McLaren to significantly increase production of luxury road cars

In a Typically bold move, McLaren is to ramp up production of its elite sports cars from 100 to 1,000 per year by 20011 and eventually to 4000 annually.  The SLR McLaren  sells  at UKP 300,000 plus, but McLaren supreme Ron Dennis told the Financial Times earlier this week that volume production  would  enable McLaren to make a ‘far more affordable’ car and compete with its F1 rival Ferrari in the sports car market.

The  McLaren  Group  has  been one of there most successful race car manufacturers  in F1 history, and  in 1992, the Gordon Murray penned F1 was  created  as  the  ultimate  sport scar. In 1998, the F1 was clocked at 240.1 mph (386.7 km/h) to officially become the world’s fastest production road car.

The  record was  broken  in  2005, but  to  this  day  the  F1  remains  the fastest  naturally  aspirated  production car in the world – 17 years after its introduction.

We await the next, more affordable chapter with great expectation.