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Manufacturers that build cars in Britain are yet to commit to lower Australian prices, despite the announcement of a new Free Trade Agreement "immediately eliminating" an existing 5 per cent automotive import tariff. Affected British-built cars include Nissan's Juke, Leaf, and Qashqai small SUVs, and the majority of vehicles built by Jaguar, Land Rover, Mini, Aston Martin, McLaren, Bentley and Rolls-Royce.

The 2021 McLaren Elva is the newest addition to the British manufacturer’s Ultimate Series – and a handful are bound for a selection of lucky Australian buyers. Inspired by founder Bruce McLaren’s M1A, M1B and M1C race cars of the 1960s, the Elva is equipped with McLaren's 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 producing 600kW and 800Nm.

The upcoming 2021 McLaren Artura hybrid supercar was test driven by Australian Formula One ace Daniel Ricciardo, prior to the vehicle's launch last month. As would be expected from someone sponsored by McLaren, Mr Ricciardo had nothing but good things to say about the Artura.

Better clear some shelf space, as the latest LEGO Technic ‘real’ car model has arrived, a LEGO McLaren Senna GTR. The McLaren Senna was launched in 2018 as the third in the McLaren Ultimate Series lineup (trailing the F1 and P1). Designed as a textbook function-over-form laptime crusher, the Senna features a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 that pumps out 588kW and 800Nm, which are massive numbers for a car with a mass of just 1198kg (lighter than a Toyota Corolla).

A futuristic drift car has been designed by students at Adelaide’s St Francis Primary School, as part of a program to promote “science, maths, and design skills.” The two-metre long papier-mache concept – known as Tiger Stripe – reportedly took 10 weeks to build, and is loosely based on the McLaren Senna GTR. The name references the vehicle’s orange rims, which, according to the year-three students who built them, “look like fire” when spinning.