McLaren Sports Cars on a parade lap around the track, during the 2017 Silverstone Classic
McLaren Automotive (formerly known as McLaren Cars) is a British automaker founded by Bruce McLaren and is based at the McLaren Technology Campus in Woking, Surrey. It produces and manufactures sports and luxury cars, usually produced in-house at designated production facilities. In July 2017, McLaren Automotive became 100% owned by the wider McLaren Technology Group. Initially made up of the 540C Coupé and 570S Coupé, the Sport Series is the newest range added to the McLaren Automotive line-up joining the existing Super Series (650S Coupé, 650S Spider, 675LT Coupé, 675LT Spider) and Ultimate Series (P1 and P1 GTR). In January 2016 the 570GT joined the lineup of the most accessible range in the brand’s three-tier model strategy. In June 2017, McLaren announced the addition of the 570S Spider. In By the time the lineup is complete in 2017, the Sports Series is expected to account for two thirds of the total annual sales McLaren Sports Series focuses on ultimate driver’s engagement coupled with high performance and everyday usability. All cars in all Series feature range feature carbon fibre chassis – a trademark of McLaren road cars since the F1. The first model in McLaren’s Sports Series, the 570S Coupé marks McLaren’s move into the luxury sports car market for the first time. The 570S Coupé, which was unveiled at the 115th New York International Auto Show in April 2015, utilises McLaren’s lightweight carbon fibre MonoCell II chassis and weighs 1,313 kg.,A newly developed suspension system was also designed to enhance levels of driver engagement and refinement on both road and track. The system uses front and rear anti-rollbars, dual wishbones, independent adaptive dampers and retains the Formula 1 derived Brake Steer system. With a twin turbo V8 engine, the 570S Coupé has a power-to-weight ratio of 434PS per tonneau
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Location: Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, UK
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
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