The MP4-12C is the car that put McLaren back in the road-car business, and this Spider wears it in candy red over gold forged wheels and exposed carbon. A 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 sits behind your shoulders making 616 horsepower, driving the rear wheels to 60 mph in 3.1 seconds — and with the folding hardtop stowed, none of that noise goes to waste.

Underneath is the carbon MonoCell tub that every McLaren since has been built around, along with the hydraulic suspension that lets a car this quick still ride properly on a real road. Dihedral doors up and roof down, few cars gather a crowd faster.