For a young car company, 2015 was a vintage year,with McLaren launching three world-beating cars

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When we tested the McLaren 570S against its rivals, the Audi R8 and Porsche 911 Turbo S, back in issue 276, something struck me about the newest, most junior McLaren. When the first MP4-12C arrived, some five years earlier, it hadn't just been the convoluted name that was somehow off-kilter. It was certainly a bold, high-tech offering, a car that took the fight to the heart of Ferrari, but the execution was that of a company that was finding its feet. Hardly surprising, maybe. But well documented issues with the IRIS infotainment and, more pertinently, an absence of charisma, made the MP4 feel like a product that hadn't had enough love lavished on it.