720S

The Orientale Sarda, running from Dorgali towards Baunei, is one of the few roads in Europe where a 720S can tell its whole story: kilometre after kilometre of high-altitude corners across the Supramonte, long sightlines, the tarmac dropping away towards the blue of the Gulf of Orosei. Up here, the V8's 720 hp stops being a number on a spec sheet and becomes a reserve of thrust that shrinks the straights and turns the Genna Silana pass into a natural amphitheatre.

It is no accident that we made this road an essential stop in our guide to the ten most beautiful roads in Sardinia to drive in a supercar. The 720S comes to you wherever you prefer — airport, port, hotel or villa — and McLaren delivery in Olbia remains the most convenient starting point for anyone heading to the east coast.

On the 720S, every surface earns its keep: air enters through intakes carved around the headlights, flows through the double-skinned flanks and reaches the radiators without disturbing the silhouette. From behind the wheel, that aerodynamic obsession registers as an almost unreal stability, while the hydraulically interlinked suspension — no conventional anti-roll bars — breathes with even the imperfect asphalt of the island's interior with a grace you would not expect from a car capable of 341 km/h.

The 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 pulls with a progression that empties your lungs: the whistle of the turbos on lift-off, the crisp punch of the seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox, and under heavy braking the rear wing snapping upright as an airbrake — visible in the mirror like a round of mechanical applause. The dihedral doors, meanwhile, turn every stop on the quay at Porto Rotondo into a small event of its own.

The 720S also exists as a Spider, with a retractable hardtop and an adjustable rear window that lets you decide exactly how much of the V8's voice to invite into the cabin: the natural choice for the warm season, when the Sardinian sky deserves to serve as your roof.

For those who want the extreme there is the 765LT, the longtail interpretation: lighter, angrier, built for drivers who treat every road as a circuit. It is offered on request and in limited availability, like the rarest pieces in our collection of supercars in Sardinia. State your preferred version in your quotation request and we will confirm the configuration for your dates. Check availability.