McLaren to open store near Detroit

A rendering of the McLaren Troy exterior. The 4,000-square-foot showroom is set to open in late 2018.

McLaren Automotive is expanding its U.S. retail footprint by partnering with one of the largest dealership groups in the country, the Suburban Collection, for a new store near Detroit.

McLaren Troy will be in the Troy Motor Mall, about 15 miles north of Detroit.

The 4,000-square-foot showroom is to open in the fourth quarter, the automaker said. A temporary sales and service site will open this month.

"The state of Michigan is a key area in the United States that we have not yet been able to properly service," Tony Joseph, president of McLaren North America, said . "With a deep base of both existing clients and potential customers in the region, we felt that Detroit and the surrounding areas needed a more localized point of sales and service."

An interior rendering of McLaren Troy.

The Suburban Collection is No. 14 on Automotive News' list of the  based in the U.S., with retail sales of 36,785 new vehicles in 2017.

With the Troy store, McLaren's dealership roll in North America will rise to 24, including three locations in Canada.

Last month, McLaren  on a dealership in Bellevue, Wash., near Seattle.

North America is the largest market for the British automaker. McLaren  1,294 vehicles in North America last year, according to the Automotive News Data Center.

McLaren is amid  that calls for launching 15 new models or derivatives through 2022.

Since 2016, McLaren has released three vehicles: the 570S Spider convertible that starts at just more than $200,000, the 720S supercar starting at about $293,000 and the limited-edition Senna that is priced at around $1 million.

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