Posts Tagged ‘Mclaren’

Chris Harris Riding Shotgun In McLaren F1 GTR: Video

Thursday, January 19, 2012 7:41 by No Comments
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Not very often you see a guy like Chris Harris in the passenger seat of a car, but when the car in question is a million-pound McLaren F1, that’s a different story. It’s actually better than that. This particular F1 GTR is a Le Mans racer with street tires, a fully liveried 600bhp endurance racer [...]

Posted under category: Mclaren, Videos Tags: Chris Harris, Mclaren, Mclaren F1, Videos

McLaren F1 Successor: New Details and Rendering

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 18:12 by No Comments
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CAR Magazine spills the beans on the spiritual successor to McLaren F1 and releases a drawing to show us what it will – almost certainly – look like. Read More… Codenamed McLaren P12, this hyper car is currently in the clay model phase, but it will be ready in time for a 2013 debut. Unlike [...]

Posted under category: Mclaren, Rendering Tags: Mclaren, Mclaren F1, McLaren MP4-12C, Renderings

McLaren MP4-12C High Sport Edition: Video

Friday, January 13, 2012 17:33 by No Comments
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This might seem like a tuned McLaren MP4-12C, and it is in fact, but it’s tuned by McLaren themselves. It is a special edition. Read More… We haven’t had any official announcement from McLaren regarding this car, but apparently, it’s called the MP4-12C High Sport Edition or HS for short and it’s limited to only [...]

Posted under category: Mclaren, Videos Tags: Mclaren, McLaren MP4-12C, McLaren MP4-12C High Sport, Videos

McLaren MP4-12C Spider To Get Retractable Hard Top

Friday, January 6, 2012 19:08 by No Comments
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Rumors about the drop-top version of McLaren MP4-12C suggest the British supercar will get a folding carbon fiber hardtop. Read More… Not only that, it will also have a clever and rather complicated folding procedure. It apparently first rotate to vertical position and will then sinks behind the seats, like a sort of additional firewall. [...]

Posted under category: Mclaren Tags: Mclaren, McLaren MP4-12C, McLaren MP4-12C Spider

McLaren Becomes World’s First Carbon-neutral F1 Team

Tuesday, December 6, 2011 16:22 by No Comments
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Certified by Carbon Neutral Investments (CNI), McLaren Mercedes becomes the world’s first 100 percent carbon-neutral Formula 1 team. Read More… And while they were busy selecting appropriate and relevant initiatives to offset the team’s carbon footprint, Red Bull won all the races! It is great the McLaren is so aware of the environment, but they [...]

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McLaren Opens New Production Facility – Videos

Wednesday, November 23, 2011 16:37 by No Comments
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McLaren begins a new phase of their expansion program by inviting UK prime minister David Cameron over to open  new production site. Read More… The new site boosts the produciton of MP4-12C supercar, now that all its software glitches are debugged! McLaren will also make works and customer GT3 racecar operations for their first full [...]

Posted under category: Mclaren, Videos Tags: Mclaren, McLaren MP4-12C, Videos

Ron Dennis Writes To McLaren MP4 Owners

Thursday, October 20, 2011 17:17 by No Comments
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Ron Dennis, the man who left his Formula 1 career to guide McLaren in its quest to become a world class sports car maker, recently send a letter to people who bought the MP4-12C, assuring them that they are aware of the car’s problems and are working on the fix. It is a first, a [...]

Posted under category: Mclaren Tags: Mclaren, McLaren MP4-12C, Ron Dennis

New McLaren F1 Testing Underway

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 17:10 by No Comments
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McLaren has started official testing of the successor to the legendary F1, nicknamed the MegaMac, for 2014 launch. Read More… The new hyper car is set to regain its predecessor’s title as the fastest car in the world, which means beating the Veyron, the upcoming Tuatara SSC and the forthcoming Porsche 918 and Ferrari Enzo. [...]

Posted under category: Mclaren Tags: Mclaren, Mclaren F1, McLaren MP4-12C

McLaren MP4-12C Problems Are Just Software Glitches?

Friday, October 7, 2011 17:47 by 8 Comments
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McLaren’s new supercar MP4-12C, the car that’s supposed to expand the British firm’s business all around the world, is not doing so well these days. Read More… Even before the MP4 was launched it was having a hard time. Journalist who drove it all said the same thing: MP4 is a technical masterpiece, but it [...]

Posted under category: Mclaren Tags: Mclaren, McLaren MP4-12C

McLaren Showroom Opens In Milan

Saturday, September 10, 2011 12:48 by 2 Comments
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Continuing its global expansion program, McLaren opens its first ever showroom in Italy in Milan. Read More… McLaren Milan is one of 35 retailers worldwide to be appointed by McLaren to sell its future range of high performance sports cars, starting with the groundbreaking new MP4-12C. Locted on Corse Sempione 34/2, 20154 Milano, the state [...]

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Merdad Collection McLaren MP4-12C MehRon Preview

Monday, September 5, 2011 13:40 by No Comments
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British high-end tuner Merdad has come up with a solution to make the McLaren MP4-12C as exciting to look as it should have been. Read More… And they succeed where McLaren designer failed! Merdad’s MP4 called the MehRon GT, is more of a facelift, or to be more precise, a coachbuilt job than just a [...]

Posted under category: Mclaren, Tuning Tags: Mclaren, McLaren MP4-12C, Merdad

McLaren Launches Special Operations Unit

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 13:51 by No Comments
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The special operations unit in McLaren is a division responsible for bespoke and customized cars. Read More… The launch of the unit was celebrated recently at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this year by presenting an example of the groundbreaking new MP4-12C, finished in a unique version of Volcano Orange, and featuring a range of bespoke [...]

Posted under category: Mclaren Tags: Mclaren, McLaren MP4-12C

Gemballa Goes Racing With Two McLaren MP4 GT3

Monday, August 22, 2011 14:21 by No Comments
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The new Gemballa management is bored with tuning Porsches, and want to try out motorpsort. Read More… They just announced they will be participating in 2012 motorsport season, apparently in GT and endurance series, not with any Porsche, but two McLaren MP4-12C GT3. GEMBALLA Racing’s owner Steffen Korbach has signed with German racing guru Sascha [...]

Posted under category: Mclaren, Motorsport Tags: Gemballa, Mclaren, McLaren MP4-12C

Three McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Attack Spa-Francorchamps

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 13:27 by No Comments
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McLaren’s race car MP4-12c GT3 will be put through its pace this weekend at Total 24 Hours of Spa Francorchamps. Read More… The car might not be a perfect supercar, what with its lack of emotion and drama, but it’s sure an perfect race car with impeccable engineering. They have endlessly tested and tweaked the [...]

Posted under category: Mclaren, Motorsport Tags: Mclaren, McLaren MP4-12C, Spa Francorchamps

McLaren Tweaks The MP4-12C For More Drama and Emotion

Thursday, July 21, 2011 12:38 by No Comments
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McLaren finally throws in the towel and accepts their new MP4 is too much of an engineer’s car and they need to change it, or everybody will just go and buy Ferrari 458 instead! Read More… Ever since the car was introduced, every single automotive media that spent some time with the MP4 said the [...]

Posted under category: Mclaren Tags: Mclaren, McLaren MP4-12C