Based the news that i read-"And to answer your question - yes. It's got the more powerful 616bhp, 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8. And yes, it'll do over 200mph - but only 204mph, 3mph slower than it's closed-roof sibling. Even so, hairpiece owner will need some stickier glue as the Spider does 0-60mph in 3.1 seconds - the same time as the Coupe.
Like we told you last week, the Spider uses a variation of the coupe's carbon-fibre MonoCell chassis. This 75kg tub requires no additional strengthening for it to feature in the 12C Spider and because of it's F1 techyness, it means that the car is almost identical to it's fixed roof counterpart in the performance department.
That hasn't stopped some weight being added though. Standing on the scales the Spider weighs 40kg heavier than the coupe due to the retractable hard top - that's RHT for acronym addicts - operating system. The RHT can takes less than 17 seconds to raise or lower and can be operated on the move if you're doing less than 20mph.
"Removing the roof will dial up the sensations, the emotions and the noise heard - especially at the speeds the 12C Spider will be capable of." Says McLaren.
One man who agrees is Jenson Button, "You definitely feel more at one when there is no roof. It just feels a lot more natural: you smell the tyres, you smell the brakes, you smell the car and it really make you fell like part of the car."
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