McLaren has announced production plans for 100 special-edition models in honor of the brand’s fiftieth anniversary. Production will be split between the 12C hardtop and the 12C Spider (50 each).
As we reported yesterday, an announcement regarding the future of McLaren’s F1 team would be coming this week. Now, barely 24 hours later, we’ve got the official press release from McLaren declaring that the venerable British team would be switching to Honda power in 2015.
It seems history has a way of repeating itself. After nearly 20 seasons with Mercedes-Benz power, McLaren could be switching to Honda engines when the new, turbocharged engine regulations take force in 2015. That is, if reports from a slew of F1-oriented sites are to be believed.
Yes, it may look like mindless drifting and messing about in the new, 903-horserpower, $1.3-million McLaren P1, but we’re sure there’s some kind of work going on here.
Today, McLaren has released the first of two videos about the design of the new P1. This video, called Designed By Air, showcases the car's aerodynamics.
While we’re a long way from New Zealand, home of brand new Highlands Motorsport Park, we still watched this lap record video with unblinking eyes. In it, driver Craig Baird pilots a McLaren MP4-12C GT3.
Were we to drive around on a Colorado mountain during the winter, we’d opt for a Range Rover. Or a Toyota Land Cruiser. Or even an Audi Q7. We would not, however, go for a low-slung, 616-horsepower, convertible supercar. Then again, we aren’t Pikes Peak ace Rhys Millen.
This is the Master Landing Page for the McLaren P1. From now on, as we further review this car, we will be updating this page with whatever fresh content we create. Future drive reviews, updated specifications, videos, and other relevant information will all be found right here, in one...
First came the design concept, then the track video, then the interior shots. Now McLaren, on its Facebook page, has revealed photos of the upcoming P1 at Bahrain International Circuit, and they are the most revealing yet.
McLaren will be showing the production version of the P1 hypercar at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show on March 5. Yes, that’s over a month away, and we know what an impatient bunch you are. So do McLaren, apparently.
McLaren is claiming this car is a significant redesign of 2012’s challenger. Following 2013’s new regulations, the nose of the MP4-28 features a “vanity panel,” designed to hide the unattractive nose of last season’s car. The overall look of the car, though, isn’t a huge departure from last season.
The McLaren F1's successor will be this, the P1. This particular vehicle is called a design study, built to preview what the P1 will look like when it goes on sale near the end of 2013.
We’ve already seen the stunning, hardtop-convertible version of McLaren’s MP4-12C super car (you can read our first piece on the 12C Spider right here). It’s an impressive looking machine to be sure. Despite having covered it, we simply couldn’t refuse an invite form the British company to get a...
McLaren has a long and storied history in the world of Can-Am racing. The series, ran in the 1960s and 70s featured absurd levels of power (1500 horsepower in some cars in qualifying form) and technology. The orange cars of Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme dominated for years until McLaren’s...
They are quite expensive cars near 500 K. And they are convertibles. So, what kind of security do they have? obviously they have an alarm system, I'm talking a little more high tech... maybe a tracking device?? I honestly don't know so any help would be great