McLaren Automotive

McLaren Automotive is a British car manufacturer situated in Woking, England, at the

McLaren Technology Centre. The company’s principal products are supercars, which
are built in-house in dedicated production facilities. McLaren Automotive became a
wholly owned part of the McLaren Group in July 2017.

HISTORY
McLaren Automotive took over for McLaren Cars in 2010. McLaren Cars was
established in 1985. In 1992, the company released the McLaren F1. McLaren Cars
was registered as a ‘dormant company’ between 1994 and 2010, prior to the
establishment of McLaren Automotive in 2010. The new company was initially
separated from the existing McLaren companies in order to facilitate investment in the
new venture, but it was merged in July 2017 after Ron Dennis sold his shares in
McLaren Automotive and McLaren Technology Group.
McLaren’s Formula One founder Bruce McLaren was born in Auckland, New Zealand
in 1937.
McLaren learned about cars and
engineering at his parent’s service
station and workshop in his hometown,
Auckland, New Zealand. By the age of
15, he had entered a local hillclimb in an
Austin 7 Ulster and won his first race.
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing was
founded in 1963 by Bruce McLaren. The
first McLaren race car, the M1A, was
built a year later; 24 were built. Its
successor, the M1B, allowed McLaren
to enter the Can-Am championship and emerge as the dominant winner with 43
victories, nearly three times that of rival Porsche. The first McLaren Formula One car,
the M2B, made its debut at the Monaco Grand Prix in 1965.

PAST & PRESENT

PRESENT
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing was founded in 1963 by Bruce McLaren. The first
McLaren race car, the M1A, was built a year later; 24 were built. Its successor, the
M1B, allowed McLaren to enter the Can-Am championship and emerge as the
dominant winner with 43 victories, nearly three times that of rival Porsche. [8] The
first McLaren Formula One car, the M2B, made its debut at the Monaco Grand Prix in
1965.