John Thorne is the owner of Thorney Motorsport, the world’s largest and longest-established independent McLaren specialist franchise.From beginnings as a Lawyer and Stock Broker, nearly 25 years ago John turned his passion of tuning cars into being his business by creating Thorney Motorsport, and began modifying, tuning and preparing high performance BMW and Vauxhall VX220 and VXR road and racing cars in such championships as the BMW CSL Cup, Lotus Cup and the British Touring Car Championship / BTCC. Thorney Motorsport then moved into building, preparing and racing Yamaha Off-road/Dakar vehicles, and from 2013 they have become the leading specialists in Servicing, Parts Sales and Pre-owned Vehicle Sales of McLaren road cars.#mclaren #12C #540 #570 #720 #750 #GT4 #performance #servicing #sales #tuning #parts #thorneymotorsport Thorney Motorsport can be found at:https://www.thorneymotorsport.co.ukhttps://www.facebook.com/thorneymotorsporthttps://www.youtube.com/user/ThorneyMotorsporthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/john-thorne-9774991a/https://www.tiktok.com/@thorneymotorsportEmail: info@thorneymotorsport.co.uk#mclaren #12C #540 #570 #720 #750 #GT4 #performance #servicing #sales #tuning #parts #thorneymotorsport Chapters00:00:00 - Coming up...00:02:11 - Intro00:04:01 - Try not to look like you're f***ed...00:05:43 - How Thorney Motorsport started00:09:59 - Becoming a Stock Broker00:17:02 - I started tuning my own cars00:27:01 - Bikes are dangerous, let's go car racing00:34:38 - 9/1100:38:33 - VX22000:48:38 - The start of the rot...00:57:47 - Into the British Touring Car Championship with Tesco01:05:47 - The supermarket fuel issue01:18:20 - End of BTCC01:29:05 - Morphing into Off Road Racing01:33:09 - TV Shows and 24 Hour races01:37:28 - The Top Gear 24 Hour race01:54:00 - McLaren Independent02:22:07 - The McLaren business model...02:33:35 - The challenges and opportunities02:39:34 - Selling pre-owned McLarens02:44:45 - Being the Grim Reaper...02:50:08 - The difference with an independent?02:54:39 - The Thorney Motorsport franchise02:56:26 - The relationship with McLaren