Future McLaren Range Imagined by IED Concepts

We were more than thrilled when the first rumors about McLaren’s rebirth started hitting the web. Then, when the MP4-12C reached our computers, we threw a big party here at autoevolution. Subsequently, we heard that McLaren was working on a successor for the F1 and decided to perform a burnout session in the honor of the future performance icon. Other news have shown us the British supercar producer is making effors to expand its business, pushing the development pedal to the metal.

Considering all this, it’s natural to expect McLaren to surprise us with its future vehicles. However, nothing could’ve prepared us for today’s McLaren-related news. The Turin Instituto Europeo di Design (IED) has joined forces with the British carmaker to give birth to a bouquet of concepts that showcase a potential future McLaren line-up.

IED students spent some time at McLaren’s Woking facility in the UK, subsequently developing no less than 33 concepts. The studies were assesed and the list was narrowed down to eleven vehicles that entered the race for potential development. Three of the vehicles were approved for 1:4 scale model production: the HOLON, the TOROK and the BIO RENOVATION.

As you can see, none of the vehicles has anything to do with McLaren’s ultra-high performance spirit, as the vehicles range from an off-roader to what seems to be a creation worthy of the Avatar movie (we think Mad Max would like one or two of the creations showed here). However, there is one that really caught our eye. We are talking about the “go-fast” all-roader using the Gulf racing livery and the TASMAN name.

"The Istituto Europeo di Design was very keen to collaborate again with McLaren Automotive....[It] has certainly contributed to raising the students' professional outlook, as it required that each team clearly defined the position of each specific feature within the project as a whole. McLaren is known for its attention to design detail: everything is for a reason and that is what we wanted our teams to understand. Then, in order to heighten the quality of the final works presented, we chose virtual presentation, including animation, that enables us even to test the movements of the parts," said Cesar Mendoza, IED Turin's director.

You can also see a more detailed view of some of the concepts in the videos bellow.