McLaren showcases its luxury innovations with the Verdant Theme GT

McLaren has taken the GT to a luxuriant new level of bespoke personalisation with the McLaren Verdant Theme GT by McLaren Special Operations (MSO).

A masterclass of innovative colour and materials, the McLaren Verdant Theme GT by MSO builds on the multi-faceted talents and continent-crossing capabilities of the McLaren GT to showcase artistry and techniques that are available across the entire McLaren Automotive range.

The Verdant Theme GT by MSO is inspired by the verdant landscapes and fresh horizons that the GT has been designed to explore. Colours and materials employed thus take their hues and textures from the natural world.

For example, the key touch points in the cabin are trimmed in cashmere, the first time this softest and most luxurious of wools has been used by McLaren and the first time it has become available in a supercar.

One of distinctive features of the car is a stunning new take on MSO's innovative satin tri-tone paint finish. Seamlessly graduated from light to dark, the car's body blends three shades of satin-finish green - from nose to tail, Horsell Green, Arbor and Steppe Green - all created especially for this car.

Achieving the perfect progression of shades required 430 hours of painstaking work in what is among the most complex paint processes yet undertaken by MSO.

The lushness of the Verdant Theme GT by MSO is completed with hand-painted pinstripe accents in Napier Green on the body and the front splitter. The MSO Bespoke brake calipers are painted Napier Green while the MSO Black Pack guarantees the most dramatic of contrasts with a gloss black finish for the wheels, the upper window surround and the exhaust finisher.

Dark Green, Jet Black and Laurel Green leather with Laurel Green micro-piping contrasts in the cabin with charcoal grey cashmere. Indulgently soft and luxurious, it adorns the centre tunnel, the door inserts, the lower section of dashboard, the sun visors, the head restraints and the back upper section of the seats.

MSO has been working on an automotive application for cashmere for 18 months, but limited availability means that at this stage it must remain among the most exclusive of all MSO options.

The Verdant Theme GT by MSO's cabin - offering the space, comfort and usability expected of a grand tourer - is further enhanced with subtle MSO signature details such as dedication plaque, embroidered logos and an accelerator pedal laser-etched with the MSO logo.

No enhancements were deemed necessary to the GT's Proactive Damping Control suspension, nor its 612bhp 4.0-litre, twin-turbocharged V8, both already optimised to provide an outstanding grand touring combination of authentic McLaren supercar performance. The zero to 96km/h sprint is accomplished in just 3.1 seconds in the McLaren Verdant Theme GT, with touring comfort and refinement that sets new McLaren standards.