McLaren has revealed the new McL 6GT as a highly exclusive tribute to its first road car – and its first model with a manual gearbox since the F1.
Shown as a concept in near-production-ready form at Monterey Car Week in California, the McL 6GT will go on sale in 2028 as a spiritual successor to the M6GT, the only road car built by company founder Bruce McLaren.
The production car will be the first of a new line of limited-run models separate from the core McLaren line-up and with a different focus from extreme, highly performant Ultimate Series models like the Speedtail and W1.
“It is presented as an unmistakable signal of how the maverick spirit within McLaren can inform a future-facing approach to McLaren cars that will captivate with character,” said the company.
With a completely new design approach to any of McLaren’s current models, the 6GT is a 1960s-inspired, lightweight, carbon-bodied supercar with a V8 driving the back axle through a six-speed manual gearbox - Woking's first in more than three decades.
In silhouette, it nods to the M6A Can-Am racer, which was so instrumental in putting McLaren on the global motorsport map and provided the basis for the original M6GT (below).
McLaren highlights the clean, low-drag surfacing and distinctive Kamm tail as features influenced by its forebear. Meanwhile, there are subtle nods to Bruce McLaren – including his signature in the engine bay and the original ‘Speedy Kiwi’ company logo etched into the filler cap.
The company remains tight-lipped on technical specifics, but the McL 6GT is thought to be at least partly based on the outgoing 750S supercar, which follows a similar format, albeit with an automatic gearbox.
