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McLaren Group

The McLaren Group is a group of companies, created by Ron Dennis, centered around the Team McLaren racing team and Formula One constructor. It includes:

  • McLaren Racing, the company behind the Team McLaren Formula One constructor
  • McLaren Cars, company which has produced small volumes of the McLaren F1 road car and currently makes the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren in conjunction with DaimlerChrysler
  • McLaren Electronic Systems
  • McLaren Marketing
  • McLaren Composites
  • Absolute Taste
  • Lydden Circuit
  • McLaren Applied Technologies , which develops commercial applications for the Group's technologies and provides a internal resource for facilities and expertise.

Since 1995, DaimlerChrysler (at the time Daimler-Benz) has supplied engines to the McLaren Formula One team under the Mercedes-Benz brand. In January 2000, DaimlerChrysler bought a 40% share of the Group, with Ron Dennis and the TAG Group each owning a 30% share [1].

The Group is based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, United Kingdom.

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