Looks like a supercar, accelerates like a supercar, handles like a supercar. The McLaren 570S pulls heartstrings, delights eardrums, and spikes heart rates in equal measure.The McLaren 570S lives to thrill. With a body that draws crowds, two seats, dihedral doors, and enough air intakes for a fighter jet, the 570S will arouse envy in all who see it. Its carbon-fiber-and-aluminum construction, 562-hp twin-turbo V-8, murderous exhaust note, and preternatural steering ensure that its no showpiece, either. Other cars at this heady end of the sports-car segment are more practical or more refinedor bothbut none exceed the visceral excitement of lashing a 570S down a twisty road.The 562-hp twin-turbo 3.8-liter V-8 mounted in the middle of the 570S runs like its from a company that races in Formula 1which it is. Coupled with a slick-shifting seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, it rocketed the lightweight supercar down the road with such brutality that our neck muscles had a hard time keeping up with it. This is an engine with soul. From inside the car, the sound is intoxicating, begging you to mat the accelerator first and ask questions later. During our testing, the 570S launched from zero to 60 mph in 2.7 seconds, quicker than any competitor. The 570S is a car thats magnificently one-sided, skewed so far toward annihilating back roads at insane velocities that it inspires both awe and terror when driven as its makers intended. We love it for that brilliance and purity of purpose, but other cars in this class offer a more refined and more comfortable driving experience. The McLaren's tactile steering, a chassis that feels alive, and its bottomless well of power kept us wanting more time with it on our favorite roads.