The open-cockpit Elva
replaces the Group
7 racer’s roll bar with
buttresses and adds
an optional windshield
and other niceties.
IntakeTREND I 02.18 MOTORTREND.COM FEBRUARY 2020McLaren Elva
T
he million-plus-dollar
roadster club just got
its newest member: the
McLaren Elva. Named after
the McLaren-Elva sports cars
designed by Bruce McLaren
himself in the 1960s, the
new Elva will be a two-seat,
open-top hypercar powered
by a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-
similar to the one found in the
Senna. McLaren says the Elva
is the lightest road car it’s ever
designed thanks in part to a
bespoke carbon-fiber bodyFerrari Roma
F
errari just took the wraps
off of its newest GT, called
the Roma. Ferrari is
calling it a “2+ coupé,” and we
assume that means it’ll have
room for four, though perhaps
not comfortably without the
proper shooting brake design
of the GTC4Lusso and the FF
before it. Think of the Roma
as the newer, better-looking
612 Scaglietti—only smaller
and cheaper.The Roma’s design is
a departure from recent
Ferraris. It brings back classic
design cues like front wheel
arches that peak above the
top of the hood but adds a
pointier front end and rear
glass that’s more steeply
raked than the 612’s. On the
inside the Roma borrows
the steering wheel from the
SF90 Stradale and has what
looks like an up-to-dateinfotainment screen.
The Roma is powered by
a derivative of the 3.9-liter
twin-turbo V-8 from the
now-defunct 488 GTB. Here,
it makes 611 hp from 5,
to 7,500 rpm and 560 lb-ft of
torque at 5,750 rpm. Ferrari
nerds will notice this is
less power and torque than
the 488, but slightly more
power than the entry-level
Portofino; torque stays theFIRST^ LOOK
and chassis, special carbon-
fiber seats, and sintered
carbon-ceramic brakes.
Parts of the bodywork flow
into the cabin to accentuate
the connection between the
driver and the elements. The
drive controls are located near
the gauge cluster, not in the
center stack. A rotary controlis located on one side of the
instrument binnacle that
controls drive modes.
The V-8 motivating the Elva
packs 804 hp—up 15 hp from
the Senna—and has no hybrid
batteries or electric motors
of any kind. McLaren says the
Elva will get from 0 to 60 mphin less than 3 seconds and
accelerate to 124 mph quicker
than a Senna—and land you
in jail very shortly thereafter.
Just 399 Elvas will be built,
and surprisingly not all of
them are spoken for yet—
so act while you still can!
Nick Yekikiansame in both the Roma and
Portofino. The Roma adopts
the eight-speed twin-clutch
automatic that was intro-
duced in the SF90.
No word on price yet,
but we expect the Roma to
cost a bit north of $225,000,
putting it up against cars
like the McLaren GT, the
upcoming Porsche 911
Turbo, and the Aston Martin
DB11. Nick Yekikian