McLaren P1 Shows Up Alongside MP4-12C Spider in 2013 Formula 1 Car Launch [w/Video]

We can safely say that McLaren is showing off its upcoming P1 hypercar quite a lot lately – not that we’re complaining, of course. Barely a week after releasing a new video and a set of images of an “XP” (for “experimental”) test car with a black and white camouflage that did nothing to hide its lines, the company chose its 2013 Formula 1 contender’s launch to flaunt the P1 again. Read more »

McLaren Continues Development of P1 Hypercar, Shares New Track Video

Since its unveiling at last year’s Paris Auto Show, McLaren’s new hypercar, the P1, has generated quite a lot of interest. If that’s natural with any such car, in the case of the P1 it has been amplified by a.) the fact that the company is keeping its cards very close to its chest concerning a lot of the details and b.) that it will be launched in the same year as its direct rivals, i.e. the Ferrari “F150” and the Porsche 918 Spyder.

Now the Woking outfit has issued a press release informing us that the development of the P1 continues “ahead of its next global appearance”. Well, that will probably be Geneva in March then.

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McLaren MP4-12 Falls Into the Tuning Hands of DMC

For its next project, German sports car tuner DMC has selected the McLaren MP4-12C coupe, which it is teasing through a single photograph and preliminary details.

The package being prepared by DMC is named the "Velocita" and it will include an assortment of aerodynamic and styling components such as a redesigned front grille and lower lip spoiler made from carbon fiber, along with side skirts, rear diffuser and an "aggressive" wing.

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McLaren Updates MP4-12C GT3 Racer for 2013, WRC Champion Loeb to Compete in FIA GT

Non-motorsport fans may overlook racing versions of sports cars but the fact is, they make for a very lucrative business for automakers that, naturally, are very happy to put some effort into them.

Like Ferrari, Porsche and Mercedes-Benz, McLaren has developed a GT3-spec variant of its MP4-12C supercar that was supplied to 13 customer teams last year. In its inaugural season, the 12C GT3 took part in 98 separate events, mostly in Europe, and claimed 19 victories and a further 19 podium finishes.

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Serial supercar McLaren P1

In Paris, in September, a presentation of the concept McLaren P1. Once it was announced that the soon to be shown and the production version of the supercar. Furthermore, the creators have promised that it will be not much different from the Paris prototype.

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How is build McLaren MP4-12C

Have you ever wondered why supersport cars are so expensive? To give you an answer to this question we will take you in Woking (Surrey, England) to visit the McLaren Group, where you can see how is build one of the best supercars you can buy a McLaren MP4-12C. McLaren factory is located on a 500.000 m² site, it is a glass-walled building, designed by the architect Norman Foster. About 1.000 people work at the Technology Centre which is responsible for the McLaren Formula One racing and McLaren Automotive.  Watch the video here

Supercar McLaren P1 was submitted for testing

Dvuhdverku McLaren P1 until now we could both be considered only as a concept, shown in Paris in September of this year. Camouflaged prototype, however, is caught in the streets, but mercilessly wrapped cloth. Now, in view fotoshpionov found himself a likely pre-production, a copy of the model.

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McLaren MP4-12C Spider (2013)

Basem Wasef gets behind the wheel of the 2013 McLaren MP4-12C Spider

McLaren MP4-12C Can-Am Edition

The most powerful version, the British supercar will edition of 30 pieces.

This car must travel on public roads, in addition, it will not take in any racing series. Rear wheel drive supercar with turbo 3.8 V8 capacity of 630 liters. with. different from regular MPC-12C reduced to 1 200 kg mass (-136), carbon fiber racing aerokitom (increases downforce by 30%), Akebono brakes and air condition in the database.

In Britain, McLaren MP4-12C Can-Am Edition worth at least £ 375,000 or € 467,000 at today's exchange rate.

Formula 1: Indian Grand Prix Race Report

You lose some, you win some. Even McLaren with its Honda-powered MP4/4 driven by Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, who completely dominated the 1988 season, failed to win all 16 races.

After 11 straight wins, it lost to Ferrari. It then continued its streak, claiming a startling 15 wins out of 16 starts but by a strange twist of fate, the one it lost was on Scuderia’s home ground and, at the same time, the first Italian GP after Enzo Ferrari’s death…

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C&D Tests McLaren’s MP4-12C Spider, Does Ferrari Finally Have Something to Worry About?

Motoring journalists are not an easy crowd to please; at least the pros. Supercars get their fair share of criticism if they deserve it, even if it means that the “offending” editor or publication is subsequently considered a persona non gratta for the manufacturer.

All motoring hacks agreed that McLaren’s MP4-12C was something of a mixed bag. An impressive piece of engineering, it got top marks for its technology, interior, performance, handling and ride.

On the downside, it failed in its most critical test: it didn’t measure up to the class benchmark, Ferrari’s 458. Put simply, it was deemed too clinical and uninvolving, which are cardinal sins as far as a supercar is concerned.

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Carros que podem ou poderiam chegar ao Brasil: McLaren MP4-12C

A McLaren só está presente no Brasil por importadores independentes, mas a marca mesmo em si não está no Brasil. Claro, que com a marca instalada no Brasil o preço do modelo fica um pouco mais em conta, mas quem tem dinheiro para pagar o importador não vai reclamar de pagar um pouco a mais para ter o veículo em sua mansão. O modelo, poderia chegar ao Brasil, e competir com as Ferrari's, Lamborguini's, Aston Martin, entre outras marcas de alto luxo e esportividade que já se encontram no Brasil. O preço, da MP4-12C, claro que ficaria nas altura, com preços beirando a casa dos R$2.000.000, até porque se trata de um esportivo, que é bem bonito, e potente, claro!

McLaren MP4-12C Spider Preview Images Wallpaper

McLaren MP4-12C Spider - British roadster appeared on the set of photographs.

All the details on the equipment MP4-12C Spider we passed earlier. In the video - presentation of the model at the August contest elegance in Pebble Beach, California. In the same supercar debuted X1, a single instance commissioned fan of the brand.

McLaren Unleashes 72 Photos and Full Specs of New MP4-12C Spider

Following the posh reveal of the MP4-12C Spider at the Pebble Beach weekend in California at the end of August, McLaren has now come out with a fresh gallery of images and detailed specifications of the open top model.

The big difference over the tweaked 2013 model year fixed-roof coupé version of the MP4-12C series is, of course, the Spider's Retractable Hard Top (RHT) with a fully automatic two-piece design that can be raised or lowered in under 17 seconds at speeds of up to 30 km/h (19 mph).

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Neiman Marcus “Special Christmas Gift” is Limited-Edition Version of McLaren MP4-12C Spider

The great F. Scott Fitzerald summed it up perfectly: “Let me tell you about the rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them… unless you were born rich, it is very difficult to understand.”

Apparently, Neiman Marcus understands all too well, no matter if they were born rich, married into money or made their fortune by themselves. That’s why every year its Christmas Book catalogue includes, among other things, a limited edition of an automobile, which is priced accordingly.

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Formula 1: 2012 Japanese Grand Prix Race Report

This year, up until now, Fernando Alonso scored three wins in 14 races and apart from a single retirement in Belgium, he always finished with points. That’s the reason why, despite his Ferrari not being the fastest car on the grid, the two-time Formula 1 world champion was leading the 2012 driver’s championship.

At the Japanese Grand Prix that took place on Sunday morning at the Suzuka circuit, the Spaniard didn’t even make it past the first corner, retiring for the second time this season.

Right after the red lights went out signaling the start of the race, his Ferrari came in contact with Kimi Raikkonen’s Lotus and spun at turn one.

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McLaren X-1 Preview, Image Wallpaper

McLaren X-1

Founded in August 2011, the Department of McLaren Special Operations (MSO), of course, is named so on purpose. Yet the performance of the order to the full, "dressing up" supercar MP4-12 ° C, this was a special operation, even for MSO. Proposal from one of the fans of the brand, it was the type of stuff that are not discarded.

Special operation to create the X-1 began almost three years ago, before launching into a series of "donor", the MP4-12 ° C, with a conversation between Ron Dennis, CEO of McLaren, and the customer, whose name was not disclosed, and the financial capacity to infinity. Conciseness request "timeless, classically elegant design" did not do his performance easier. The original "cloud images" formed after the three-hour meeting the customer with Paul McKenzie, head of the MSO, and Frank Stephenson, Design Director McLaren, included hundreds of items from the world of cars, fashion, architecture, music and cinema. And after careful screening is set uzhalos not to the point, but only up to the dots. Automotive component represents Mercedes-Benz 540K 1939, Chrysler D'Elegance Ghia 1953, Buick Electra 1959, Facel Vega 1961, Citroen SM 1971 and charismatic trailer Airstream. Architectural - building the Guggenheim Museum in New York and Bilbao. "Fashion" - Jaeger LeCoultre watches in the art deco style. "Music and Design" - a piano. "Cinematic" - black-and-white photos of Audrey Hepburn. And the most natural eggplant - the customer really liked shiny surface. Car and small truck in hard currency bank notes that this "Captain Nemo" was ready to roll out for the realization of his dreams, maklarenovtsev convinced that the requirement of the competition with third-party designers, is not offensive, but quite reasonable. Yet in the end won the project represents McLaren Korean Hong Yeo. According to him, the challenge is giving the classic elegance of the car with a mid-engine layout. Moreover, the customer received one prescription to use this stylistic element is the "rails", reaching the upper edge of the front fenders and cutting a rear window. Other equally categorical requirement was to manufacture a full-size layout of the X-1. No 3D-models! With such a hard-line approach to the hoisting of cast carbon chassis MP4-12 ° C body panels could be, of course, also only carbon and metal items (including logo and wing air brakes) are turned from billet aluminum. Timeless accent in the form of cover up the rear wheels lift from carbon fiber called for creation of a system of hinges unthinkable. The double cockpit MP4-12 ° C, which was not subjected to a radical redesign, though there were unique features, such as titanium sheath imparting carbon fiber 3D-effect. That in the "source code" are satisfied customer - so it returns a 3.8-liter biturbo-V8 at 625 liters. with. However, in the MSO were ready pokoldovat and over "iron." This is not much would increase the cost of setting up McLaren X-1 and its personal homologation ...

Supercar McLaren F1 Preview and Images

In the French capital has shown a prototype of its flagship supercar F1.

Presented by car - this is only a layout. However, production vehicles, which will show in the spring, it will be like 95%. McLaren said the engine still only power to weight ratio - it will be 600 hp per tonne, it is the new F1 will receive about 700-750 liters. with.

Weight saving, the hyperfine carbon, of which the body. The latter due to its shape provides the downforce, almost like a GT3 racing car class and 5 times larger than that of the younger model MP4-12C.

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