McLaren cars are specially built for car enthusiasts who love speed and exotic, it is one of the top ten world’s fastest car. You will have to have a huge and deep pocket to own this piece of legendary car.

McLaren (McLaren Automotive) was founded in 1989 by Ron Dennis. This British automobile manufacturer is well known for making high performance exotic cars based on Formula One technology.

The first McLaren car is the McLaren F1. It is also one of the most famous McLaren cars that set the record as world’s fastest production car in 1998 and holds the record for many years. Until 2005, the Koenigsegg CCR overtook the record and followed by Saleen S7 Twin-turbo, SSC Ultimate Aero, and then Bugatti Veyron. Today, McLaren F1 is ranked number fifth fastest street legal car in the world.

Every line of you can find on the design of a McLaren car has a purpose in aerodynamic. Well, it costs £640,000 to own a McLaren car therefore not much of cars was built over the years.

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McLaren Cars History and Models

• McLaren F1 – Production began in 1992. A total number of 69 cars were produced.
• McLaren F1 LM – It is based on the McLaren F1 GTR. 6 units were produced.
• McLaren F1 GT – Only 3 units were produced.
• McLaren F1 GTR – 28 were produced.
• McLaren F2 – Will it be the next famous McLaren cars?
• McLaren MP4-12C – It is less expensive and more possible to own. It is expected to be in the market in 2011 with the estimated price £168,500.
• Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren – It is a famous grand tourer jointly developed by Mercedes-Benz and McLaren Automotive. See also: Michael Jordan is selling his car Mercedes McLaren SLR.

Since 1992 until 1998, there are only 100 McLaren F1 were produced and sold to the market. Although McLaren hasn’t built many cars since the company was established, it has gained an international image that only high-performance and high-quality cars.

Today, the market is expecting McLaren F2 as a less expensive car, but how soon the company will unveil the car? Nobody knows. What we can expect is McLaren will definitely introduce more McLaren cars in the future. For McLaren, the pursuit of driving perfection means defying convention.