You might already be familiar with YouTuber Shmee150 and his recently bought McLaren 650S Spider. After owning an MP4-12C, he decided to upgrade to the 650S Spider and he seems to be quite happy with his purchase, to say the least.
In terms of upgrading your McLaren, people still seem to be split about if it’s worth it or not going from the 12C to the 650S. On one hand the newer 650S is more powerful and has about 78 Nm (58 lb-ft) of extra torque, which do make a difference especially mid range.
On the other hand, you can argue that a 0.1 seconds gain of acceleration to 62 mph (100km/h) isn’t significant and neither is a 0.5 seconds improvement when it comes to your 0-125 mph (201km/h) time – unless you like to take your car to the track, of course.
So the 12C is still a great car, but yes you could say that it doesn’t look as well as the 650S and it’s baby-P1 front end – which is something that this cars’ owner appreciates very much.
Watch the video in order to get an inside look at what the McLaren 650S Spider is like to live with every day. Seems it’s overall just a bit better than the 12C.