Type | Year | Total | Description |
none | 1963-64 | 2 | Formula Tasman, "Bruce McLaren Motors Racing" special, built at Cooper, 2.5 Climax FPF, Colotti, assigned T70 number by Cooper |
none | 1964 | 1 | Sports Car, "Zerex Special" also "Cooper Oldsmobile" substantially redesigned by Bruce, originally Cooper T53 F1, then Penkse converted to center-seat sports racer, bought from John Mecom, new chassis center section, 3.5 litre Traco Olds, Colotti from Tasman Special, won both heats Mosport '64 |
GTX | 1964-65 | 1 | Group 7 Sports Car, Ford contract to produce a lightweight GT-40-based open car |
M1 | 1964 | 1 | Group 7 Sports Car prototype, Owen Maddock freelance, tube frame, 3.9 then 4.5 litre Traco Olds, Hewland HD |
M1A | 1964-65 | 24 | Group 7 sports car, productionised as McLaren-Elva-Oldsmobile Mark 1, versions also with Ford V8 and Chevy V8 engines. |
M1B | 1965-66 | 28 | Group 7 Sports Car, Michael Turner rebodied development of M1A sports car, sold in US as McLaren-Elva Mark 2 |
M1C | 1967 | 25 | Group 7 Sports Car, Trojan-built spaceframe customer CanAm cars, sold in US as Mark 3s |
M2A | 1965 | 1 | Formula 1 prototype, Robin Herd's l965 Firestone tyre test car, Mallite monocoque chassis, Traco-Olds and Ford V8 engines |
M2B | 1966 | 2-3 | Formula 1, works team Mallite monocoques intended for Ford Indy V8 power, also used Serenissima V8 |
M3/3A | 1966 | 3 | Formula Libre/Hillclimb/MGM Camera Cars, whoosh-bonk spaceframes, 4 litre Traco Olds, ZF |
M4A | 1967 | 10+ | Formual 2/B/3, Robin Herd bathtub monocoque car, Cosworth FVA, works and Trojan production versions |
M4B | 1967 | 1 | Formula 1, M4A developed with 2.1 BRM V8 engine as works interim car, written off |
M5A | 1967 | 1 | Formula 1, Robin's 1967 one-off works team Fl monocoque with 3.0 BRM V12 engine sold on to Jo Bonnier |
M6A | 1967 | 3 | Sports Car, CanAm Champion monocoque-chassised, Chevlolet V8, first orange cars |
M6B | 1968 | 28 | Sports Car, Trojan production version of the Championship-winning M6A design |
M6GT | 1969 | 4 | Sports Car, Coupe based on the CanAm production sports-racing tub, prototype sold to David Prophet who raced it, later converting it to open form |
M7A | 1968 | 4 | Formula 1, Robin Herd's final McLaren design, Cosworth-DFV |
M7B | 1969 | 1 | Formula 1, integral sponson fuel-tanked experiment sold to Antique Automobiles F1 team, written-off |
M7C | 1969-70 | 1 | Formula 1, Formula 5000-based full monocoque version of M7-series for Bruce's use 1969, sold to John Surtees 1970, then Bonnier |
M7D | 1970 | 1 | Formula 1, Alfa-Romeo V8-engined version interim car |
M8A | 1968 | 3 | Sports Car, works CanAm Champion cars, semi-stressed engine, Jo Marquart design |
M8B | 1969 | 3 | Sports Car, CanAm Champion winged cars unbeaten in the series |
M8C | 1970 | 15 | Sports Car, Trojan production version of the M8A with non-stressed engine mounting to allow customers to fit alternate units |
M8D | 1970 | ? | Sports Car, works CanAm Champion sports cars, "Batmobile" finned bodies, Bruce McLaren killed testing one |
M8E | 1971 | ? | Sports Car, Trojan production CanAm cars based on M8D |
M8F | 1971 | ? | Sports Car, CanAm Champion works cars |
M8FP | 1972 | ? | Sports Car, Trojan production CanAm cars |
M9A | 1969 | 1 | Formula 1, Jo Marquart's experimental four-wheel drive chassis, Cosworth DFV |
M10A | 1969 | 17 | Formula 5000, Gordon Coppuck's production customer car |
M10B | 1970 | 21 | Formula 5000, similar to M10A, produced by Trojan |
M11 | none | 0 | Designation not used due to possible confusion with "Mark II" |
M12 | 1969 | 15 | Sports Car, Trojan production CanAm sports car, M8-type body clothing M6-series monocoque |
M13 | none | 0 | Designation not used |
M14A | 1970 | 3-5 | Formula 1, works cars, Cosworth DFV, M7 derived |
M14D | 1970 | 1 | Formula 1, Alfa Romeo V8-powered version used with M7D |
M15/A | 1970 | 3 | Indy Car, Gordon Coppuck's design using Offenhauser 4-cylinder turbocharged engines |
M16A | 1971 | ? | Indy Car, wedge-shaped cars using turbo-Offy power again, works and Penske team, very successful |
M16B | 1972 | ? | Indy Car, as with whole series, all built at McLaren for either works or Penske teams, no customer cars |
M16C | 1973 | 6 | Indy Car |
M16C/D | 1974 | ? | Indy Car |
M16E | 1975-76 | ? | Indy Car, John Barnard reworked |
M17 | none | 0 | Sports Car, Designation allocated to 3-litre prototype but project abandoned |
M18 | 1971 | ? | Formula 5000, Trojan production customer car |
M19A/C | 1971-73 | 4 | Formula 1, Ralph Bellamy's works car with DFV power and initially rising-rate suspension |
M20 | 1972 | 3 | Sports Car, CanAm Championship defender with "coke-bottle" planform, low polar moment chassis, beaten by the turbo Porsches |
M21 | 1972 | 1 | Formula 2, 1972 Bellamy-designed works F2 car, Broadspeed BDA, planned for production by Trojan, formed basis of 1973 Trojan (non-McLaren) F5000 car |
M22 | 1972 | ? | Formula 5000, Trojan production customer car |
M23 | 1973 | 13 | Formula 1, works car won '74 and '76 championships (Emerson and Hunt), One of the classic Grand Prix cars of all time, 16 GP victories |
M24 | 1977 | ? | Indy Car, Cosworth DFX turbocharged V8, developed into M24B in 1978, type based on M23 experience |
M25 | 1975 | 1 | Formula 5000, John Barnard's still-born design based on M23 experience |
M26 | 1976-78 | 7 | Formula 1, Gordon Coppuck's M23 replacement, obsoleted by Lotus ground effects cars |
M27 | 1978 | ? | Formula 1, shelved M26 replacement, non ground-effccts design |
M28 | 1979 | 3 | Formula 1, ground-effects car, a disastrous failure, poor Tambay and Watson |
M29/C | 1979-81 | 5 | Formula 1, hasty "Williams-copy" ground-effects |
M30 | 1980 | 1 | Formula 1, advanced ground-effects car intended to revive McLaren, failed, written-off US GP East '80 |
MP4/1/B/C | 1981-83 | 8 | Formula 1, John Barnard's innovative carbon-fibre monocoque Marboro-Project 4 car produced by McLaren International |
MP4/1D | 1983 | ? | Formula 1, TAG-Porsche turbo test car |
MP4/1E | 1983 | ? | Formula 1, Interim TAG-Porsche turbo race cars for late '83 |
MP4/2/B/C | 1984-86 | ? | Formula 1, all new Barnard design for TAG turbo era, 2 Constructors and 3 Drivers Championships in 3 years |
MP4/3 | 1987 | ? | Formula 1, Steve Nichols design, TAG at the end of it's life, distant 2nd in Constructors to Williams |
MP4/4 | 1988 | ? | Formula 1, Gordon Murray supervised Nichols design, Honda RA168-E V6, Prost and Senna won 15 of 16 |
MP4/5/B | 1989-90 | ? | Formula 1, Neil Oatley designed, Honda RA109 aspro V10, Prost and Senna 10 wins, Constructor's |
MP4/6 | 1991 | ? | Formula 1, Honda V12 |
MP4/7 | 1992 | ? | Formula 1, Honda V12 |
F1 | 1992-98 | 64 | Sports Car, BMW 6.1 litre V12 3 seater, 5 prototypes, 1 destroyed (XP1) |
MP4/8 | 1993 | ? | Formula 1, Ford HB |
MP4/9 | 1994 | ? | Formula 1, Peugeot V10 |
MP4/10(B) | 1995 | ? | Formula 1, Mercedes V10 |
F1 GTR 95 | 1995 | 9 | Sports Car, racing version of F1, 1995 LeMans 24 hours pos 1,3,4,5 1 LM prototype |
MP4/11 | 1996 | ? | Formula 1 |
F1 GTR 96 | 1996 | 9 | Sports Car, racing version of F1, 1996 LeMans 24 hours pos 4,5,6 |
F1 LM | 1996 | 5 | Sports Car |
MP4/12 | 1997 | ? | Formula 1 |
F1 GTR 97 | 1997 | 10 | Sports Car, racing version of F1, 1997 LeMans 24 hours pos 2,3 |
F1 GT | 1997 | 3 | "Long Tail" 1 prototype, likely speed in excess of 245 |
MP4/13 | 1998 | ? | Formula 1 - Constructors Championship |
MP4/14 | 1999 | ? | Formula 1 - Constructors Championship |
MP4/15 | 2000 | ? | Formula 1 |
MP4/16 | 2001 | ? | Formula 1 |
MP4/17 | 2002 | 9 | Formula 1 |
MP4/17D | 2003 | 6 | Formula 1 (rebuilt MP4/17s) |
MP4/18 /A | 2003 | ? | Formula 1, did not manage crashtest |
MP4/19 | 2004 | 5 | Formula 1 |
MP4/19/B | 2004 | ? | Formula 1 |
This index has been put together from a variety of sources to whom we are grateful.