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Watch DRIVE’s Amazing Tour of the McLaren Factory (video)

25 May, 2012 3

by Zack Klapman

 

If you like cars or racing, you know the name McLaren. Your mind might instantly bring up a picture of the famous F1 super car. Or maybe one of their many F1 cars. Their 40 year-old name is as synonymous with fast cars as gasoline. The F1 is on of the best cars ever made, and it’s performance is still equal to-or greater than-the highest priced hyper-beasts of today.

 

That was as much as I knew about McLaren: made the F1, good at F1. But then I watched DRIVE‘s tour of their factory, and now I understand wby they’re so good. The 22-minute video gives a detailed look at the factory, and through that you come to understand why their cars do what they do. You see the level of attention that goes into everything they touch; they made all the storage bins the same diameter, hid every power cable, hand-buff each car, and intentionally provide the absolute best working environment  (expecting only the absolute best from their employees in return). I bet if you go in the bathroom, all the paper unrolls the same direction.

 

The tour is set to a sound track that makes you feel like a Wonka Golden Ticket holder. This isn’t “How It’s Made”, or “Inside the World’s Band-Aid Factory” and thank god, because who cares about that crap anyway? This is a beautiful, detailed, artistic look at one of the greatest automotive creators ever to exist. Enjoy.

 

 

Source: DRIVE Network

 

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  • Sebastian O.

    yep mclaren has amazing racing history and produces some of the best cars and engineers in the business. I recently tried out the Mp4-12c (used…2k miles) and it was amazing at how other cars in the same sort of price point Gt2's 458's etc.. maybe are more rambunxious but cannot even begin to compare to how comfortable this thing is to drive on and off the track. Now all they need is to hire a 6-10 year old to name the cars and they would start selling alot more.

  • Hamish

    It's not just that McLaren is so brilliant, it's also because JF allows the staff to tell their story. He doesn't take-over these factory tour videos, he merely sets the direction and lets the employees take over.

    • TheSmokingTire

      That's precisely why JF gets the kind of access he does, he has no interest in being editorial or giving his opinion in any way. He just provides the opportunity for them to tell their story, and that's it.