The McLaren C8 (sometimes referred to as the Chevrolet McLaren C) was a Group C racing car built on a M8F Trojan chassis. The C8 used a 496 cu in (8,128 cc) Chevrolet V8 engine. The car proved to be fragile, and it often retired from races. owned the sole C8, and ran it until 1999. The body was from Lotec. A second body had been used by Lotterschmidt propelled by a BMW M1 engine on an unknown chassis.