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  • Mclaren 720S already sold out

    The Mclaren 720S marks an important milestone for McLaren. This is the first ‘replacement’ vehicle the company has produced-  that is to say that across McLarens range, this is the first attempt at an improvement on one of their existing models. The outgoing 650S is truly trumped when it...
  • Lightning strikes again with BMW McLaren partnership

    They’ve done it before with the McLaren F1, and it was a success, but can lightning strike twice for the newly announced collaboration between McLaren and BMW to develop new engine technology? The primary objective of the new technology is to achieve a higher output per capacity while keeping...
  • First images of McLaren P14 – the 650S replacement

    One of the main drawcards at this year’s Geneva motor Show will be McLaren P14, seeing here in the first blotchy streaky image doing the rounds on Instagram. Part of the Super Series range, the P14 (not the official name, although one of McLaren’s better choices) is the replacement...
  • McLaren’s new 650S is not a secret anymore

    The first batch of spyshots revealing the new McLaren 650S replacement have emerged! A closer look at the images show major modifications to the bodywork that have never been featured on any other McLaren. For example, the prototype features a cut-out in the front, indicating that the headlight’s have...
  • Video: Cockpit view of every McLaren F1 car

    A Formula One tribute with a difference. Join McLaren’s heroes from 1975 to 2016 and savour the V12 and V10 engines that dominated at a time when drivers had manual gearshifts and overtaking didn’t rely on DRS or fuel strategies. The video includes a brief clip from Kyalami…see if you...
  • MSO builds kilo-saving carbon package for 675LT

    With McLaren’s carbon fibre department working around the clock, the British supercar builder has introduced another limited edition model reserved for 25 customers. Based on the 675LT (significant in its own right for reviving McLaren’s Longtail nameplate) the MSO Carbon Series 675LT is covered in nearly 40% additional carbon...
  • Singing V8 reaches chorus in Ferrari 488 Spider.

    Why settle for the Ferrari 488 GTB when its sexier, versatile and equally potent 488 Spider is now selling fast in South Africa? Ferrari’s ‘most high performance Spider’ will take dead aim at the Lamborghini Huracan Spyder and McLaren 650S Spider. Instrumental in its duality the Retractable Hard Top has...
  • Video: How not to drive a P1 GTR down the corkscrew

    The corkscrew was around long before the proliferation of hybrid super cars and judging from this video the combination can be lethal. Immediate torque delivery on a spiral corner laced with gravity requires a brave approach to one of the world’s greatest corners. Just ask the driver of this McLaren...
  • McLaren P14 hybrid to replace the 650S next year

    McLaren has confirmed that the successor to the 650S will receive numerous aerodynamic updates but that pales in comparison to the news that its engine will borrow elements of the seminal McLaren P1 – in short it will deploy a downsized evolution of the P1’s hybrid powerplant. Codenamed the P14...