In the exotic car world, the phrase like-new carries a very specific meaning. It describes a car with delivery mileage measured in the low thousands, paint protected by film from its first week, an options sheet that added tens of thousands to the original sticker, and a first owner who treated it as the treasure it is. Cars like this exist in a sweet spot the new car market cannot match: they look, smell, and drive like the day they left the factory, yet the first owner has already absorbed the steepest slice of depreciation. For McLaren shoppers in Chicagoland, that sweet spot has an address.
Chicago Motor Cars has been the Midwest’s destination for exotic and performance machinery since 2003, with more than 30,000 vehicles sold and an inventory of over 350 cars spread across its West Chicago and Naperville campuses. McLaren sits at the heart of that operation. The current McLaren selection is curated around exactly the like-new profile serious buyers want: low miles, exceptional specification, and documented care. This guide walks exotic shoppers through the range and explains why these particular McLarens deserve a place on the short list.
Why a Low-Mileage McLaren Is the Smart Exotic Buy
McLarens are engineered around a carbon fiber monocoque, a structure that does not fatigue the way metal chassis do, which means a three-year-old example with 3,000 miles is, in every meaningful mechanical sense, a new car. What changes is the price. First owners of heavily optioned McLarens routinely spent $30,000 to $80,000 above base on MSO paint, carbon fiber packages, sports exhausts, and premium interiors, and nearly none of that returns at resale. The second owner inherits all of it at a fraction of its cost. Add the paint protection film that most first owners of cars at this level applied immediately, and the like-new McLaren becomes a rational purchase wearing an irrational car’s badge: showroom condition, collector-grade specification, and the market’s depreciation already paid by someone else.
The McLaren Range at Chicago Motor Cars
Super Series: 720S and 765LT
The Super Series is McLaren’s core statement, and the 720S remains one of the great modern supercars: a 710 horsepower twin-turbocharged V8, a carbon Monocage II structure, 60 mph in 2.8 seconds, and a 212 mph top speed, wrapped in bodywork that manages air like nothing else on the road. Above it sits the 765LT, the Longtail evolution that turned the 720S into a 755 horsepower street-legal weapon: lighter by nearly 200 pounds, quarter mile in the nines, and limited to just 765 coupes worldwide. Chicago Motor Cars maintains a dedicated 765LT page because these cars are the most requested McLarens in the building, and low-mileage examples with full PPF and MSO content are precisely the cars the dealership hunts for its floor.
Sports Series: 570S, 570GT, and 600LT
The Sports Series is the accessible doorway into carbon-tub McLaren ownership, and it gives up remarkably little. The 570S delivers 562 horsepower, dihedral doors, and genuine supercar theater at pricing that now overlaps well-optioned German sports cars. The 570GT adds a glass hatch and touring civility for owners who drive their exotic regularly. And the 600LT, the first Longtail of the modern Sports Series, sharpens everything: 592 horsepower, top-exit exhausts that spit visible heat at full throttle, and a chassis many testers still rank among the most thrilling McLaren has ever built. Low-mileage examples of all three move through the Chicago Motor Cars inventory steadily, and clean 600LTs in particular rarely last long.
Grand Touring and Hybrid: GT and Artura
For buyers who want McLaren engineering with everyday range, the GT pairs a 612 horsepower V8 with a supple ride, genuine luggage space beneath its glass tailgate, and the same carbon architecture as its harder siblings. The Artura brings the lineup into the hybrid era: a twin-turbo V6 paired with an electric motor for well over 600 combined horsepower, silent electric running around town, and the sharpest infotainment McLaren has offered. Like-new examples of both represent the most usable McLarens ever made, and among the strongest values in the current exotic market.
The Rare Air: Longtail Legends and the Senna
Chicago Motor Cars’ access reaches well beyond the volume models. The dealership’s history includes cars like a 1-of-500 675LT Spider wearing over $447,000 in original MSRP, and the recent floor has been crowned by a 2019 McLaren Senna, the 789 horsepower track hypercar limited to 500 units worldwide. Cars in this tier surface rarely and sell nationally, and their presence here tells shoppers something important: this is a dealership with the relationships, the capital, and the credibility to handle McLaren’s most significant machinery. If the car you want is rare, this is the team that can find it.
What Like-New Means at Chicago Motor Cars
The dealership’s McLaren listings read like a collector’s checklist because that is how the cars are sourced. Typical examples carry mileage in the 2,000 to 5,000 range, full front or full body paint protection film applied from new, and factory options sheets itemized to the dollar so buyers can see exactly what the first owner commissioned: MSO paintwork, carbon fiber exterior packages, sports exhausts, premium audio, and lift systems among the regulars. Every car is inspected, photographed in detail, and represented transparently, and the team encourages the questions and independent verification that six-figure purchases deserve. Like-new is not a slogan on this floor. It is the sourcing standard.
Buying Your McLaren in Chicagoland
The purchase process is built for exotic buyers on both sides of the state line. Schedule a test drive to experience a specific car at the West Chicago or Naperville campus, and come with questions: the sales team lives with these cars daily. Competitive exotic financing is arranged in-house through the car loan application, with terms structured for six-figure performance vehicles, and buyers with a current exotic, luxury car, or collector piece to apply toward the purchase can start with the trade-in valuation. For buyers beyond Chicagoland, the dealership handles enclosed transport nationwide, so a like-new McLaren found here can land in any driveway in the country.
Visit Chicago Motor Cars
The McLaren you are picturing is very likely sitting in one of two buildings right now: 27W110 North Ave in West Chicago or 2104 Ferry Rd in Naperville. Browse the McLaren inventory online, then call 630-221-1800 to confirm availability and arrange your visit. Inventory at this level moves quickly, and the best specifications rarely get a second weekend on the floor. Two decades, thirty thousand cars, and a building full of carbon fiber: for like-new McLarens in Chicagoland, this is the address.
