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McLaren, the Road Cars 2010-2024

KYLE FORTUNE, Schiffer Publishing, £59.99, ISBN 978 0 764367 31 1

It’s hard to believe now, when McLaren has become such a firmly established element of the supercar scene, that its automotive division was only established in 2010, following a largely fallow period after it stopped making the F1 road car (the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren was very much a collaboration). Since then it’s issued a bewildering array of models that, to the uninitiated, seem to differ mainly in nomenclature: there’s always been a strong family resemblance, ever since the MP4-12C was launched in 2010.

Which makes it remarkable that no one has produced a comprehensive account of all the 21st Century McLarens until now. Highly respected motoring journalist and occasional contributor Kyle Fortune has stepped up to the plate, however, and the result is a substantial hardback that boldly bears you through the bewildering variety of

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