McLaren plans three models, including £60k sports car

By Tim Pollard

Motor Industry

28 October 2008 14:36

McLaren Automotive is readying a family of sports cars to sell alongside its hardcore P11 supercar – including a bargain-basement, £60,000 sports car. 

We’re following developments at McLaren’s Woking HQ with interest and – weeks after we published world-exclusive pictures of the P11 styling buck (above) – today we can reveal that McLaren is readying three separate model ranges.

McLaren Automotive, the car-building arm of the McLaren Group, is plotting a three-tier range of sports cars, CAR understands. Under the McLaren Development Plan, Ron Dennis and the other directors plan to expand the manufacturing base dramatically.

Today, the Woking HQ produces just dozens of cars a year, but the collaboration with Mercedes-Benz to build the SLR will come to an end in 2009 when the final SLR Speedster is built.

That’s where the P11 supercar comes in. Click here for our amazing full story on the Ferrari 430 Scuderia challenger, including undoctored photos of the styling buck. But that's merely the tip of the iceberg...

What of the other two McLarens being readied for launch? One is understood to be another Ferrari rival (perhaps a more GT-inspired model) while the big news is the planned £60k sports car – and we've corroborated the details of the top-secret business plan from two separate sources. Click 'Next' to read the full story.

By Tim Pollard