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HeilSvenska 09-08-2009 10:11 PM

New McLaren road car: MP4-12C
 
Click for more info.

http://cache-foo-03.gawkerassets.com...clarenp112.jpg

3.8-litre McLaren M838T 90-degree V8 Twin Turbo
seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox
~600bhp and 443lb ft

mayer 09-08-2009 10:49 PM

Nice specs on the car. I hope that's just an artist's guess/rendering because it looks like shit.

r2r 09-08-2009 10:52 PM

One of the most unoriginal and boring designs.

What a shame!

MidEngine4Life 09-08-2009 10:56 PM

Looks great!(Though looks a bit like a Saleen rip off) Better than anything Ferrari is offering at the moment or near future. The one thing that bugs me is this.... Why the hell dont they name these cars. At this rate my grandson will have a poster of the "Lamborghini 7823-4587GHT488" on his wall

HeilSvenska 09-08-2009 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mayer (Post 870148)
Nice specs on the car. I hope that's just an artist's guess/rendering because it looks like shit.

No! Official press shots, fresh off the embargo!

mayer 09-09-2009 12:23 AM

^I didn't click on the picture originally and read the release. OMG!!! That looks like shit. :ohmy::laugh: That looks like something a small manufacturer like Noble would make. It looks so generic...hell, the new Noble M600 looks better.

http://www.netcarshow.com/noble/2010-m600/

EDIT: more pictures of the car with the Mclaren F1. Geez, the Ueno Clinic car looks so good next to this cookie cutter crap. At least it'll perform well.

http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/24..._supercar.html

MidEngine4Life 09-09-2009 05:33 AM

I just noticed something else it looks like.....
http://www.rsportscars.com/eng/artic...ollywood01.jpg

a007apl 09-09-2009 09:35 AM


10000rpmlover 09-09-2009 10:22 AM

this looks like an Ascari... oh wait, someone already noticed

hopefully it isn't a stripped down uncomfortable piece of junk like the Ascari, hopefully it will not be priced like a malibu condo, WTF? the original F1 went for a million bucks on its heyday, and now it tips the scales at over 1.8 cools

5vz-fe 09-09-2009 11:35 AM

Maybe it really is an Ascari chassis with Mclaren "tuning" + engine

enzoferrari 09-09-2009 12:29 PM

Not what I was expecting :( I'll take a 458 or GT2 over that any day.

mayer 09-09-2009 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by enzoferrari (Post 870162)
Not what I was expecting :( I'll take a 458 or GT2 over that any day.

GT3 RS better. :-)

This is a bigger disappointment lookwise than the Merc SLS. What a tacky interior to match the generic bulbous exterior.

fordgt84 09-09-2009 03:08 PM

it just doesn't look special enough...everything about its exterior and interior is average (and i'm sure that steering wheel is a retouched mercedes unit).

the only thing that will save it is its performance...in many ways mclaren are a victim of their own success, the F1 set the benchmark so high up, that even they are struggling to make something better.

mayer 09-09-2009 04:57 PM

HI-RES:
http://www.netcarshow.com/mclaren/2011-mp4-12c/

r2r 09-09-2009 06:38 PM

@ MidEngine4Life

Ha, Looks like I was spot on with my comment about unoriginal design!

Quote:

Originally Posted by a007apl (Post 870157)

It's sad to see Jay Leno, a man who owns some many cool cars, sells himself to Mclaren so fast. :thumbdown:

My biggest question is tp know how much involvement/say did Gordon Muray have in this project!


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