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Video: Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button drive the McLaren MP4-12C
McLaren Automotive yesterday officially revealed the final production version of the MP4-12C supercar, the firm’s first road-going performance car since the McLaren F1. Well, McLaren thought who better to give it to take it out on the track than McLaren’s Formula 1 driving team – Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton.
Here is a video of the [...]
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McLaren MP4-12C convertible, 911 rival and F1 replacement in the works
At the launch of the new MP4-12C, McLaren Automotive boss Ron Dennis said that the company is working on two new cars to join the lineup. While no details were given, the two cars are thought to be a Porsche 911 rival and an F1 replacement.
There will also be more versions of the MP4-12C, including [...]
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McLaren outlines plan to become competitive player in sports car segment, officially unveils MP4-12C
Today at the McLaren Technology Center, Chairman Ron Dennis and Managing Director Antony Sheriff confirmed that McLaren Automotive will produce a range of highly-efficient and high-performance sports cars. The first in this range of sports cars is the light-weight, two-seater sports car called the McLaren MP4-12C.
McLaren said that the MP4-12C will be produced at the [...]
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Video: McLaren MP4-12C undergoing high-speed testing in Spain
McLaren Automotive is putting the finishing touches on its brand new Mp4-12C and in an effort to make sure we don’t forget about the new supercar from McLaren, it released a new video today showing high-speed testing of the latest prototypes in Spain.
Featured in the short video are the XP8, XP10 and two XP Beta-phase [...]
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Photo Renderings: McLaren MP4-12C GTR
When McLaren unveiled the new MP4-12C last year, it expressed no interest in offering a race version for the motorsports world. Nonetheless, that doesn’t mean you can’t dream up one on your own. That’s exactly what one of our favorite automotive renderings artists, Jon Sibal, did.
Sibal says:
One of my favorite McLaren F1 variant is the [...]
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Video: Behind the scenes of the McLaren MP4-12C development
The much-anticipated McLaren MP4-12C will go on sale in Spring 2011; but what exactly is the process that McLaren Automotive goes through to get the MP4-12C on the road?
Check out this new video that shows the challenges and the comprehensive development program involved to produce the McLaren MP4-12C. The process includes simulation programs, Formula 1 techniques, [...]
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McLaren MP4-12C coming to U.S. in mid-2011, will be no show at LA
It was reported last month that McLaren plans to launch the MP4-12C supercar in the United States have been delayed to mid-2010. Well, according to Tony Joseph, McLaren’s regional director for North America, McLaren never had plans to launch the new supercar in the stateside in 2010.
Joseph said that the MP4-12C will arrive in the [...]
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McLaren MP4-12C U.S. launch delayed until mid-2010, will be no show at LA
McLaren Automotive is having some difficulty in setting up its U.S. dealer network to sell its new MP4-12C supercar. Apparently the launch of the car has been now delayed to until mid-2010.
McLaren had originally planned to show the MP4-12C at the 2009 L.A. Auto Show in December, but has now pulled out of the show [...]
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Design study envisions McLaren F1 successor
When McLaren Automotive revealed its MP4-12C last month, it said that it is already working on a second and third car for the brand. The MP4-12C would sit between the second and third model, leaving space below and above for McLaren Automotive engineers to explore.
While we have to wait to hear or see anything official [...]
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UK based publication AutoCar reports that McLaren Automotive’s permission application for its MP4-12C assembly plant included plans that showed a shopfloor area given over to a ‘Webasto RHT Sub Assembly.’ What the heck does that mean?
Webasto is known for its subsidiary OASys (Open Air Systems), which is responsible for producing convertible tops and roof modules. Apparently [...]
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