Mansour Ojjeh’s ‘Last of Legends’ collection of 20 McLaren Models – including the last McLaren F1 – comes up for sale. Mansour Ojjeh, who died in 2021, was instrumental in the creation of the McLaren business we see today, with a massive passion for McLaren road cars which led to the creation of what is […]
New McLaren 750S Le Mans CELEBRATES McLaren’s 1995 Le Mans success – again
The McLaren 750S Le Mans is revealed as a limited run of 50 models to celebrate McLaren’s outstanding success at the 1995 Le Mans 24 Hour. There’s no doubt that McLaren’s performance at the 1995 Le Mans 24hr was outstanding, with the F1 GTR – a tweaked take on the road-going McLaren F1 – taking […]
McLaren W1 REVEALED as a 1258bhp Hybrid Hypercar – just 399 being built and ALL are sold
The McLaren W is revealed as a successor to the McLaren F1 and P1 with a 1258bhp Hybrid powertrain and very clever aero. It took McLaren almost 20 years to deliver a successor to the legendary McLaren F1 with the P1 – one of a trio of Hypercars, with LaFerrari and Porsche 918, revealed in […]
McLaren W1 – successor to the McLaren F1 and P1 – REVEAL on 6 October [Video]
McLaren announces that the next Ultimate Series car – successor to the McLaren F1 and P1 – will be the McLaren W1. Debuts 6 October 2024. It’s 32 years since the world first got to see the McLaren F1 road car, and although McLaren actually struggled to find buyers for all the 64 road cars […]
McLaren Artura Spider officially revealed as 689bhp Hybrid drop-top
The McLaren Artura Spider is revealed with 689bhp and improvements over the Artura Coupe. Costs from £221,500. It’s three years since the McLaren Artura Plug-in Hybrid arrived as McLaren bowed to electrification for its ‘starter’ model, and although there were issues with the Artura which delayed its delivery, McLaren thinks now is the time to add […]
McLaren GT gets a titivate – and becomes the McLaren GTS
The McLaren GT – McLaren’s ‘Grand Tourer’ – gets a bit of a titivate and a bit more power for 2024 and becomes the new McLaren GTS. When the McLaren GT arrived in 2019, McLaren declared it to be the ultimate ‘Grand Tourer, despite only a pair of seats and not much room for luggage, […]
McLaren 750S REVEALED – it’s a McLaren 720S with tweaks
The McLaren 750S arrives to supplant the McLaren 720S with less weight, more power, better handling and small cosmetic changes. If you were expecting the new McLaren 750S – revealed as a replacement for the McLaren 720S – to be radically different, you’re either going to be disappointed or resigned to the fact that all […]
A McLaren SUV looks to be FINALLY in the planning
McLaren has eschewed the trend to deliver a ‘Supercar SUV’ so far, but it looks like it’s now seriously under consideration. It’s 20 years since Porsche revealed the Cayenne SUV and turned the world of high-end sports car and supercars upside down. Panned by Porsche anoraks, that first Cayenne was a far from good-looking SUV, […]
Will a McLaren F1 GTR run on DIESEL? It seems not.
Wealthy petrolhead Francois Perrodo managed to fill up the tank on his McLaren F1 FTR at BP in Chiswick with diesel. Which won’t be a cheap fix. The McLaren F1 is perhaps the most celebrated, and expensive, supercar ever made (challenged only by the Ferrari 250 GTO) and only 64 road cars and even fewer […]
McLaren F1 #029 SELLS for £14,766,000 at Pebble Beach auction
A 1995 McLaren F1 – chassis #029 with just 240 miles from new – sells at Gooding’s Pebble Beach auction for £14,766,213. When the McLaren F1 arrived back in the 1990s it cost a whopping £640,000, but McLaren struggled to sell the world’s fastest and most expensive car, eventually stopping at just 64 regular road […]