McLaren’s MSO customizations department carries on to flex its imaginative muscle and continue its paint shop busy, this time showing off six special McLaren 570GT cars finished in special ‘XP Green’ paintwork.
What’s the big fuss about a lick of paint?
It’s the same shade of bottle green as the 1997 F1 XP GT homologation car (pictured below), built to bring the extended F1 GTR ‘Longtail’ Le Mans car into being.
Encouraged by ‘traditional British automotive hues,’ in McLaren’s words, each of the six cars acquires tan leather upholstery, with green seat inserts and stitching, along with a plaque on the centre console to remind people it’s one of the six-off collection.
The identical tan shade is used for pinstriping on the exterior, on the front ‘aero blades’, sills, diffuser and doors, diverging with a higher-than-standard quota of black exterior trim pieces.
How much do the XP Green 570GT MSO cars cost?
Each car will cost £21,000 i.e. 29,86,115 pkr more than a regular McLaren 570GT, at £188,567 i.e. 2,68,13,469 pkr – but buyers are likely to ask for a few more options on top.
With the exception of the green ’n’ tan colour combo, the cars also feature upgraded interior spec, nose lifts, rear cameras, uprated audio systems and five-spoke forged wheels in ‘Stealth’ finish.
Remind me, what is McLaren MSO?
It stands for McLaren Special Operations, and it’s the department that deals with bespoke orders, from the clear-cut to the fussy.
If you want your McLaren in a special colour, to have only one of its kind interior or exterior trim, or even if you want particularly created bodywork – like the one-off McLaren X-1 – MSO can oblige.
The department at present offers a range of services:
- MSO Defined– a clear-cut list of personalisation choices for different McLaren models; carbonfibre trim, coloured seatbelts, that kind of thing
- MSO Bespoke– want to match your McLaren’s paintwork to your favorite pair of shoes? Want it to have totally unique bodywork? McLaren claims the Bespoke service can find ‘a way to say yes to almost any request.’ At a price, no doubt…
- MSO Limited –if you want a limited-run McLaren that looks unlike the rest of the range, the Limited division can design and engineer ‘small series’ special editions, such as the 650S Can Am of 2016 and 650S Le Mans of 2015
- MSO Heritage– the department that takes care of servicing and customer care for McLaren F1 owners. It also offers a brokerage service to those shopping for an F1…
- P1 GTR programmes– events for owners of the track-only P1 GTR, counting simulator training, fitness programmes, one-to-one driver tuition, and transporting the car to circuits around the globe for private test sessions
