2021 McLaren Elva

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McLaren Chops Elva Production From 399 To 249 Units

Earlier in the year, the McLaren Elva was revealed to select guests where some important information was confirmed.

When the Woking manufacturer revealed the roofless windscreen-less hypercar, a production run of 399 units was planned. Now according to sources, the production run has been cut to 249 units.

McLaren Chops Elva Production From 399 to 249 Units

Earlier in the year, the McLaren Elva was revealed to select guests where some important information was confirmed.

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McLaren Elva Production Chopped To 149 Units, Just One Coming To South Africa

Earlier this year, McLaren confirmed that production of the Elva speedster would be cut from 399 units down to 249 citing a “customer desire for exclusivity”.

The newest production number is now just 149 units worldwide which according to the company is the result of the coronavirus pandemic – and subsequent factory shutdown.

Deliveries of the Elva will begin near the end of this year and we are told by McLaren South Africa that just one will be making its way to our shores. It is too early to get accurate pricing at this stage but it would cost substantially more than the listed price of £1.4 million (approx. R30 million) considering our hefty local taxes and duties. We can hazard a guess somewhere in the R40 million to R50 million range.

McLaren Elva Production Chopped To 149 Units, Just One Coming to South Africa

The Elva packs a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 that has been dialled up to a stonking 805 hp (600 kW; 815 PS) and 800 Nm of torque.

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McLaren Elva Gulf Theme by MSO

Luxury supercar maker McLaren Automotive premiered the McLaren Elva Gulf Theme by MSO, a celebration of the renewed relationship between McLaren and the Gulf Oil brand and another example of how designs from McLaren's racing history are inspiring the brand's modern-day customers.

The unique McLaren roadster in blue and orange Gulf colours makes its world debut at 2020 Goodwood SpeedWeek, a 'closed-doors' live broadcast event bringing together the past, present and future of motoring and motorsport at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in the UK.

McLaren and Gulf recently confirmed a new partnership that renews a historic union between the two brands that originated in the 1960s, a decade when both companies made their first forays into motorsport. Gulf branding appeared on McLaren's Can-Am, Formula 1 and Indy cars from 1968 to 1973. Two decades later McLaren F1 GTRs run by customer team GTC carried the famous Gulf livery in global GT racing, including at Le Mans.

Under the new partnership, McLaren Automotive customers will have the opportunity to commission Gulf-liveried cars directly from MSO. These follow cars inspired by the famous facing livery designed and produced by MSO prior to the renewed relationship being agreed. Most recently, a McLaren Senna GTR LM paying homage to the #24 McLaren F1 GTR that finished fourth in the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans race was completed as one of five MSO-designed customer cars celebrating the McLaren F1's domination of that race.

McLaren Elva Gulf Theme by MSO (2021)

McLaren Elva Gulf Theme by MSO is a striking celebration of both McLaren's history in sports car racing and our new partnership with Gulf Oil...

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Car porn alert: McLaren Elva in Gulf livery is a truly awesome sight

There are few things that arouse the excitement of early racing exploits than blue and orange Gulf livery, and now we get to see it on McLaren’s Elva speedster.

McLaren says this latest creation by its MSO (McLaren Special Operations) division is a celebration of the renewed relationship between McLaren and the Gulf Oil brand, as well as an example of how designs from McLaren’s racing history are inspiring the brand’s modern day customers.

Under the new partnership, McLaren clients will be able to commission Gulf-liveried cars directly from MSO.

MSO managing director Ansar Ali says the division is committed to pushing the boundaries of the “art of the possible’” and that projects like this showcase the increasingly extensive range of personalisation options that it can offer customers.

As a reminder, the McLaren Elva is a speedster of the traditional kind that’s totally exposed to the elements. The open-cockpit roadster was inspired by its namesake of the 1960s and, thanks to its unique carbon fibre chassis and body, it’s also the lightest road car that McLaren has ever produced.

This makes light work for its 4-litre twin-turbo V8 engine, which produces 600kW and 800Nm, with the aim of getting the car to 100km/h in under three seconds.

Car porn alert: McLaren Elva in Gulf livery is a truly awesome sight

McLaren customers will now be able to commission Gulf-liveried cars directly from MSO, thanks to a new partnership.

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McLaren Elva Gulf Theme by MSO adds retro livery to 804bhp speedster

Woking's ultra-exclusive sports car made its public debut at Goodwood Speedweek

McLaren's in-house personalisation division, MSO, has revealed the latest special edition of the Elva speedster, which pays homage to the brand's long-standing partnership with Gulf Oil.

Revealed at the closed-doors Goodwood Speedweek, the Elva Gulf Theme by MSO gives the open-cockpit supercar the iconic blue and orange livery that first made its debut on late-1960s and early-1970s Formula 1, Indy and Can-Am race cars. The theme is carried over to the interior, with contrasting white seats and colour-matched dashboard.

McLaren Elva Gulf Theme by MSO adds retro livery to 804bhp speedster | Autocar

Woking's ultra-exclusive sports car made its public debut at Goodwood Speedweek

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WATCH | When Lando meets Elva - Hot shot F1 driver flirts with McLaren's latest creation

• Lando Norris drives McLaren's newest sports car, called Elva.

• Norris is one of McLaren's Formula 1 drivers.

• Elva is a 600kW supercar.

WATCH | When Lando meets Elva - Hot shot F1 driver flirts with McLaren's latest creation | Life

The Elva is designed to give the purest distillation of driving thrills, with 600kW twin-turbo V8 engine powering the lightest road-going McLaren yet.

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McLaren Elva FLAT OUT On Track: This Thing Is WILD! - AutoTrader

 

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McLaren Elva FLAT OUT On Track: This Thing Is WILD! - AutoTrader

Jus that's an annoying video to watch the way he cuts between footage and him in the studio.

 

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McLaren Elva: first test of wild 804bhp roofless supercar

Twin-turbo V8, no windscreen and air-moulding tech. Here's how it all adds up

One of my earliest prized possessions was a battered and chipped scale model of a McLaren M-series Can-Am car. It was turquoise-y green, flat as a matchbox with gold wheels and had virtually no screen. I’d throw it around homemade imaginary racetracks, scrape it past bookcases and launch it into wild slides across our centrally unheated Yorkshire farmhouse’s uneven stone floors in my quest to understand more about this strange-looking race car. What was it like to drive one of these all-conquering cars, fling it around corners. How did it feel, what did it sound like?

Being five at the time made it unlikely I was ever going to find out. But the black and white – no colour TVs in our village – images of the McLarens storming the podiums in the mid-Sixties have stayed with me, as permanently as the scar on my leg from playing Catch the Pitchfork that summer all those years ago. Looking at the classic McLaren M model racers now, they still seem impossibly raw and fabulously dangerous. Everything a proper race car should be. But driving one? That’s probably never going to happen.

McLaren Elva: first test of wild 804bhp roofless supercar

Twin-turbo V8, no windscreen and air-moulding tech. Here's how it all adds up

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That red paint job is a thing of beauty.

 

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2021 McLaren Elva walkaround | CarAdvice

 

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The supercar without a roof or windshield | McLaren Elva - Supercar Blondie

 

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Ferrari Monza vs McLaren Elva vs Aston Martin Speedster – £3.6m, 2,300bhp mega test | Top Gear

 

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McLaren Elva 2021 UK review

Should I buy one?

I know some will still sneer at its impracticality and price and jump to probably accurate conclusions about its abbreviated production run, and I get that.

But it would be a shame were that to obscure what is also the truth about the Elva, and an important one at that: this is the most fun car that McLaren Automotive has produced in its 10 years to date, which, for the maker of the Senna, P1 and all those LTs, is quite a back catalogue to beat.

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All on-sale McLaren cars reviewed by the Autocar road test team, providing the most detailed car reviews in the world since 1895

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Yes, you can have a McLaren Elva with a windscreen

Not a fan of being struck repeatedly in the face by small insects and bits of gravel? Step this way

Clever as McLaren’s “Active Air Management System” (AAMS) is, the hugely fast Elva is still perfectly capable of totally ruining your face.

To keep that from happening you could simply leave your Elva tucked away in your garage alongside all the other incredible cars you never, ever drive. You could wear a full-face crash helmet. Or maybe you could ask McLaren to do you one with a windscreen. Novel idea, we know.

Yup – McLaren will happily build you an Elva with a windscreen, washer jets, sun visors and wipers instead of its impressive, but not infallible, Active Air Management System (AAMS). The windscreen-equipped Elva still does without a roof or side windows, mind, and there is a slight weight penalty. Though the windscreen car does without all the AAMS gubbins, McLaren expects the glass, wipers and carbon surround to add around 20kg.

Yes, you can have a McLaren Elva with a windscreen

Not a fan of being struck repeatedly in the face by small insects and bits of gravel? Step this way

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McLaren Elva now offered with a windscreen for 2021

V8 two-seater gains just 20kg with new screen, which makes it compliant in some US states

McLaren has introduced a new version of its Elva speedster, equipped with a windscreen.

The new variant is aimed at customers "who prefer to have a physical screen" as opposed to the barrier of air created by the standard Elva's innovative Active Air Management System (AAMS). It will also enable the Elva to be road-legal in certain US states.

A dedicated engineering programme is claimed to have ensured the windscreen variant has optimised aerodynamic and handling performance, but it is otherwise mechanically identical to the existing car. There remains no roof, side windows or rear screen.

McLaren claims the new Elva variant weighs just 20kg more than the standard car, despite the introduction of automatic wipers, windscreen heating element, sun visors and windscreen washers. That's largely because the windscreen's frame is made from carbonfibre and the speedster's AAMS system has been removed.

Performance details are yet to be confirmed, but can be expected to closely match those of the existing Elva. Customer deliveries will begin towards the end of 2021.

McLaren Elva now offered with a windscreen for 2021 | Autocar

V8 two-seater gains just 20kg with new screen, which makes it compliant in some US states

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McLaren’s ultra-purist, 600 kW Elva gets a windscreen

The McLaren Elva, with its fully-open cockpit, was designed to provide the ultimate connection between the driver, the road and the elements.

Yet for some customers, the lack of a windscreen meant that the connection to the elements was perhaps a bit too extreme, even with the barrier of air provided by the Active Air Management System. And the answer to this is a version of the Elva that actually does have a windscreen. McLaren says one of the motivations in creating this version was also to meet the legal requirements in some US states.

“Created to celebrate the pure joy of driving, it’s one of the most distinctive – and exclusive – cars we have made,” said McLaren CEO Mike Flewitt.

“Roofless and without windows, whether you opt for the screenless model with its sophisticated AAMS technology that provides an invisible barrier of air, or the windscreen version with an additional level of enclosure, this is a roadster that rewards owners with the most exhilarating of open-air driving experiences, delivered as only a McLaren can”.

McLaren’s ultra-purist, 600 kW Elva gets a windscreen - CAR Magazine

The McLaren Elva, with its fully-open cockpit, was designed to provide the ultimate connection between the driver, the road and the elements. Yet for some... Read more →

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The Top Gear car review:

McLaren Elva

Verdict

Final thoughts and pick of the range

The Elva is an acquired taste but an unbelievable experience. A showcase in cross-pollinating eccentricity and engineering in the search of speed

Driving a McLaren Senna is a tsunami for your senses. So scalping the screen off and making an Elva puts your synapses on red alert. There’s so much more going on it can be overwhelming. But not in a scary way. In an exciting way.

It’s a car full of feeling and feedback, just with utterly uncalled for and outrageous performance. It’s driving in 4D with everything cranked up to 11; you feel the environment around you, sense the chill in the air as the temperature drops, smell the impending rainstorm and hear the loss of traction from the tyres when the droplets start to fall.

Then you follow McLaren’s official advice to drive faster and outrun the rain. Which is the pinnacle of thrilling. If you’re not into motorbikes and haven’t experienced proper open-top motoring, it’s riveting.

The Elva shows McLaren at its best. By taking the seemingly stupid idea of ripping off a Senna’s windscreen and sort of engineering a way around it to make it work via the very clever (if not a little temperamental) AAMS system, this speedster not only takes the brand somewhere new but also driving as a whole. Like its rivals, it’s utterly eccentric and a purchase will more than likely be supported by ego, but unlike its rivals, a lot more thought has gone into how it should be engineered. That’s very McLaren.

The Elva is so well set-up and accomplished, it’s good to drive on a **** road in the rain. But when you go somewhere on the planet that wasn’t made on a hungover Friday afternoon, say the north of Scotland, south of France or midwest of America, it’s like driving an 800bhp, 200mph postcard.

It won’t be to everyone’s taste and that’s fine. We’re just thankful that McLaren is trying something new. Something with a sense of humour and shed loads of speed. And if you can’t your head around that, so be it – there are plenty of VW Golfs in the world for you to buy.

McLaren Elva Review 2023 | Top Gear

The Elva is an acquired taste but an unbelievable experience. A showcase in cross-pollinating eccentricity and engineering in the search of speed

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