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Video: Jay Leno visits McLaren to check out the MP4-12C

Posted: Sep 09, 2009

Filed under: McLaren, Videos

Earlier this morning we saw our first look at the new McLaren MP4-12C. A video of Jay Leno visiting McLaren at their headquarters has popped up on the Internet showing the car enthusiast checking out the new McLaren. Watch as McLaren’s managing directory, Antony Sheriff, gives Jay Leno a personal tour on McLaren and the [...]

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McLaren MP4-12C: First batch of details and images released

Posted: Sep 09, 2009

Filed under: 2011 Releases, Auto Shows, McLaren

It’s finally here. Known to us so far as the P11, McLaren today took the wraps off its new MP4-12C – the first road-going McLaren since the F1. Apparently, McLaren thinks that the most exciting part of this car isn’t the engine, but the chassis structure that they call “Carbon MonoCell.”
It’s the first time a [...]

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McLaren announces plans for new facility to produce a range of high-performance sports cars

Posted: May 20, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

Last month, Chairman Ron Dennis confirmed that McLaren is working on a line of new high-performance cars, including a successor to the F1. Today, Dennis announced plans for a new facility for the “British-built range of high-performance, high-technology sports cars.”
Known as the McLaren Production Centre (MPC), the facility will be located adjacent to the McLaren [...]

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McLaren working on a line of supercars to compete with Bugatti and Koenigsegg

Posted: Apr 01, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

Under the guidance of CEO Ron Dennis, McLaren is planning to climb back to the top of the supercar ranks with a line of new high-performance models including a successor to the F1. According to AutoCar, McLaren is looking to take on high-end performance models such as those produced by Bugatti and Koenigsegg.
Sources say that [...]

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McLaren planning new affordable coupe

Posted: Oct 29, 2008

Filed under: Industry News

Next to its much talked about P11 supercar, McLaren engineers and designers are reported to be hard at work at a family of sports cars. Besides the P11, McLaren will be building three separate model ranges after space is freed up at its Woking headquarters when it ends its relationship with Mercedes-Benz and the last [...]

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Spy Shots: 500-hp McLaren P11 caught by base

Posted: Oct 14, 2008

Filed under: Industry News, Mercedes-Benz, Spy Shots/Renderings

The folks over at AutoExpress have caught a prototype of the upcoming McLaren, codenamed the P11. The highly-anticipated P11, that will hit the roads in 2010, was caught undergoing testing at McLaren’s base in Woking, Surrey.
While it’s hard to see anything through the heavy disguise, one thing is clear. It’s as compact as McLaren has promised. [...]