McLaren Grand Tourer partially uncovered this week

We brought you the story below about the upcoming McLaren GT. We’ve added a newly released video at the bottom of this post.

For a company that started volume production just a few years ago (remember the MP4-12c? that was launched eight years ago), it seems in a real hurry to produce new models and derivatives. Enter another new model to bolster the current range, called the McLaren Grand Tourer.

A quiet intro

The Grand Tourer was announced a few weeks ago. McLaren made the news public during the week of the Geneva Motor Show. Thanks to the fuss made over the myriad other high-end, sports-, super-, and hypercars launched that week, the McLaren Grand Tourer was a bit overshadowed.

At the time of its announcement company CEO, Mike Flewitt, said that the interior of the all-new model will feel spacious, uncluttered and modern. He also promised that the McLaren of Grand Tourers will be the most usable mid-engined car yet.

Uncovered

This week we’re given a better indication of what the McLaren Grand Tourer will look like. We get a clear view of the shape, head- and taillamps, though body remains covered by a shrink-wrapped camouflaged livery. The company’s press release states that this disguise will be peeled off from May.

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McLaren’s development team has already encompassed thousands of kilometres in hot and cold climates across the globe. This week the team will drive 1 600 km from McLaren’s development base near Barcelona, Spain, back to the McLaren Technology Centre in England. To prove its GT credentials the team will drive the trip in a single stint with two occupants and a full complement of luggage.

Four of twenty-five

Flewitt promised that the fourth car to be launched under the company’s Track25 Business Plan will combine competition levels of performance from a twin-turbocharged V8 engine with continent-crossing capability and a level of agility never experienced before in the Grand Tourer segment.

The McLaren of Grand Tourers will also be the only one to share its DNA with a Hyper-GT: McLaren’s Speedtail. Mike went on to say that the car – a name is yet to be announced – won’t be part of any of the company’s existing model Series and will be a unique, tailored model.