McLaren Automotive announces record global sales

This is another record for the company, which has increased sales every year since its formation in 2010. North America, which represents McLaren's biggest single market and over a third of global sales, surpassed the 5,000 cars sold mark since sales started in 2011 and achieved another year of record growth.

European sales rose 44.2% but the biggest leap was seen in China at 122.5% growth following the introduction of the 570S Spider and 720S. China now accounts for almost 7% of total global sales. McLaren's U.K. domestic market remained strong, achieving a 49.2% year-on-year growth.

The company celebrated building its 15,000^th car in the summer at the McLaren Production Centre (MPC) in Woking, Surrey, where all its cars are hand-assembled, and consistently achieved over 20 cars a day with production exported to over 30 markets.

The MPC also built its most varied mix of products yet including examples from each of the company's now firmly established Sports, Super and Ultimate Series offerings. As well as the 600LT and McLaren Senna, the company also launched the first two of 18 new products or derivates under its Track25 business plan, the fully deposited Speedtail and, most recently, 720S Spider.