McLaren Artura Coupe Rental in Orange County
This McLaren Artura Coupe in silver over a black cabin is based in Orange County. It is the quietest way to arrive anywhere, a hybrid McLaren that rolls off on electric power alone before the V6 wakes, built for a meeting in Irvine where the car needs to look like it belongs in that lot.
How It Drives
Press the button and nothing happens audibly, because the Artura defaults to electric power and only wakes its 3.0 liter twin turbo V6 once you ask for real speed or cross about 40 mph. The electric motor fills the gap so completely that the throttle answers instantly the moment the engine does light, and 671 horsepower gets you to sixty in 3.0 seconds. Pull onto Newport Coast Drive on the climb toward Pelican Hill and you can feel the handoff between electric and combustion happen mid corner, smooth enough to miss entirely if you are not listening for it. There is no reverse gear at all, only the electric motor working backward.
How It Photographs
Silver over black is the most restrained colour combination we run on any McLaren, and against the glass office fronts around Irvine and Costa Mesa the paint reads as technical rather than flashy, closer to an engineering demonstration than a showpiece. The Artura is smaller and cleaner than the 720S, with fewer visible aerodynamic add-ons, so a neutral colour lets the actual surfacing do the work instead of competing with a wing or a splitter. Silver holds its detail in hard midday sun, which the coast delivers most of the year. Shoot the dihedral doors up from a low front three quarter, the frame everybody who has never seen this car will ask for.
Why This One
Of the McLarens we keep in Orange County this is the newest architecture and the only coupe built around a hybrid system. It is also the most restrained one we have, silver over black, nothing that announces itself before someone looks twice. Book it when you want the dihedral doors and the electric-only creep away from a quiet Newport Beach street without the car being a spectacle in the process. Our Artura Spider runs the same hybrid drivetrain with the roof down and a louder colour story. Take this coupe when the meeting is in Irvine at nine and the car needs to look like it belongs in that parking lot.
What's On This One
This is an Artura Coupe, McLaren's plug-in hybrid, finished in silver over a black cabin. A 3.0 liter twin turbo V6 works with an electric motor for a combined 671 horsepower and 531 lb-ft, sent to the rear wheels only through an eight speed dual clutch gearbox with no reverse gear, reverse is electric only. This car carries the standard Clubsport seats and wired CarPlay, McLaren's first infotainment system to offer it. There is a 160 liter front compartment, larger than the 720S carries, and no rear shelf behind the seats.
Frequently Asked Questions
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