McLaren is a supercar company born from a legendary racing team, and that hyper-focus on competition shows through in every road-going vehicle that wears the badge.
Most exotic car companies get into racing as a way to promote their road-going vehicles. McLaren went about things in the opposite direction, gathering decades of racing experience before building a single street-legal car. Today, McLaren is just about the only high-end automaker left that doesn’t build a sport-utility vehicle—the company’s 2024 lineup is made exclusively of two-door, two-seat, mid-engine supercars. Here’s everything you need to know about this hyper-focused British brand.
” The SLR McLaren gets power from a 617-hp supercharged V8 sitting entirely behind the front axle, with even more powerful special editions coming in later years. The wildest version of all was the Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss, a limited-edition tribute to the legendary British racing driver that had no windshield or roof.Envisioned as the ultimate sports car, the McLaren F1 showcased technology that McLaren had innovated in Formula One.
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