ferrari, then.

It makes use of a heavily reworked version of the 488 Pista’s twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre V8, which is complemented by a trio of electric motors that raise the Ferrari’s total power output to a staggering 986bhp, allowing for a 0-62mph time of 2.5sec. It’s a technological tour de force for sure yet, despite the additional weight that powertrain brings, it’s still just as incisive, intuitive, engaging and devastatingly quick as you would expect a mid-engined Ferrari to be.
- Ferrari F8 Tributo
Ferrari will tell you its new F8 Tributo is a replacement for the excellent 488 GTB, but in reality it’s more of a heavy facelift. That said, it’s a facelift that makes use of plenty of reworked engineering knowhow from the stunning track-focussed 488 Pista and the 488 Challenge race car, so we can probably cut Ferrari some slack in this respect.

Anyway, its twin-turbocharged V8 now develops 710bhp and 568lb ft and, surprise surprise, it’s as devastatingly fast as ever. It may still lack some of the aural drama of the old 458 Italia’s naturally aspirated V8, but the introduction of a new Hot Tube Resonator helps pipe a dash more noise into the cabin. Variable Boost Management ramps up torque gradually, too, so it not only feels more like an atmo engine but also almost eliminates turbo lag.
The F8 Tributo’s chassis is the main attraction, however. Not only does it make the engine’s stratospheric performance accessible but it also endows the car with otherworldly levels of agility, balance and handling panache. Make no mistake, this is a sensational supercar. It will take a full road test to see whether it can topple the 720S, mind. Watch this space.
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- Lamborghini Huracán Evo
Only the makers of the world’s rarest and most expensive, hand-built automotive exotics can now really compete with Lamborghini when it comes to creating cars of pure combustive drama, traffic-stopping looks and feral, unfettered soul.

The Huracán may be the firm’s entry-level model, but it’s no second-order offering when it comes to its sensational styling or its fantastically wild, naturally aspirated V10: an engine that over-delivers in equal measure on speed, responsiveness and audible character.
The facelifted Evo version gets rear-wheel steering and torque vectoring, and the results raise the Huracán’s game closer to that of its McLaren and Ferrari rivals. That you also get the 631bhp powetrain from the old, hardcore Performante seals this junior Lamborghini’s reputation as a seriously rewarding, engaging supercar.
There’s now a purely rear-driven version of the Evo, too. Its magnificent V10 may produce slightly less power than those of its four-wheel-drive siblings but, by ditching its front driveshafts, it gains a whole load of additional character and dynamic appeal. It is the pick of the bunch by a mile.
- Ford GT
The myth and mystique of the Ford GT, stretching back more than five decades to the GT40’s string of successive victories at Le Mans, would have given this car a larger-than-life presence in any class in which we put it – and lends it an appeal that’s utterly unique and difficult to quantify.

Originally resurrected in 2005, this ‘third coming’ of a motoring legend is a cleverly conceived roadgoing version of Ford’s World Endurance Championship racer. Available in left-hand-drive only, it has a chassis and suspension more exotic than almost any rival – and an engine adapted from than of the F150 pick-up truck.