Mclaren
McLaren Automotive (formerly known as McLaren Cars) is a British automotive manufacturer based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey. The main products of the company are sports cars, which are produced in-house in designated production facilities.
Quarterre’s McLaren luggage bridges the gap between automotive and fashion
Branching out into its own branded products for the first time, design firm Quarterre has been instrumental in the development of Schedoni Modena’s new range
Car design round-up: Tesla, limited run BMW and a new Alpine
Car Design News looks at some of the design stories that may have gone under the radar over the past week. Read on for the latest from Alpine, BMW, Tesla and more…
Car design round-up: Paris previews, McLaren’s P1 successor and job news
Car Design News looks at some of the design stories that may have gone under the radar over the past week. Read on for the latest from Renault, Ultrafabrics, McLaren and more…
Car design round-up: new logos, old names and succession planning
Car Design News looks at some of the design stories that may have gone under the radar over the past week. Read on for the latest from Audi, JLR, DS and more…
Seating Trends: Driver centred solutions
Designing the cabin to allow the driver to sit in the centre and the development of lighter, more sustainable seats
UK Government calls for ventilator help
In the past weeks, many companies have been asking what they can do to assist with the rapid production of ventilators to assist with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Design consultancies, large carmakers, small engineering firms, and everyone in-between are keen to offer their assistance at this critical time.
BAC explored generative design for its new Mono
British sports car manufacturer’s design director explains how generative design and 3D printing enhanced their new Mono single seater
ArtCenter 2019/20 Degree Show
Quality over quantity at the leading California automotive design school ArtCenter
Updated: Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 teased
Gordon Murray Automotive has previewed its T.50 V12 hypercar and its ingenious ground effect fan system…
Interior Motives – Spring 2019
In this Issue: McLaren Speedtail, Peugeot 208, Renault Clio, YFAI XiM20, Tata H2X Concept, Infiniti QX Inspiration
Vision Gran Turismo – The Cars
(This was originally a bonus section attached to our essay about how car design and video games have overlapped in recent years, which you can read here.)
Design interview: Chen Zheng, Chang An
Chang An’s design approach is predicting and shaping consumer tastes
Chasing Perfect - a film about the life and career of designer Frank Stephenson
New film features details of Frank’s design process for the MINI, Fiat 500, BMW X5, McLaren P1 and new Lilium EV VTOL
Gordon Murray launches new book, virtual museum
Legendary sports car designer celebrates his 50-year career
McLaren Speedtail - the inside story
Like an F1 car but with a different mission, the Speedtail sets a new benchmark for speedy comfort, as Rob Melville and his design team explain
McLaren teases new GT model
New “superlight grand tourer” gets previewed ahead of May 15 debut
Geneva 2019: Automobili Pininfarina Battista
New, old brand launches cutting edge electric hypercar
Peter Stevens joins Dendrobium
Industry veteran to redesign British electric hypercar
Six books for your holiday wish list
Buy them for your learned friend, relative or colleague… or just get them for yourself
Design Essay: Lighting – Car Design’s Latest Battleground
Whether they’re ‘eyes’ or ‘brand signatures’, they’re designed for more than just night vision…
McLaren introduces Speedtail three-seat ‘hyper-GT’
British brand merges F1 and P1 to create its latest ‘Ultimate Series’ flagship
Car Design Essentials Part 3: Graphics
Designers talk of “having an eye for design,” an intuitive sense of what’s harmonious and what is undesirable but what exactly are the components of the criteria that they’re using? For automotive design it essentially breaks down into three steps, which we term ‘Bones, Muscles and Graphics’. In this final part, we examine the third element of evaluating automotive design, the graphic treatment (grilles, lamps, window shapes, shutlines, DRG, DLO, wheels)
Wulin Gaowa moves to UAV start-up
Outgoing Arcfox design manager takes to the skies
CCotW: Citroën Osée (2001)
A Geneva show car which bravely tried to reinvent the French marque
Brabham Automotive launches its first new car
Anglo-Australian track car signals return of historic racing name
Interior Motives - Spring 2018
In this issue: Lagonda Vision Concept, Icona Nucleus, Tata H5X, Tata 45X, TVR Griffith, GAC Enverge and FOCUS on Technology.
Designers’ Skills, Part 4: The Director
In the final instalment of our series we look at the late career stage for highly experienced designers, where they become senior design directors
Are Beautiful Cars Really a Thing of the Past?
They just don’t make ’em like they used to! Or do they?
Lamborghini Murciélago Active Vents (2002)
A more restrained, 21st-century Lamborghini hid a little extra madness in its flanks...
ATS GT Revealed at Salon Privé
Revived Italian brand debuts new V8 supercar outside Blenheim Palace
McLaren 720S Visible Carbon Trim (2017)
Technically an engineering detail, but with a pleasing visual byproduct. How very McLaren...
First Sight: McLaren 570S Spider
Up close with McLaren's new topless junior supercar, with insights from its creator
Detail Analysis: 2018 McLaren 720S Instrument Panel
How slimming the IP helps hit that apex
Rob Melville Promoted to McLaren Design Director [Updated]
The move comes as Frank Stephenson leaves the company
772: McLaren F1
McLaren to be bought by Apple? Here's the firm's great early product and its designers. Jobs & Wozniak? No, Murray & Stevens.
Show Report: New York 2016
Up close with the key production cars and concepts that debuted at the New York auto show
Car designs of the year named by Car Design News
Volvo S90 and Porsche Mission E awarded at special Geneva motor show event
Pic of the Day 670
Pforzheim University student David Kunze's McLaren interior project render
Pic of the Day 622
McLaren chief designer Robert Melville's chosen proposal from 2012 for the P13 programme that would become the 2015 Sports Series 540C/570S
Interior Motives Summer 2015 out now
Featuring in-depth stories on the Lexus LF-SA, VW Sport Coupé Concept GTE and more
Interior Motives - Summer 2015
In this issue: Lexus LF-SA, Volkswagen Sport Coupe Concept GTE, Kia Sportspace, McLaren 570s, Soueast DX7, Citroen Aircross
McLaren MP4-12C
McLaren today revealed its MP4-12C, the first in a range of high-performance sports cars the independent sports car maker plans to unveil in the coming years.
Gordon Murray T25
Gordon Murray Design has unveiled the T25 prototype, a car that the company's founder, Gordon Murray, has long talked about as the vehicle that will revolutionize the automotive industry.
McLaren X-1
McLaren Special Operations unveiled a one-off supercar this weekend at Pebble Beach called the X-1, designed exclusively for an anonymous enthusiast.
McLaren P1 concept
The McLaren P1 concept – the company's flagship hypercar model – will make its world debut at the Paris motor show next week ahead of the production model some time next year.
McLaren P1
McLaren has revealed the first interior images of the production-ready P1 ahead of its debut in Geneva next month.