Bruce McLaren was a New Zealand racing driver and founder of the McLaren Formula One team. In addition to his success in racing, he also had a passion for designing sports cars. One of his most notable designs was the McLaren M6 road going sports car, which he planned to put into production.
The M6 was based on the McLaren M6A, a successful Can-Am race car. The M6 featured a sleek, low-slung body with body lines similar to the 1969 M12 spyder produced as a Can-Am customer car. The car was powered by a Chevrolet V8 engine and had a top speed of around 165 mph.
McLaren intended for the M6 to be a high-performance road car, and he even built a prototype to showcase the car's potential. The prototype was unveiled in 1967 and generated a lot of buzz among car enthusiasts. However, due to McLaren's untimely death in a testing accident in 1970, the project never came to fruition.
Despite never making it to production, the McLaren M6 prototype remains a testament to McLaren's passion for designing high-performance sports cars. It also served as a precursor to the McLaren road cars that would eventually become a major part of the company's business in the decades to come.
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