McLaren GT moves to new engineering centre at Woking Business Park

Racing car manufacturer McLaren GT has established a dedicated engineering and vehicle assembly facility at Woking Business Park, benefitting from its proximity to the nearby McLaren Technology Centre.

The creation of the new facility follows on from the racing debut of the stunning McLaren 12C GT3 in 2011.

The proximity to the headquarters of McLaren Racing and McLaren Automotive provides the McLaren GT team with an enhanced opportunity to share resources, technology and exchange ideas with the design and engineering specialists working in the other McLaren Group brands. This in turn promotes further integration of McLaren GT into the Group.

Since its launch in 2011 McLaren GT has supplied 25 12C GT3s for racing in Europe. A total of 13 customer teams are now working closely with McLaren GT engineers to develop their new race cars and each team has the opportunity to test vehicle set-up using the same simulator programme used by McLaren Racing and Formula 1 World Champions Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button.

The 60,000 sq ft facility at Woking Business Park provides office space, to accommodate McLaren GT’s expanding sales, marketing, design and manufacturing operations, a large workshop area and preparation and test bays as well as a state-of-the-art engine development centre all under one roof.

The site is also home to a fleet of McLaren 12C sports cars, managed by McLaren GT and run as part of a customer test drive programme entitled ‘Pure McLaren’, which operates at multiple test locations across Europe.

Speaking about McLaren GT’s new home, Project Director Andrew Kirkaldy said: “This relocation underlines the commitment and support within McLaren Group that is behind McLaren GT, and will be a benefit as we aim to offer a world-class engineering support service to our new customer teams.

“We plan to develop our manufacturing programme and are actively considering production of multiple specifications of race cars for worldwide racing in 2013.”