{"id":11612,"date":"2019-11-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/mclaren-elva-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-08T12:08:42","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T12:08:42","slug":"mclaren-elva-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/mclaren-elva-2\/","title":{"rendered":"McLaren Elva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the Monterey Car Week in August this year, McLaren announced the imminent premiere of a new member of their most powerful category of supercars, known internally as the ‘Ultimate Series’. Now the time has come. From the sketches published in advance it became clear that it would be a two-seater roadster without a roof and windscreen, which is an indirect reaction to the Ferrari SP1 and SP2 Monza, but at the same time also quotes the SLR Stirling Moss, which McLaren produced jointly with Mercedes-Benz. To protect the occupants from too much airflow, the British brand developed the McLaren Active Air Management System (AAMS), which manipulates the airflow and directs it around the cockpit. To do this, the air is directed through a large opening in the front of the car to flap in front of the cockpit, which opens at high speeds and directs the airflow upwards over the occupants, creating a relative rest zone on the seats. At the front edge of the air outlet, a wind deflector extends 150 millimeters and creates a low-pressure zone at the air outlet itself. The system can be deactivated by the driver at the touch of a button. At low speeds and with the AAMS closed accordingly, the air is instead directed into the low-temperature coolers to increase their cooling performance.

In order to be able to give the new open cockpit vehicle a worthy model name, the company acquired the name rights to Elva. Elva produced uncompromising open racing cars in the 1950s and 60s. Among other things, they also worked for a certain New Zealander named Bruce McLaren in order to improve the McLaren M1A, which he designed and which was immediately successful in the Group 7 of the Sports Car Championships. They did it together with him and also enabled him to manufacture the car in sufficient quantities to also supply customer teams. The McLaren-Elva M1A (Mk I), McLaren-Elva M1B (Mk II) as well as the McLaren M1C (Mk III) were developed. These cars achieved numerous race victories, lap records and titles. Now the newest member of the Ultimate Series is named McLaren Elva.<\/p>\n\n\n

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