It's the British again, the company with the most aggressive in their development and the one that is simply anal about attention to detail that come forward with the promised Holy Grail. The new product is called the McLaren MP4-12C Spider and it's supposed to be one of the convertible supercars where nobody is able to tell the difference. McLaren...
We all know how important the Goodwood Festival of Speed is to the United Kingdom's many automotive enthusiasts but it's actually more important to car makers from the country. Everybody wants to turn up in a great car here but few are more bothered about the entire thing than the Brits. McLaren for example, as one of the most important...
So the McLaren MP4-12C is one fast supercar huh? Well wait till you see what it can do on a race track. Oh and don't think I'm talking about the new owners of the British supercar taking it for a round at Silverstone or Dunsfold (for those who know). McLaren have officially debuted their GT3 prepped version of the McLaren...
Wheelsandmore decided to release a complete tuning package for the British supercar developed by McLaren. We talk about the MP4-12C, a model which receives a significant power boost along with few minor styling tweaks. Under the bonnet of McLaren MP4-12C sits a 3.8-liter V8 unit offering 592 horses and 600 Nm of torque. Wheelsandmore reworked the ECU unit and installed...
There's plenty of stuff to to like about the still relatively new McLaren MP4-12C but there's also a couple of things one may not like. The most important of the latter category would be how it's overloaded with performance levels yet has almost no feel other than "cold and clinical". McLaren announced the fixing of the problem with a different...
And so another important member of the supercar family heats up the battle of the Nurburgring lap times, today, it's McLaren's MP4-12C. There's even a video of the British supercar on its rounds but sadly, it's not a full length one but rather a summary of the affair. Not sure if this is something to do with McLaren themselves or...
It seems that the British people from McLaren are encountering some production issues of the MP4-12C supercar. According to the company, we talk about minor problems which will not affect the performance or safety but they still have to take care of the issues. One problem of the British supercar could be the electrical head unit which appears to not...
The British supercar manufacturer recently announced that they officially entered the Italian market with their new showroom which is opened in the city of Milan. Jenson Button along McLaren's CEO, Martin Whitmarsh, had the opportunity to host the opening event which happened on Thursday, this week. The new showroom in Milan will be the only one in Italy and joins...
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 is the latest creation of the German specialists from Gemballa, a model which is designed to bring the victory in the motorsport competitions where Gemballa will race. According to Gemballa Racing, the team will use two McLaren MP4-12C GT3 vehicles in the 2012 season, this being the debut of the Germans in this kind of competition. Under...
It seems that the people from McLaren Automotive are given some help from a Singaporean businessman, Peter Lim, who decided to invest a significant amount of money in the car manufacturer. McLaren denied to announce how many million dollars Lim invested but they claim that we talk about a noteworthy amount. Currently, McLaren can boast with the MP4-12C and F1...
McLaren's latest big boy toy has had its first serious encounter with the world of endurance racing at the 24 hours at Spa. The British company announced somewhat gingerly that they would take their racing converted MP4-12C in the GT3 class the past weekend. Even though none of the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 units that raced round the infamous Spa-Francorchamps circuit...
The new McLaren supercar, the MP4-12C is genuinely fast and brilliant in every single measurable way but as early reviews have been telling us, it's missing something. Everybody appreciates the speed, the handling, the price, the engine, the brakes and so on but I'm guessing that this is the big reason behind the sales record of the British race car...
Yeah sure, there's a financial crisis aftermath out in the world and much of the population is still going through it. In the luckier corner of the world however, people are ordering McLaren MP4-12Cs. According to a recent report, there's so many of these lucky types that are interested in supercars that McLaren's new MP4-12C is effectively sold out for...
The Nurburgring circuit is a place of total fascination for everybody who has that car nut gene in them. For manufacturers on the other hand, it is a proving ground, a battle ground and a catwalk all rolled in to one. One of these manufacturers, particularly the British McLaren, had a bit of an incident on it yesterday which could...
If I were to say "Mega Mac" to you, there would probably be nothing on your mind that relates to the British at McLaren. That however is simply not the case, "Mega Mac" is not a fast food offering, but the latest project the infamous Formula 1 team and sports car maker who gave us the F1. After two decades...
The British specialists from McLaren are having some fun with the racing version of MP4-12C, a model which received the GT3 tag. Under the bonnet, the McLaren MP4-12 GT3 packs a 3.8-liter V8 engine coupled to a Ricardo paddle-shift transmission. Unfortunately, the British manufacturer released no details about the horsepower amount available but considering that the model is made for...
The British racetrack sensation of 2011 is really doing well through its test track sessions and it seems that in becoming a GT3 competitor McLaren's new car is much more interesting. Perhaps because of all that McLaren racing heritage or something but the MP4-12C GT3 really has a name that's more fitting on the track than it does on the...
The British people from McLaren will unveil the new MP4-12C for the European public at the Geneva Motor Show next month while the series production will start at the Woking plant in UK. As a supercar manufacturer we can't expect to see a very wide range of models in the future, thus, the MP4-12C has a difficult mission, namely to...
In what's something rather unexpected from McLaren, the high performance British company has turned its attention towards Nascar. They've done so that much that starting Nascar's 2012 season, the brits at McLaren will be seen on the supplier lists. After a recent bid just ended, McLaren, along with Freescale, have emerged victorious in becoming suppliers of the Nascar teams above...
Few days ago we talked about the chronograph developed by McLaren and TAG Heuer, a watch called MP4-12C which brings some features of the new British model such as carbon fiber trim and orange accents. Today, McLaren announced the pricing for the new MP4-12C. The McLaren MP4-12C packs a twin-turbo 3.8-liter engine able to develop 592 horsepower and 599 Nm...
