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Back in June, McLaren launched the 720S Le Mans , a limited edition created to commemorate the marque’s victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans a quarter of a century before. Now those celebrations continue with the track-only Senna GTR LM.

Twenty-five years ago today, a McLaren F1 GTR driven by JJ Lehto, Yannick Dalmas and Masanori Sekiya finished first in the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans. What’s more, other examples of McLaren’s remarkable car – which was competing in the GT1 class against faster prototypes – secured the third, fourth and fifth places. Heavy rain over that June weekend undoubtedly helped, but it was nevertheless a dominant display.

Last year, McLaren Automotive acquired the rights to the Elva name for use on a new open-cockpit, two-seat Ultimate Series car. Doing so revived an historical association between the brands that produced various McLaren-Elva models during the 1960s.

To create the latest member of its Sports Series range, McLaren essentially made the 570S GT4 racing car street legal. The result is the 620R limited edition.

As its ‘Grand Tourer’ name suggests, the new McLaren GT is aimed at anybody wealthy who wants to cover huge distances quickly in relative comfort.

Last month, the Jaguar I-Pace was named 2019 European Car of the Year . The pure-electric crossover is clearly very popular with awards jurors, because it has just been declared 2019 World Car of the Year, 2019 World Green Car and 2019 World Car Design of the Year. A single model has never won three World Car Awards categories before.

This year’s World Car Awards winners will be announced on the 17th of April at the New York International Auto Show. In the meantime, organisers have revealed the top three finalists in each category.

In 1988, the late Ayrton Senna won the first of his three Formula One World Championships. One car collector wanted to commemorate that event’s 30th anniversary in a very special way.

McLaren Special Operations has designed some bespoke examples of the 570S Coupé and Spider for McLaren’s dealer in Beverly Hills. The collection, which has a ‘Racing Through the Ages’ theme, comprises three different colour schemes.

McLaren has launched the latest member of its Super Series range. The 720S Spider – which is available to order now – features a carbon fibre Retractable Hard Top that can be electrically raised or lowered in just 11 seconds.

This weekend’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will see the début of a unique car. As its name indicates, the ‘McLaren 600LT in Stealth Grey by MSO’ has been produced by McLaren Special Operations and grey paintwork is one key feature.

McLaren Special Operations has produced the 720S Pacific Theme and 720S Track Theme, two Bespoke Commissions that each have a distinctive look.

Think of the new 600LT Coupé as a quicker, lighter and more aerodynamic version of the existing 570S Coupé.

With one in ten 570S Coupé customers currently ordering the Track Pack option, McLaren’s decision to begin offering it to 570S Spider buyers as well makes a lot of sense.

McLaren Special Operations has created the 570GT MSO Black Collection. As that name indicates, this new limited edition follows an all-black theme.

Taking its inspiration from the McLaren 570S GT4 racer, the MSO X is a street-legal car that should be equally suited to hard track use. The project, which was commissioned by USA dealer McLaren Newport Beach, resulted in ten examples being built by McLaren Special Operations.

Privateer motorsport teams might already be tempted by the McLaren 720S GT3, but they're in for rather a long wait. That's because deliveries aren't due to begin until 2019.

This year's Goodwood Festival of Speed will see the new McLaren 570S Spider make its public debut.

A jury of seventy-five motoring journalists from twenty-three countries has decided the top three finalists in each category of the 2017 World Car Awards.

It appears that McLaren is keen to move on from the Ron Dennis era. One clear indicator is an updated naming policy for the team’s cars.