McLaren Senna
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Ayrton Senna da Silva still looms large over the worlds of motorsport and McLaren. One need only utter the name and a flurry of thoughts related to speed, driving precision, and winning all come rushing to mind. Senna, who died in a tragic accident in 1994, spent the better part of his Formula One career with McLaren, so the two are forever intertwined. That relationship is growing tighter as McLaren is preparing to offer the Senna supercar. To call your car Senna is a bold move, but McLaren makes bold cars, and the team has many reasons for ascribing such a moniker to a machine like this...
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Koenigsegg CEO loves the Aston Martin Valkryie, not so the AMG Project One and McLaren SennaKoenigsegg CEO and founder Christian von Koenigsegg is an unashamed car nut, so naturally he had plenty of things to say about the cars on display at this week's 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. And unlike many other senior people in the automotive world, von Koenigsegg is more than happy to...
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McLaren Senna GTR not bound for motorsport
Despite its track-focused intentions, the McLaren Senna GTR concept does not preview a McLaren entry into the World Endurance Championship, the company confirmed. McLaren CEO Mike Flewitt dashed such hopes speaking to Autocar in a report published on Wednesday. He told the publication McLaren is...
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Track-only McLaren Senna GTR concept unveiled with upward of 814 HP
The buck doesn't stop at McLaren's latest Ultimate Series offering, the Senna supercar. On Tuesday, the British marque revealed the Senna GTR concept at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, with the car carrying the vaunted GTR nameplate's torch from F1 GTR and P1 GTR to the latest ultimate...
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McLaren Senna made meaner with exposed carbon body
At least one of the 500 individuals awarded a build slot for the McLaren Senna supercar has opted to have most of it's beautiful carbon fiber left exposed, and McLaren will treat us with the unveiling of the completed car at next week's 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. It's one of five themes...
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McLaren Senna: 0-60 mph in 2.8 seconds, 211 mph top speed
A lot of chatter surrounding the McLaren Senna at its debut centered on its rather polarizing looks. Now supercar fans are going to start talking about its performance. That's because on Wednesday McLaren highlighted technical specifications and details to underscore just how mad the supercar is...
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McLaren is plunking down some fresh roots in the Sheffield region of England with the opening of a brand-new facility. No, it's not leaving its long-time home of Woking, but rather expanding a bit. This latest manufacturing facility will be called upon to provide the carbon fiber tubs employed in all of the McLaren Sport, Super, and Ultimate Series cars. The use of a carbon fiber monocoque is something that has been a part of the McLaren way since 1981. Back then, the racing team developed the first Formula 1 car to utilize the light-yet-strong material in its chassis construction. Ever...
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New McLaren Senna unleashed, lightest hypercar in automaker's "Ultimate" stable
McLaren brought back a legendary name Saturday night, one from its pedigree of historic Formula One racing. The new McLaren Senna was unveiled in England, a new hypercar in the automaker's stable complete with 789 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque motivating just 2,641 pounds of mass (dry)...
Aaron Cole
