Scale Models: McLaren History Timeline

Scale models are of course a big part of the any significant collection of automobilia. Auto-Archives has large collections of both McLaren and Lotus models as well as a limited selection of other marques. Shown here are our favorite 1:43 scale McLaren models from the years 1964-2015, plus a couple of Bruce’s earlier racecars, the Austin Seven Special he raced in New Zealand, and the Cooper-Zerex Special he bought from Roger Penske that started Bruce off as a constructor. These are selected from 500 or so models we have in the archive. We are looking for donations of other models to broaden our collection. Do you have any you would like to donate and see them featured on their own pages?

If you are a McLaren fan and would like to see images of the real examples of all these models you need to get a copy of the fabulous book, McLaren the Cars, by William Taylor. It is available on our store. See here:  McLaren Book

Austin Seven (McLaren)

Austin Seven (McLaren)

1952 Hillclimb car - 1:43 scale

Cooper-Zerex Special

Cooper-Zerex Special

1963 Sportscar - 1:43 scale

McLaren M1A

McLaren M1A

1964 Sportscar - 1:43 scale

McLaren M1B

McLaren M1B

1966 Sportscar - 1:43 scale

McLaren M2B

McLaren M2B

1966 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren M1C

McLaren M1C

1967 Can-Am - 1:43 scale

McLaren M4B

McLaren M4B

1967 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren M5A

McLaren M5A

1967 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren M6A

McLaren M6A

1967 Can-Am car - 1:43 scale

McLaren M6B

McLaren M6B

1968 Can-Am car - 1:43 scale

McLaren M6B

McLaren M6B

1968 Can-Am car - 1:43 scale

McLaren M7A

McLaren M7A

1968 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren M8A

McLaren M8A

1968 Can-Am car - 1:43 scale

McLaren M7C

McLaren M7C

1969 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren M8B

McLaren M8B

1969 Can-Am car - 1:43 scale

McLaren M6GT

McLaren M6GT

1969 Roadcar - 1:43 scale

McLaren M12

McLaren M12

1969 Can-Am car - 1:43 scale

McLaren M8C

McLaren M8C

1970 Can-Am car - 1:43 scale

McLaren M8D

McLaren M8D

1970 Can-Am car - 1:43 scale

McLaren M14A

McLaren M14A

1969 Formula 1 - 1:45 scale

McLaren M8E

McLaren M8E

1971 Can-Am car - 1:43 scale

McLaren M8F

McLaren M8F

1971 Can-Am car - 1:43 scale

McLaren M19A

McLaren M19A

1971 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren M16

McLaren M16

1971 Indycar - 1:43 scale

McLaren M19A

McLaren M19A

1971 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren M8FP

McLaren M8FP

1972 Can-Am car - 1:43 scale

McLaren M16B

McLaren M16B

1972 Indycar - 1:43 scale

McLaren M16B

McLaren M16B

1972 Indycar - 1:43 scale

McLaren M19C

McLaren M19C

1972 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren M20

McLaren M20

1972 Can-Am car - 1:43 scale

McLaren M16C/D

McLaren M16C/D

1973 Indycar - 1:43 scale

McLaren M20

McLaren M20

1973 Can-Am car - 1:43 scale

McLaren M23

McLaren M23

1973 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren M20 Turbo

McLaren M20 Turbo

1973 Can-Am car - 1:43 scale

McLaren M25

McLaren M25

1974 Formula 5000 - 1:43 scale

McLaren M23

McLaren M23

1974 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren M16E

McLaren M16E

1975 Indycar - 1:43 scale

McLaren M23

McLaren M23

1976 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren M23

McLaren M23

1977 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren M26

McLaren M26

1977 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren M26

McLaren M26

1978 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren M28

McLaren M28

1979 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren M29

McLaren M29

1979 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren M29C

McLaren M29C

1980 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren M30

McLaren M30

1980 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4/1

McLaren MP4/1

1981 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4/1B

McLaren MP4/1B

1982 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4/1D

McLaren MP4/1D

1983 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4/1E

McLaren MP4/1E

1983 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4/2

McLaren MP4/2

1984 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4/2B

McLaren MP4/2B

1985 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4/2C

McLaren MP4/2C

1986 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4/3

McLaren MP4/3

1987 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4/4

McLaren MP4/4

1988 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4/5

McLaren MP4/5

1989 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4/5B

McLaren MP4/5B

1990 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4/6

McLaren MP4/6

1991 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren F1 XP4

McLaren F1 XP4

1992 Prototype - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4/7

McLaren MP4/7

1992 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4/8

McLaren MP4/8

1993 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren F1

McLaren F1

1993 Roadcar - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4/8B

McLaren MP4/8B

1993 Test Car - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4/9

McLaren MP4/9

1994 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren F1 GTR

McLaren F1 GTR

1995 Sports racecar - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4/10

McLaren MP4/10

1995 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren F1 LM

McLaren F1 LM

1996 Roadcar - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4/11

McLaren MP4/11

1996 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren F1 GTR

McLaren F1 GTR

1996 Sports racecar - 1:43 scale

McLaren F1 GT

McLaren F1 GT

1997 Roadcar - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-12

McLaren MP4-12

1997 Formula 1 testcar- 1:43 scale

McLaren F1 GTR

McLaren F1 GTR

1997 Sports racecar - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-98T

McLaren MP4-98T

1998 Two-seat F1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-13

McLaren MP4-13

1998 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-14

McLaren MP4-14

1999 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-15

McLaren MP4-15

2000 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-16

McLaren MP4-16

2001 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-17A

McLaren MP4-17A

2002 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-17D

McLaren MP4-17D

2003 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-18

McLaren MP4-18

2003 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren Mercedes SLR

McLaren Mercedes SLR

2003 Roadcar - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-19A

McLaren MP4-19A

2004 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-19B

McLaren MP4-19B

2004 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-20A

McLaren MP4-20A

2005 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-21A

McLaren MP4-21A

2006 Formula 1 testcar - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-21A

McLaren MP4-21A

2006 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren Mercedes SLR 722 Edition

McLaren Mercedes SLR 722 Edition

2006 Roadcar - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-22

McLaren MP4-22

2007 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren Mercedes SLR Roadster

McLaren Mercedes SLR Roadster

2007 Roadcar - 1:43 scale

McLaren Mercedes SLR 722 GT

McLaren Mercedes SLR 722 GT

2007 Sports racecar - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-23

McLaren MP4-23

2008 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren Mercedes SLR Stirling Moss

McLaren Mercedes SLR Stirling Moss

2009 Roadcar - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-24

McLaren MP4-24

2009 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-25

McLaren MP4-25

2010 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-12C

McLaren MP4-12C

2011 Roadcar - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-26

McLaren MP4-26

2011 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-27

McLaren MP4-27

2012 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren P1

McLaren P1

2013 Roadcar - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-28

McLaren MP4-28

2013 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-12GT

McLaren MP4-12GT

2013 Sports racecar - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-29

McLaren MP4-29

2014 Formula 1 - 1:43 scale

McLaren MP4-X

McLaren MP4-X

2015 Concept - 1:43 scale