McLaren Automotive

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McLaren Automotive Ltd.

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legal form Limited
founding 1989
Seat Woking , UK
management Mike Flewitt ( CEO )
Branch Motor vehicle manufacturer
Website cars.mclaren.com

McLaren Automotive Ltd. (until 2003 McLaren Cars ) is a British manufacturer of super sports cars in small series and a subsidiary of the McLaren Group .

history

McLaren Automotive emerged as McLaren Cars in 1989 from the McLaren Racing team . The first project was the F1, produced from 1993 to 1997 . From 2003 to 2009, the SLR McLaren was produced in cooperation with Mercedes-Benz in the plants in Portsmouth and Woking . In September 2009 the in-house development MP4-12C and in April 2014 the model 650S based on the 12C was presented, which became the first model of the newly founded Super Series .

In 2015 the first model of the Sports Series , the 570S, was presented, which is positioned as an entry-level model below the 650S. The 675LT was launched in the same year . It is another model in the Super Series and is based on the 650S. Coupé and Spyder are limited to 500 copies each.

Company color

McLaren achieved its first racing successes in the 1960s and 1970s, when the vehicles were painted in a special orange. This "papaya orange" color is the corporate color of McLaren to this day.

Models

Timeline of McLaren -Serienmodelle since 1994
Type engine 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0
Super sports car
with front engine
V8 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
Sports car
with mid-engine
MP4-12C / 12C
650S
675LT
720S
765LT
570S
540C
600LT
620R
GT
Super sports car
with mid-engine
P1
Senna
Elva
Speedtail
V12 F1
  • With modified BMW engine
  • Together with Mercedes-Benz
  • The current models from McLaren are divided into three so-called "Series" . They are named after the power in horsepower and the abbreviations C, S, GT and LT .

    Construction period model image
    Sports Series
    since 2015 McLaren 540C The frontview of McLaren 540C COUPE.JPG
    since 2015 McLaren 570S FoS20162016 0625 150351AA (27289956633) .jpg
    since 2016 McLaren 570GT FoS20162016 0624 182546AA (27886124695) .jpg
    since 2018 McLaren 600LT McLaren 600LT IMG 2954.jpg
    from 2020 McLaren 620R
    Super Series
    since 2017 McLaren 720S 2017-03-07 Geneva Motor Show 1135.JPG
    Ultimate Series
    2013-2015 McLaren P1 McLaren P1 - Mondial de l'Automobile de Paris 2012 - 003.jpg
    2015 McLaren P1 GTR McLaren P1 GTR (16699880902) .jpg
    since 2018 McLaren Senna McLaren Senna Geneva 2018.jpg
    since 2019 McLaren GT McLaren GT IMG 2949.jpg
    from 2020 McLaren Speedtail McLaren Speedtail Geneva 2019 1Y7A5636.jpg
    from 2020 McLaren Elva
    from 2020 McLaren 765LT
    Former models
    Construction period model image
    1993-1997 McLaren F1 1996 McLaren F1.jpg
    2003-2009 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 2.jpg
    2011-2014 McLaren MP4-12C McLaren MP4-12C 1.JPG
    2014-2017 McLaren 650S The frontview of McLaren 650S Coupe.JPG
    2015-2017 McLaren 675LT 2015-03-03 Geneva Motor Show 4157.JPG

    Dealer

    Sales outlets have been set up in the following cities (selection):

    Europe North America Latin America Middle East / Africa Asia - Pacific

    Web links

    Commons : McLaren Automotive  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

    Individual evidence

    1. Tom Grünweg: Divorce with 1200 hp. Spiegel Online , September 10, 2009, accessed November 18, 2009 .
    2. auto motor und sport - Über-MP4-12C with 650 PS accessed on April 14, 2014
    3. AutoBild - McLaren 570S.Retrieved April 25, 2015
    4. AutoBild - McLaren 675LT.Retrieved April 25, 2015
    5. whatcar.com - McLaren to cost 168,500 (English)
    6. dealer McLaren , on retailers.mclaren.com, accessed on 12 January 2017th