When you think of
high-performance sports cars,
only a few names come to mind.
McLaren is one of those companies
that keeps pushing the boundaries
by producing some of the greatest cars on the road.
In this video,
we’ll feature everything
you need to know
to get you up to speed on McLaren.
This is the evolution of McLaren!
In 1953, young Bruce McLaren, at just 15 years old,
sat behind the wheel of a modified 1929 Austin Ulster car.
He built this car with his father
at his service station in his hometown,
Auckland, New Zealand.
Although his father’s initial plans were to sell this car,
young Bruce convinced him to
turn it into a racecar.
The project lasted for two years,
and McLaren was actively involved in every stage of Ulster’s restoration.
He learned everything about cars
and engineering, but
more importantly,
he developed a passion
that would lead to the creation of
some of the greatest cars of all time.
He entered the Ulster for a local Hillclimb in 1953,
which he won.
A few years later, he arrived in the United Kingdom
and started his Formula One career.
And at age 22, he won the US Grand Prix,
making him the youngest person to do so at the time.
McLaren wanted to start his own company,
and in 1963
he founded McLaren Motor Racing.
Soon enough,
McLaren became one of the most
famous brands in racing for its outstanding victories.
Historically, McLaren was a racing company
and created many race cars.
But as the company achieved more victories on the track,
Bruce McLaren started thinking of producing a road car.
The result was the prototype M6GT.
The street-legal supercar
could go to 165 miles per hour
and became Bruce’s daily car.
Sadly, Bruce McLaren would never see
the finished result of the M6GT,
as he died in a car accident
on June 2, 1970, at the age of 32.
Bruce McLaren might have died,
but his dreams of building the fastest road car in the world
didn’t die with him.
Ron Dennis became the new CEO,
and McLaren continued to thrive
and dominate on the track
with several outstanding victories.
However, it wasn’t until 1988
that the idea of building a McLaren road car
was brought back to life by Gordon Murray.
He sketched the design of the F1
while waiting for his flight.
He convinced Ron Dennis to back the project.
Building the McLaren F1 was an incredibly ambitious project
as they wanted to build the world’s fastest production car.
The F1 had to be low weight and high power.
To achieve this, the F1 would feature
numerous proprietary designs and technologies.
However, building such a car was incredibly expensive.
It used carbon fiber,
making it one of the first cars in the world to use this material,
but it also used other expensive materials
such as titanium and gold.
In 1992 the McLaren F1 was released at The Sporting Club in Monaco.
People from all over the world love it.
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In 1998, a special prototype of the car
reached an incredible top speed of 240 miles per hour,
setting a Guinness World Record
for the world’s fastest production car.
Many famous people had one,
including Ralph Lauren,
Jay Leno,
Elon Musk,
and Rowan Atkinson,
aka Mr. Bean.
That must have been a nice change from his Mini.
What makes the F1 unique is the cockpit
that has the driver’s seat in the middle and two passenger seats on the side.
The F1 was also very quick,
reaching 60 miles per hour in just 3.2 seconds.
Despite not having been designed as a track machine,
a modified F1 GTR
dominated on the race track
and won several races,
including the 1995 24 Hour of Le Mans.
Until today, the F1 is still considered by many
as one of the greatest sports cars ever made.
Almost three decades after it was first released,
it still holds the official record of the world’s fastest
naturally aspirated road car ever built!
From 1992 to 1998,
a total of 106 of these expensive cars were built.
Each had a base price of $815,000,
which would be around $1.6 million today.
Fun fact
Legendary actor and comedian Rowan Atkinson
crashed his McLaren F1 twice,
but he was still able to sell it for $12.2 million.
After the success of the F1,
Mercedes and McLaren collaborated to develop a car.
The result was the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
released in 2003.
The car was presented as
which was a reference to the Silver Arrows
during the 1950s.
This was a golden age for Mercedes
in which they won countless races.
The grand tourer had a top speed of 207 miles per hour.
In total, 3,500 units were produced.
After a long pause in the production of McLaren cars,
a spinoff company known as McLaren Automotive was created in 2010.
Then in 2011, the McLaren MP4-12C,
later simply known as 12C, was released.
It was the first-ever production car
completely designed and built by McLaren.
Prior to building the 12C,
McLaren had secretly purchased a Ferrari 360
to test the 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine.
A few years later, the 12C was built,
which had a McLaren 3.8-liter turbocharged V8 engine
generating 592 horsepower.
This V8 engine was superior to the Ferrari 360.
While the Ferrari 360 had a top speed of 183 miles per hour,
the McLaren 12C was much faster, reaching 207 miles per hour.
It could also accelerate to 60 miles per hour in only 2.8 seconds,
which made it the 3rd fastest production car at the time.
The 12C had a price of around $240,000.
Fun Fact
To minimize weight,
the car used a one-piece carbon-fiber tub
called the Carbon MonoCell.
Over the years, McLaren significantly
reduced the time to build such a MonoCell.
For the F1, it took McLaren around 3,000 hours;
for the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, 500 hours,
and for the 12C, it took just 4 hours.
The McLaren P1
was introduced in 2013, but
it had a short run that lasted for just two years.
Made almost entirely out of carbon fiber,
the P1 is still considered by many
as one of the greatest cars ever produced.
It is considered to be the successor to the McLaren F1,
utilizing Formula One technology
and a 3.8-liter turbocharged V8
paired with an electric motor.
Its main competitor was the LaFerrari,
which had a top speed of 218 miles per hour.
The McLaren P1 was only slightly slower,
with a top speed of 217 miles per hour.
It could also reach 60 miles per hour in 2.8 seconds.
Over its lifetime, different variants of the car were released.
The McLaren P1 GTR
was a limited-track version of the car.
In 2016, the GTR was modified
as a road-legal McLaren P1 LM.
And in 2018, the P1 GT was introduced
as a one-off special.
Fun fact
The McLaren P1 was sold for $1,150,000,
and in total, 439 units were built.
Surprisingly they were all unique,
since every unit was built with different specifications
often selected by the owner.
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Starting from 2014,
McLaren adopted a naming style for their cars
based on the power output in PS
followed by a model designation of C,
S,
GT, or
LT.
Where C stands for Club,
S for Sports,
GT for Grand Tourer,
and LT for Longtail.
The first car released following this naming pattern
was the 650S in 2014.
Initially, the car was designed to be offered alongside the 12C, but
the declining sales of the 12C prompted McLaren
to make the 650S its replacement.
The 650S is more or less a similar car as its predecessor,
but with several improvements.
Some improvements include a new front splitter
with redesigned wing blades
that increase downforce by 24%
and new tires that improve handling.
The 650S can reach 60 miles per hour in 2.9 seconds.
It also has a top speed of 207 miles per hour,
which is about the same top speed as the 12C
but isn’t nearly as powerful as the McLaren P1.
The 650S had a starting price of $273,000.
Multiple variants were built,
including the 650S Spider,
which is a convertible version.
One year later, the 675LT was made,
a lightweight, track-focused model.
In 2016, McLaren built an even more powerful car
known as the MSO HS,
with MSO standing for McLaren Special Operations.
It was a very exclusive model since only 25 units were built,
each was fully customizable by the customer.
Fun Fact
A very cool model of the McLaren 650S was made by Armytrix.
It has a Chernobyl design,
but the real question is:
“Can it outrun a Nuclear Blast?”
In 2015, McLaren released the 570S
with a new iteration of the 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine.
The 570S is designed for
“day-to-day usability and drivability”
by increasing the luggage space
and greater interior storage.
The car wasn’t as fast as the 650S
and had a top speed of 204 miles per hour
could reach 60 miles per hour in 3.2 seconds.
The 570S became the least expensive McLaren,
with a starting price of about $192,000.
Multiple variants were released,
including the 540C,
570GT,
570S Sprint,
MSO X,
600LT,
and the 620R.
McLaren has a plan to launch 15 new cars
into the market by 2022,
and the McLaren 720S was the first released in 2017
at the Geneva Motor Show.
According to McLaren, the 720S is 91% new
compared to its predecessor, the 650S.
Starting from the engine,
the displacement of the 720S engine
was increased to 4 liters.
It was also built with a lighter carbon fiber
making it more aerodynamic and faster.
The 720S can achieve a maximum speed of 212 miles per hour
and reach 60 miles per hour in 2.8 seconds.
The McLaren 720S comes at a starting price of $299,000.
Just like previous McLaren models,
multiple variants were built.
Including the 720S Spider,
765LT,
765LT Spider,
and a motorsport version
known as the 720S GT3.
McLaren introduced its
high-performing luxury car,
the McLaren GT, in 2019.
This is the company’s first
dedicated grand tourer,
and it is based on the same platform as the 720S.
With a 4-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine,
the car is able to reach 203 miles per hour
and go from 0 to 60 in 3.1 seconds.
The McLaren GT is available
with a starting price of $218,000.
Fun Fact
The Sultan of Brunei is a big fan of McLaren
and owns 10 McLaren F1s
out of the 106 cars being produced in total.
These are extremely rare
and valued between 8 to 13.5 million dollars.
The origin of the McLaren cars
is deeply rooted in its racing history.
The McLaren Senna unveiled in 2017
was named in honor of one of McLaren’s
most renowned drivers,
Ayrton Senna.
He won many races for the McLaren Formula One Team,
including three Formula One World Driver’s Championships
and thirty-five Formula One Grand Prix races.
McLaren’s main focus while designing the Senna
was to achieve faster lap times
by giving the car a lightweight design
and aerodynamic elements.
The car is largely based on the 720S
but has a modified carbon-fiber structure and engine.
According to McLaren,
the Senna is quote
This street-legal sports car
has a top speed of 208 miles per hour
and can go to 60 miles per hour in 2.7 seconds.
The McLaren Senna is priced at a whopping $1,050,000.
Production will be limited to 500 units;
each will be made by hand.
Besides the standard version,
there are also several iterations of this model,
including the Senna GTR…
Senna LM…
and the McLaren Sabre,
which is made exclusively for the US market
and is the fastest Senna model
with a top speed of 218 miles per hour.
Fun Fact
McLaren and LEGO partnered to build
a full-scale build of the McLaren Senna.
In total, it took them about 5,000 hours
and 467,854 LEGO bricks
to build the car.
"...hydro doors, are made entirely out of LEGO bricks."
Considered the true successor of the McLaren F1,
the McLaren Speedtail is a combination of luxury and performance.
The hybrid sports car was unveiled in 2018,
and two years later, production began.
The Speedtail has multiple technology features.
For instance, the car is able to recharge while driving.
It also has electrochromic glass,
which darkens the glass at the push of a button,
eliminating the need for sun visor.
Another cool feature is that it doesn’t have door mirrors
and instead uses HD cameras.
The Speedtail is also incredibly fast,
with a top speed of 250 miles per hour,
making it the fastest McLaren.
Just like the McLaren F1,
the Speedtail also has a 3-seat layout,
with a driver sitting at the center of the car,
slightly forward of two passenger seats.
Fun Fact
The Speedtail is one of the rarest McLaren cars
with only 106 examples that are expected to be made;
all have already been sold for a price of around $2.7 million!
McLaren Elva is one of the latest additions
to the McLaren Ultimate Series.
The car was released in 2020
and has no windows or roof.
The Elva is designed as the company’s lightest sports car ever.
The name Elva is derived from the French words
“elle va,”
which means “she goes.”
With 804 horsepower,
the Elva is able to go to 198 miles per hour
and reach 60 miles per hour in 2.8 seconds.
Surprisingly the Elva doesn’t have a windshield
and instead uses the McLaren Air Active Management System,
which channels the airflow above and around the passengers,
creating what McLaren calls the “oasis of calm.”
In 2021 McLaren redesigned the Elva with a windscreen.
At first, production was limited to 399 units.
However, the production total was reduced to 249 units.
McLaren CEO Mike Flewitt stated
that the reason for this decision was
customer feedback encouraging the exclusivity.
The McLaren Elva comes at a base price of $1,700,000.
And finally,
there is the McLaren Artura
that will be released in 2022.
It is the successor of the McLaren 570S
and is designed for lightweight
and aerodynamic efficiency.
McLaren CEO called the Artura quote,
The hybrid sports car is able to reach 205 miles per hour,
which is slightly faster than its predecessor.
The Artura can also reach 60 miles per hour in 2.8 seconds.
With a base price of $225,000,
the Artura isn’t as expensive as many other McLaren models.
From the legendary McLaren F1
all the way to the McLaren Artura
that has yet to be released,
McLaren continues to create unique
and innovative cars.
Subtitles done by Emir Kahvecioglu