HAD a good year and want to treat yourself to a company sports car but find the Porsche a little passée? Well how about a new McLaren for a little high-power exclusivity in the office car park?

Plum in the Porsche 911 Turbo price and performance bracket comes the new McLaren Sports Series priced from £126,000 for the 540C, although first on the market in the range is the flagship 570S at £143,250.

McLaren Automotive has started production of its new Sports Series family of luxury high-performance sports cars at the state-of-the-art McLaren Production Centre (MPC) in Woking.

First is the 570S Coupé to be followed by the 540C Coupé and another bodystyle in 2016. You’ll have to move fast to join the waiting list for that first office McLaren.

The first McLaren 570S Coupé to roll off the production line has been delivered to a UK retailer and, even before the first customer handover the global retailer network is holding over 1,000 orders for this new addition to the McLaren range.

The start of production of the new Sports Series heralds a new chapter in the short history of McLaren Automotive, as well as completing its three-tier product strategy of Ultimate Series, Super Series and Sports Series.

When the full Sports Series family is complete by 2018, it is forecast to more than double McLaren Automotive’s annual volume to more than 4,000 cars per year.

Jolyon Nash, executive director – sales and marketing at McLaren Automotive, explained: “In our short history, we have produced a range of supercars and hypercars targeted at a core, enthusiast buyer. Since 2011, our sales have increased year-on-year with corresponding developments in revenues and profits.

“The Sports Series is targeted towards a new buyer and opens McLaren up to the sports car market that we have not served to date.

“The buyer of a Sports Series model will still experience the benchmark performance and driver engagement delivered by every McLaren model, but will also notice the increased usability and practicality that differentiates it from our existing cars.”

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