13 Sept 11th-Sept 17th, 2025 phoenixnewtimes.com PHOENIX NEW TIMES | NEWS | FEATURE | FOOD & DRINK | ARTS & CULTURE | MUSIC | CONCERTS | CANNABIS | Questions? Feedback? Email me at [email protected] • Follow me on RATING (out of 5 McFly’s) 2025 MCLAREN ARTURA SPIDER: HYBRID MISSILE. THERAPY INCLUDED. 2025 MCLAREN ARTURA SPIDER There are cars you drive, There are cars you drive, and then there are cars that and then there are cars that rewire your DNA. The 2025 rewire your DNA. The 2025 McLaren Artura Spider is McLaren Artura Spider is the latter. $360,006 gets you the latter. $360,006 gets you rear, mid-mounted wizardry rear, mid-mounted wizardry in the form of a DOHC M630 in the form of a DOHC M630 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6 with 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6 with dry sump lubrication and a dry sump lubrication and a 71kW E-Motor. Translation? 71kW E-Motor. Translation? A hybrid race car that’s A hybrid race car that’s barely pretending to be barely pretending to be street legal. It looks like sin street legal. It looks like sin on wheels, sounds like a jet on wheels, sounds like a jet engine playing heavy metal, engine playing heavy metal, and is the most incredible and is the most incredible thing I’ve ever test-driven— thing I’ve ever test-driven— hands down. hands down. Here’s the kicker: 19 mpg Here’s the kicker: 19 mpg if you’re reckless, 45 mpg if if you’re reckless, 45 mpg if you let the electric motor tag you let the electric motor tag in like a polite valet. But none in like a polite valet. But none of that matters, because of that matters, because this thing’s designed for this thing’s designed for speed, not gas station math. speed, not gas station math. I topped out at 115 mph I topped out at 115 mph (allegedly), which is about (allegedly), which is about the Artura Spider equivalent the Artura Spider equivalent of jogging to the mailbox. It of jogging to the mailbox. It still had a mountain of power still had a mountain of power left, practically begging me to left, practically begging me to find a racetrack instead of the find a racetrack instead of the 101. 101. The best part? I picked The best part? I picked up my mom, dropped the up my mom, dropped the top, and we laughed our top, and we laughed our way across Tempe like way across Tempe like millionaires on vacation. millionaires on vacation. She got to see her son have She got to see her son have an out-of-body experience an out-of-body experience while piloting a carbon-fiber while piloting a carbon-fiber missile, and I got to prove missile, and I got to prove that supercars aren’t just that supercars aren’t just about lap times—they’re about lap times—they’re about grins. The Artura about grins. The Artura Spider is more than a car. Spider is more than a car. It’s a flex, a fantasy, and It’s a flex, a fantasy, and the fastest therapy session the fastest therapy session money can buy. money can buy. Comfort: Value: Fuel Economy: Looks: The Drive: Safety & Security: Overall: Sound System: Bells & Whistles:
