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Gordon Murray may be busy working on his T25 family city-car, but the creator of the McLaren F1 has not abandoned plans to work on a successor to the landmark supercar.
“It will be the world’s next F1,”Murray told CAR Magazine. “However, it will be a dramatic step backward in power and top speed.”
Murray said that [...]
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McLaren Chairman Ron Dennis recently announced plans for a new facility that will build a “range of high-performance, high-technology sports cars.” The McLaren Production Center (MPC), will be capable of building 20 McLaren sports cars per day while creating 800 new jobs.
McLaren said that the MPC will release its first “high performance and highly efficient [...]
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McLaren announces plans for new facility to produce a range of high-performance sports cars
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
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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JJAD P1-E to take on Tesla with 389-hp and 230 miles of zero-emissions driving
Former McLaren designer Jim Dowle has released details on his latest creation – the P1-E. The British electric-sports car is said to be inspired by the Lotus Exige with Mercedes SLR-style gullwing doors. So it looks good and sounds cool – what’s under the hood that will help Dowle steal customers away from Fisker and Tesla?
The new electric-version [...]
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RENNTECH 777 proves that horsepower war isn’t over just yet
It seems like every time AMG boss Volker Mornhinweg announces that “the horsepower war is over” RENNTECH comes out with a press release releasing an new horsepower upgrade for AMG vehicles.
“Last year, it was a coincidence that we were releasing a new, 695 hp performance package for the 65 series AMG cars at around the [...]
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A 1997 McLaren F1 was auction off for £2.5 million ($4.1 million USD) last night at RM Auction’s in Battersea, London. The McLaren F1 was a showroom car that had just 270 miles on it and sold for £1.1 million ($1.8 million USD) more than the estimated value.
However, the highlight of show was a Ferrari 250 GT California [...]
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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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Brand Spankin’ New Images: Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster 722 S
Mercedes-Benz has just dropped a couple of more shots of the new Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster 722 S. We saw the car earlier this month in Paris and we expect to catch it again at the 2008 LA Auto Show next month.
Mercedes-Benz will only be making 150 units of the drop-top SLR McLaren Roadster 722 [...]
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Spy Shots: 500-hp McLaren P11 caught by base
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. [...]
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