There are a few McLarens heading south on Kiwi roads as you read this. Thirty-two of them, in fact, as the McLaren Epic New Zealand Tour 2016 makes its way from Auckland to Queenstown.

For the owners, it's a spirited drive through and celebration of the home of Bruce McLaren.

Some are Kiwis themselves, others have travelled from places as far away as the United Kingdom (the actual home of McLaren these days), Canada, Hong Kong and Japan. Many have brought their cars with them.

DAVID LINKLATER/FAIRFAX NZ Exotic P1 is flagship of contemporary McLaren fleet. But not the rarest or most valuable car on the Epic Tour.

They pay the big bucks for five-star accommodation for the week, two track days (Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in Taupo and Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell), tickets to the official ball and car-costs for the event such as fuel, tolls and ferry rides.

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Ah yes, the cars.

DAVID LINKLATER/FAIRFAX NZ Tour kicked off at Auckland's ANZ Viaduct Events Centre on Sunday morning. Thirty-plus supercars draws a crowd.

For the rest of us, it's more of a rolling motor show. It's safe to say that you wouldn't find a more comprehensive representation of the McLaren road car fleet anywhere in the world, because every mid-engined model ever made by the company is is on the tour.

That's easier to achieve for McLaren than other supercar-makers, of course. Its first standalone road car, the F1, was produced from 1992-98. It didn't have another crack until 2011 with the MP4-12C and has since developed three families of models using similar architecture: the Sports Series, Super Series and the Ultimate Series.

Still, catch a glimpse of the Epic Tour screaming past and tell me you're not impressed.

DAVID LINKLATER/FAIRFAX NZ This F1 accounted for half the value of the $45m fleet. Hit the track and sat in the rain like everything else.

The 32-car fleet is worth around $45m, but half of that figure is accounted for by the single F1 on the trip: an Australian-registered example of the first proper McLaren road car.

Just 64 road going examples of the F1 were built (106 in total, including racing cars) and it's still the fastest naturally aspirated car in the world: 391kmh.

Other rarities: several examples of the 675LT (Long Tail), based on the more familiar 650S but actually a beautifully engineered homage to the original F1 GTR Longtail racing car.

DAVID LINKLATER/FAIRFAX NZ Yet another McLaren rarity: 675LT (Long Tail). Just 500 made. Several here for the Tour.

It's 100kg lighter than the 650S, produces 40kg more downforce and is one of the most highly sought-after McLarens in the current range.

Just 500 have been built; the last two unsold examples (both UK-registered McLaren Asia-Pacific press cars) are on the Tour.

Plus a couple of P1s, the Super Series model which has just finished production: 375 in total.

Oh, and the humdrum stuff like the 540C, 570S, 650S and a few examples of the pre-650S McLaren, the MP4-12C - whose deliberately understated styling is looking more and more appealing as time passes. Get yours now.

The Tour kicked off at Auckland's ANZ Viaduct Events Centre on Sunday morning, heading for Taupo, Wellington (Monday), Lake Tekapo (Wednesday) and ultimately Queenstown on Saturday.

We joined the Tour in a 570S for the first leg from Auckland to Taupo, stopping early-afternoon for track-laps at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park.

We got a glimpse of what looked like a surreal event. McLaren chief executive Mike Flewitt dropped the flag at the Viaduct, millions of dollars worth of McLaren supercars stopped on the side of the road in Kihikihi and Derek Bell was chatting with Bruno Senna at lunch in Taupo.

It's overwhelming for an onlooker, but then you realise that was just day one of six and the kind of stuff you experience when you're in the club.

By the way, the 1990s F1 still looks awesome on the road. When the Tour reached Taupo, this $22m machine sat out in the rain and roared around the track like everything else. Love these cars, love these people.