McLaren Automotive, leading sports car business firm, has built the 5,000th model of high volume carbon fibre super car range.

Based on the groundbreaking carbon fibre MonoCell chassis, which forms the recently announced McLaren Super Series, the Super Series is now the highest volume carbon fibre supercar range ever, McLaren said in a press release.

The 5,000th car is a Volcano Yellow 650S Coupé and is rolled from the assembly line in the McLaren Production Centre on Monday 2nd February. It was joined at the end of the production line by the first production 12C, which has now become part of the McLaren Heritage Collection.

In March 2014, the assembly line was updated to accommodate the production requirements for the new McLaren 650S in response to strong customer demand.

Mike Flewitt, Chief Executive Officer at McLaren Automotive said, “McLaren has come a long way in four short years. The completion of the 5,000th vehicle in the Super Series is a fantastic milestone for the brand. The 12C was, and still is, a groundbreaking supercar and, true to the values of McLaren, we have continued to develop and build on this great product into the 650S which has delighted our customers and won countless awards across the world.”

“We have built a solid foundation for the business, delivering record numbers year on year, and I look forward to our next production milestone with the addition of the 675LT to the Super Series, and the new Sports Series later in the year,” Flewitt added.

The McLaren Super Series forms the core range of McLaren supercar offering and is at a level higher than the recently announced Sports Series in the model hierarchy. (GK)