Ferrari may want to start looking in the rear-view-mirror because McLaren Automotive seems to be catching up pretty fast. The British automaker announced today that it has opened its first showroom in Milan, Italy. The opening was celebrated with more than 250 guests hosted by McLaren Automotive Managing Director Antony Sheriff and McLaren Milan Dealer Principal Ado [...]
At egmCarTech, we like to go by the philosophy of ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.’ However, when I first saw the renderings of the McLaren MP4-12C based MehRon GT, we decided to change our minds. A British tuning firm by the name of Merdad has just released the first renderings of their MehRon [...]
McLaren has been around for quite some time, but they’ve mostly spent majority of their efforts in the world of motorsports with very few offerings in the consumer market. Their first ever model was the McLaren F1, which held the title as being the world’s fastest production car for nearly a decade. Afterwards, McLaren teamed [...]
Gemballa is a common name that pops up in the world of motorsports and coachbuilding. I’m sure most of you have heard Gemballa and Porsche in the same sentence. Now though, Gemballa will be working with two McLaren MP4-12Cs. A new racing team was gathered for Gemballa and for the 2012 motorsports season, two McLaren [...]
A Singaporean billionaire by the name of Peter Lim has just recently invested in McLaren Automotive, the company that brought the world the McLaren F1 and the current MP4-12C. Specifics as to how much Lim invested into McLaren haven’t been disclosed, but McLaren said in a statement that “it is a significant amount.” According to [...]
Famous television and movie star Rowan Atkinson is recovering in the hospital after an accident with his McLaren F1 supercar occurred earlier this week. The 56-year-old actor walked away from the ditched F1 while a passing motorist looked after him after crash. Atkinson was then taken to Peterborough District Hospital in Cambridgeshire where was treated [...]
McLaren Automotive announced that McLaren GT will make its return to the Spa-Francorchamps circuit this weekend for Total 24 Hours of Spa. The move follows a successful race debut there in the British GT Championship early in July. The second race in the MP4-12C GT3′s development program will see ten experienced racing drivers pilot a trio [...]
McLaren Automotive has had a goal set to expand upon its international market by opening up dealer networking overseas. In line with that goal, the supercar brand just opened the doors at two new dealerships in Germany. Hamburg and Dusseldorf are the latest locations, with opening day hitting right before the Formula 1 German Grand [...]
Have you ever acquired a new car only to find out that you forgot to learn yourself about either an update or a completely new and improved model coming out? Well, if you’ve just recently bought a McLaren MP4-12C, this would probably be you. For those who haven’t, you might be better off. Either way, [...]
When it comes to living the automotive enthusiast dream, Jay Leno has to be the perfect example. Besides having a large rare collection of vehicles, Jay Leno also gets to test-drive the latest and hottest sports cars on Jay Leno’s Garage. If that wasn’t enough, Leno also gets to pick up the supercars he orders [...]
