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MIND THE GAP<br />
To keep the car’s side view neat,<br />
a non-turbule<br />
air is channell<br />
sandwich bet<br />
and outer pan<br />
when you look<br />
or open the d<br />
main engine a<br />
SPOILER ALERT<br />
Just ahead of the rear spoiler,<br />
f the car gulp air<br />
ater radiators.<br />
r’s up at speed,<br />
ressure there and<br />
n. It exits out of<br />
en the rear lights<br />
SEE THE LIGHT<br />
The headlamps sit in ‘eye sockets’<br />
rather than mounting flush in the<br />
surrounding panels. Air rushes past<br />
the LEDS, feeding the lowtemperature<br />
radiators for the<br />
aircon and transmission coolers.<br />
Layout helps keep the light beam<br />
cleaner than faired-in covers<br />
MINTY AERO<br />
Lower intakes feed the brakes. Air<br />
is also bled out by vents behind<br />
the headlamps, going past the<br />
front wheels in a curtain, to be<br />
cleaned up by sweeping boards<br />
attached to the doors. Aero<br />
efficiency, as downforce versus<br />
drag, is twice as good as 650S<br />
All you need to know about the McLaren 720S
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