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McLaren Automotive, often simply referred to as McLaren, is a British supercar maker based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Surrey, Woking, England. It is the automotive branch of McLaren Technology Group, which includes the McLaren Racing Ltd. group for Formula One.

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History[]

Born in 1937, New Zealander Bruce McLaren founded McLaren in 1963, under the Bruce McLaren Motor Racing name. In 1964, he oversaw the production of the first McLaren race car, the M1A, while its successor, the M1B, allowed McLaren into the Can-Am championship and won 43 victories, almost three times more than Porsche, a rival. Debuting at the 1965 Monaco Grand Prix was McLaren's first Formula One race car, the M2B.

McLaren Automotive[]

In 1980, McLaren merged with Ron Dennis's Project 4 Racing team. In August 1988, Dennis, Team Principal, and Gordon Murray started developing a new car that would eventually become the McLaren F1, launched in 1992 with a limited production run of only 106 units.

Following a brief collaboration with Mercedes-Benz for the SLR McLaren, McLaren Automotive was relaunched as a standalone manufacturer in 2010, spinning off McLaren Racing. In 2010, the 12C, the company's first in-house-developed supercar since the F1, was released, with the Spider model being released in 2013. In 2012, the P1 hybrid hypercar was unveiled, with production spanning the years between 2013 and 2015. After introducing a business plan to release a car or model every year, McLaren Automotive spawned the 650S in Coupé and Spider models in 2014, and unveiled the new Sports Series range comprising the McLaren 570S and 540C in 2015. In 2018, McLaren joined forces with the Instituto Ayrton Senna to create the McLaren Senna, named after Ayrton Senna. In 2019, McLaren introduced the three seater Speedtail and the grand touring McLaren GT, while a year later, they introduced the roofless Elva.

McLaren Racing[]

McLaren Racing Limited is the racing division of McLaren, which is known for competing in Formula One. The team has seen legendary drivers such as Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Niki Lauda, James Hunt, Lewis Hamilton and Mika Hakkinen win world championship titles over the years. McLaren's most notable engines are Porsche, Honda, Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains, and Renault. Other legends such as Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button have also driven for the team. As of 2019, the main driver lineup is Lando Norris (4), and Carlos Sainz Jr. (55). However, Daniel Ricciardo (3) will replace Sainz as the Spaniard moves to Scuderia Ferrari for 2021. For two seasons, McLaren uses Renault engines, but the McLaren-Mercedes partnership will return to Formula One in 2021. Aside from Formula One, they also offer customer racing in their specially prepared track-only machines.

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Automotive[]

Year Model Image Appearances
1993 F1 AST F1 Asphalt 7: Heat
Asphalt Streetstorm
1993 F1 XP-5 A8 F1 XP5 stats (S BP MPH) Asphalt 8: Airborne
Asphalt Nitro
1995 F1 LM A9 F1 LM Asphalt 9: Legends
2007 SLR Roadster A9 SLR Mclaren Asphalt 9: Legends
2007 SLR (Roadster) 722 Edition A8 722 stats (S KMH) Asphalt 8: Airborne
2011 12C A7 McLaren 12C Asphalt 6: Adrenaline
Asphalt Injection
Asphalt 7: Heat
2013 12C Spider McLaren 12C Spider (MAX+PRO) Asphalt 8: Airborne
2013 P1™ A8A McLaren P1 MAX+PRO Asphalt 8: Airborne
Asphalt Nitro
Asphalt Streetstorm
Asphalt 9: Legends
2015 570S Coupé McLaren 570S (new stock) Asphalt 8: Airborne
2015 675LT Coupé A8A McLaren 675LT MAX+PRO Asphalt 8: Airborne
2015 P1™ GTR A8 P1 GTR stats (MP) Asphalt 8: Airborne
2017 720S A8 720S stats (S KMH) Asphalt 8: Airborne
2017 570S Spider A9 570S Asphalt 9: Legends
2018 600LT A8 600LT stats (S R&D KMH) Asphalt 8: Airborne
2019 600LT Spider A9-600LT-Spider Asphalt 9: Legends
2019 GT A9-McLaren-GT Asphalt 8: Airborne
Asphalt 9: Legends
2019 Senna A9 Senna Asphalt 8: Airborne
Asphalt 9: Legends
2020 765LT A9-765LT Asphalt 9: Legends
2020 Speedtail A9 Speedtail Asphalt 8: Airborne
Asphalt 9: Legends
2020 Elva A8 Elva stats (S KMH v5.8) Asphalt 8: Airborne
Asphalt 9: Legends
2021 Artura A9-Artura Asphalt 8: Airborne
Asphalt 9: Legends
2023 Solus GT A9-Solus-GT Asphalt 8: Airborne
Asphalt 9: Legends

Racing[]

Year Model Image Appearances
1970 M14A A8A McLaren M14A PRO Asphalt 8: Airborne
1993 MP4/8 A8A McLaren MP4-8 stock Asphalt 8: Airborne
2010 MP4-25 A8A MP4-25 stats (P MPH) Asphalt 8: Airborne
2016 650S GT3 650S GT3 stats (S) Asphalt 8: Airborne
Asphalt 9: Legends
2016 MP4-31 MP431 stats (P KMH) Asphalt 8: Airborne
2018 X2 A8 X2 stats (S KMH) Asphalt 8: Airborne
2020 Senna GTR A9-Senna-GTR Asphalt 9: Legends
2021 720S GT3X A8 720S GT3X stats (S KMH v6.7) Asphalt 8: Airborne

Trivia[]

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  • All of the McLaren Formula One race cars have only 10 Pro Kit Levels instead of the usual 5 MAX Upgrades.
  • The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition and McLaren Mercedes MP4-25 are jointly made by Mercedes-Benz.
    • After a September 2017 hotfix update, both cars displayed the McLaren badge instead of the Mercedes-Benz badge in-game.
    • The SLR McLaren was branded as a Mercedes-Benz but was changed to the McLaren badge with the September 2017 hotfix update.
      • After the Munich Update, the SLR McLaren's badge change was reverted. It now displays the Mercedes-Benz badge.
      • In the same hotfix update, the McLaren logo was changed to the current one, which is the same logo used from 2002 onwards but with the entire logo now in white, including the speed mark.
  • In the Munich Update, after the RUFs were made unavailable for purchase in the Porsche Update, the RUF-only events were replaced by McLaren events. The events for the RUF CTR 3 were replaced with the McLaren F1 XP-5.
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Australia Bolwell - Brabham Automotive - Holden
Fictitious Concept Cars - Gharial - Lynx - Gameloft
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F1 (StandardXP-5LM) • M-B SLR (Standard722) • 12C (StandardSpider) • 650S (675LT) • P1™ (StandardGTR) • 570S (StandardSpider600LT) • 720SSennaElvaSpeedtail
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#4 M14A#8 MP4/8#1 MP4-25#59 650S GT3#14 MP4-31#14 X2
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