The first McLaren showroom in district 1, Ho Chi Minh city, will start operation in quarter II 2022.

On March 14, McLaren Automotive announced that it had designated S&S Automotive as the official importer and distributor of the British automaker in Vietnam. S&S is also a genuine distributor of the luxury brand Rolls-Royce.

McLaren’s showroom will be located in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Super cars such as 720S Coupe, 720S Spider, 765LT Coupe, 765LT Spider, or McLaren GT, Artura, Elva models will be introduced in the near future. These cars will be imported from the UK, where McLaren’s headquarters and manual assembly plant are located.

Vietnam is the 41st market in the world with a genuine McLaren brand reseller. Vietnamese customers can order McLaren cars from today. Before being sold genuinely, many McLaren cars appeared in Vietnam for private import.

With the appearance of McLaren, Vietnamese customers have more options other-than high-performance cars such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Aston Martin. On Lamborghini’s homepage, there is no longer a dealer in Vietnam, but the distributor CT Wearnes has not yet commented.

McLaren Automotive was founded in 2010, is a car manufacturing company with the main product being supercars, owned by McLaren Group. Its headquarters are located at the McLaren Technology Centre, Woking, Surrey, UK.

The McLaren brand was born by New Zealand driver and engineer, Bruce McLaren in 1963. After many years participating in tournaments like F1, Le Mans under Jaguar, Aston Martin, and Ford, Bruce McLaren formed a racing team named after you. The company’s first racing car was called the M1A.

In 1970, Bruce McLaren died in a car accident. At this time, the prototype of a light-weight sports car called M6GT with a maximum speed of 265 km/h, accelerating from 0 to 100 km in 8 seconds, is being researched and manufactured by the company.

In the 1980s, the McLaren racing team was bought by businessman Ron Dennis and started a new stage of development. In 1985, McLaren Cars, the predecessor of McLaren Automotive, was founded. McLaren made a mark in the supercar industry when it launched the F1 model, which was spearheaded by legendary designer Gordon Murray, in 1992.

McLaren F1 with a center steering wheel, 3 seats, is the first supercar in the world to use a carbon fiber chassis structure. F1 owns perfect aerodynamic design, V12 engine supplied by BMW M division, with a capacity of 618 horsepower.

Since 2010, when McLaren Automotive was born, the commercial supercar segment has been invested more by the company. Names like 12C, Spider, or P1 gradually appeared through time. Recently, the British automaker has added sports cars with more accessible prices. The company’s product portfolio currently includes GT, 720S, 765LT, and Artura models. Some special products can cost millions of dollars such as Speedtail, Elva, Senna.

In addition to the commercial vehicle segment, the McLaren Group also owns McLaren Racing, the brand currently participating in the Formula 1 race and the Indycar race held in the US.

Source: vnexpress.net