McLaren Elva

The McLaren Elva is a limited-production, mid-engined, open-top sports car made by McLaren Automotive. It is the fifth car of the McLaren Ultimate Series, after the F1, the P1, the Senna and the Speedtail, and it takes its inspiration from the lightweight open race cars that Bruce McLaren developed in the 1960s. The name comes from the French phrase elle va, meaning she goes, and recalls the M1A, M1B and M1C cars that the British maker Elva built for McLaren between 1964 and 1967. The body, chassis, doors and seats are carbon fibre, and the 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 is shared with the Senna and the Speedtail. An airflow system directs air over the occupants in place of a windscreen, and a windscreen version was added later. Production was finally limited to 149 units.