Image Credit: Lanzante.The McLaren 750S isn't exactly lacking in drama straight from the showroom floor. Lanzante, the British company with a particularly deep connection to McLaren history, has nevertheless found plenty of room to make its underlying formula wilder.Its creation is called the 95-59, a limited-production three-seater built around heavily reworked modern McLaren hardware. Now there's an optional High Downforce Kit for customers who think the standard version still looks a little restrained.The new package transforms the car with a towering fixed rear wing, roof-mounted intake, and substantially more aggressive carbon-fiber aerodynamics. Lanzante hasn't announced any additional horsepower to accompany those changes, although that hardly seems necessary.There's already in excess of 850 horsepower available from the twin-turbocharged V8. Combined with a targeted weight of just 1,250 kilograms, or roughly 2,756 pounds, the resulting power-to-weight ratio is claimed at 700 horsepower per ton.There's A McLaren 750S UnderneathImage Credit: Lanzante.The 95-59 isn't simply a rebodied 750S. Lanzante has re-engineered its carbon-fiber monocoque to accommodate one of the car's defining features: a three-seat cabin with the driver positioned in the center.A 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 produces more than 850 horsepower and 650 lb-ft of torque, sent through a seven-speed SSG transmission. Full carbon-fiber bodywork helps Lanzante chase that ambitious 1,250-kg target.The body itself comes from Paul Howse, the former McLaren designer responsible for the exterior of the P1. Lanzante also wants the 95-59 to remain usable away from a racetrack, with luggage capacity and enough cruising range for longer trips.The HDK Turns Everything UpImage Credit: Lanzante.The High Downforce Kit abandons the standard car's floating active rear wing in favor of a huge fixed unit. Lanzante also adds a roof-mounted air intake, revised aerodynamic bodywork, and a new five-spoke center-lock wheel design.Up front, renderings show a substantially larger carbon splitter and redesigned nose, while additional vents appear across the hood. Carbon side skirts and prominent aerodynamic elements around the rear quarters further separate it from the cleaner standard 95-59.Lanzante hasn't yet quantified how much additional downforce the package generates. Pricing for the HDK also remains unannounced, and the company says development is still ongoing.Its Name Comes From Le MansThe 95-59 name carries considerably more significance than a random collection of numbers. In 1995, Lanzante won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the number 59 McLaren F1 GTR, making "95-59" a direct reference to the year and race number behind its greatest motorsport achievement.That history also explains the three-seat configuration and the HDK's obvious F1 GTR influences. Lanzante plans to build only 59 customer cars, with extensive personalization available through paint, bespoke Loro Piana interior materials, and other options.The 95-59 was already an extreme interpretation of modern McLaren hardware before the HDK appeared. For anyone who thinks a regular 750S doesn't attract quite enough attention, Lanzante has apparently solved that problem with a very large rear wing.If you want more stories like this, follow Guessing Headlights on Yahoo so you don't miss what's coming next.
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