The 2012 McLaren MP4-12C has managed to avoid federal gas-guzzler tax, an unlikely move for a supercar . However, the automaker is still ironing out creases in terms of ‘quality issues,’ which has caused the launch to be delayed to early January in the United States. Originally, the MP4-12C was supposed to go on sale [...]
UK auto publication Evo has unveiled its list of contenders for the Car of the Year 2011. Evo’s Car of the Year award has become UK’s gold standard of performance car comparisons, consisting of only the manufacturers of the hottest and most impressive new cars of the year. This year Evo headed to Portimao in [...]
Last week, we introduced a new segment here at egmCarTech that gives you a breakdown of the top 10 most important things you need to know about a certain car. Yes, we know that we’ve been focusing a lot on supercars with the new segment but we really can’t help it. So, today, we’re not [...]
McLaren Automotive has released a new video of the MP4-12C hot-lap around the Nurburgring Nordschleife. The lap was unofficial and was conducted time by Sport Auto Editor in Chief Horst von Saurma-Jeltsch. Saurma-Jeltsch lapped the track in 7 minutes and 28 seconds. We’re waiting for an official lap time. Click here for more news on [...]
McLaren is seeing a very healthy revitalization thanks to its MP4-12C super car. But let’s not forget, McLaren is most famous for producing the car that once held the record for being the world’s fastest production car for over a decade before Koenigsegg took the title in 2005. And because of their efforts to expand [...]
McLaren is slowing down production of the MP4-12 C due to quality issues – however, the company says the quality issues are not related to safety or performance. “There are no safety concerns for the delay,” Tony Joseph, director of McLaren North America, told Autoweek. “We’ve had some quality-related issues in a few cars we [...]
Ferrari may want to start looking in the rear-view-mirror because McLaren Automotive seems to be catching up pretty fast. The British automaker announced today that it has opened its first showroom in Milan, Italy. The opening was celebrated with more than 250 guests hosted by McLaren Automotive Managing Director Antony Sheriff and McLaren Milan Dealer Principal Ado [...]
At egmCarTech, we like to go by the philosophy of ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.’ However, when I first saw the renderings of the McLaren MP4-12C based MehRon GT, we decided to change our minds. A British tuning firm by the name of Merdad has just released the first renderings of their MehRon [...]
McLaren has been around for quite some time, but they’ve mostly spent majority of their efforts in the world of motorsports with very few offerings in the consumer market. Their first ever model was the McLaren F1, which held the title as being the world’s fastest production car for nearly a decade. Afterwards, McLaren teamed [...]
Gemballa is a common name that pops up in the world of motorsports and coachbuilding. I’m sure most of you have heard Gemballa and Porsche in the same sentence. Now though, Gemballa will be working with two McLaren MP4-12Cs. A new racing team was gathered for Gemballa and for the 2012 motorsports season, two McLaren [...]
