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McLaren Service Schedule

by John Thorne | 20th November 2023 | Latest News, Mclaren News | 0 Comments

A lot of our work now is for owners Worldwide via our International dealers and its come to our attention that the is a huge variance on service costs from region to region and even dealer to dealer. Some of this is explained by differences in labour rates, currency...

My retirement from Racing

by John Thorne | 15th November 2023 | BMW Racing, CSL Cup, Latest News, Off Road Racing, Other Series, Racing News | 0 Comments

Yep, I’m afraid after 17 years of racing the time has come for me to retire from competitive motorsport. Now this doesn’t mean Thorney Motorsport will no longer be motorsport, far from it, motorsport is in our DNA and is part and parcel of everything we develop and...

Britcar Trophy End of Season Report

by John Thorne | 16th October 2023 | BMW News, Latest News | 0 Comments

Hmmm. Not sure we can really call this a successful season really. We had some ups with some good results early on, then some downs with multiple gearbox issues outside of our control and then ended on an up with a couple of 4th places and Callum winning driver of the...

Our McLaren Paint shop Operation

by John Thorne | 7th June 2023 | Latest News, Mclaren News | 0 Comments

We've been preparing and repairing McLaren bodywork for near 10 years however its not something we really marketed as for the most part paint defects were fully covered by McLaren for 10 years so if and when we saw issues we simply referred owners to their local...

MSS Lowering Kits

by John Thorne | 5th June 2023 | Latest News, Mclaren News | 0 Comments

Historically we have not offered lowering spring kits on most McLaren models. Our view was that one of the all McLaren models best attributes is their sublime combination of great handling as well as compliant ride that defied the image of a supercar. By adding a...

New Car Park

by John Thorne | 23rd March 2023 | Latest News, Mclaren News | 0 Comments

They say a good business is always investing back into its customers so we hope our customers will recognise the investment we have made into our new car park and yard because we had to sell our McLaren 720s Spider to pay for it all! To be honest there is also some...

Africa Trust

by John Thorne | 22nd March 2023 | Latest News, Mclaren News | 0 Comments

A little while ago we took two cars in for sale from an owner who sadly died in a car crash. Paul was a lovely chap, a real petrol head and we had got to know him pretty well as we do with a lot of our customers so his death was quite a shock. In the process of...

Change your battery on your McLaren

by John Thorne | 11th December 2022 | Latest News, Mclaren News | 0 Comments

We've been hearing of a few customers who have either been screwed on pricing for a battery replacement or are losing their cars for months at a time waiting for a new battery and we are bit amazed at this as there is a simple solution to both issues - simply swap the...

SEMA Show – Become a Thorney Motorsport Independent McLaren Specialist

by John Thorne | 7th November 2022 | Events, Latest News, Mclaren News | 0 Comments

SEMA is the Worlds largest specialist car show and 2022 did not disappoint with record numbers of both exhibitors and attendees, however our attendance was not to show off a car but to expand our Thorney Motorsport Independent McLaren Specialist dealer network. In the...

BMW Racing, 2022 Report

by John Thorne | 31st October 2022 | Uncategorised | 0 Comments

Usually we do an end of year report but this year hasnt really been a year so made little point having a report. However, we have decided to regroup, rethink and rejuvenate for 2023. So what went wrong? Well, the season started OK, first full season in the Britcar...

McLaren Service Schedule

My retirement from Racing

Britcar Trophy End of Season Report

Our McLaren Paint shop Operation

MSS Lowering Kits

New Car Park

Africa Trust

Change your battery on your McLaren

SEMA Show – Become a Thorney Motorsport Independent McLaren Specialist

BMW Racing, 2022 Report

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