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McLaren in the Motherland!

I am no stranger to McLaren. My first memory of the brand was when my father bought me a Guinness World Records book, I was perhaps around 6 or 7 years old, and we were going through it together and learned that the McLaren F1 was listed for breaking a top speed record. Fast forward a decade and a half, and I did my first McLaren factory tour in 2016 with my father. Fast forward a few more years from that – 2019, and I was actually driving a McLaren for the first time; the 570s in Bahrain. Since then, I’ve driven many of the British supercar brands’ models including the GT and 720s Spider. Last month, I was back in the UK and met up with a good friend, Shayan Rahimi, who happens to be an Executive Board Member of the largest supercar club in the Middle East, SuperCarsMajlis. He loves McLaren. So, I arranged a private guided tour of MTC (McLaren Technology Centre) for us. Our tour guide, Amy Woodhouse, was a superstar. There wasn’t anything she didn’t know about the brand or its history. Her passion for McLaren was infectious. The building that houses MTC is an […]

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