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McLaren debuted the 2013 MP4-12C at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this past weekend. Jenson Button whipped a production prototype version of the machine up Goodwood Hill back on June 30. McLaren has nudged final output from 593 horsepower to 616, and revised the throttle and shift mechanisms …
DAY THREE - THE SNOW BEFORE THE SWEET REWARD
On Day Two there were plenty of opportunities to try all chassis setups and I explored them all. So doing, I spotted those couple of things that could use work in the future. But I honestly have to say I was falling ever more under the spell …
It seems like it has been forever in the making but McLaren is now actively selling right here in Toronto. The already legendary MP4-12C is moving off dealer floors across North America even though we saw the car at the preview back in summer of 2010. Here in Canada, the man that made this …
It seems like it has been forever in the making but McLaren is now actively selling right here in Toronto. The already legendary MP4-12C is moving off dealer floors across North America even though we saw the car at the preview back in summer of 2010. Here in Canada, the man that made this …
McLaren has confirmed the rumored improvements to its 2013 MP4-12C, which we can now refer to as the “616-horsepower British exotic.” The 25-horsepower bump to the twin-turbocharged 3.8-litre V8 is the biggest of the upgrades, but the MP4-12C also gets some transmission tweaks that result in …
McLaren has confirmed the rumored improvements to its 2013 MP4-12C, which we can now refer to as the “616-horsepower British exotic.” The 25-horsepower bump to the twin-turbocharged 3.8-litre V8 is the biggest of the upgrades, but the MP4-12C also gets some transmission tweaks that result in …
If you’re going to go up against the Ferrari 458, a coupe isn’t going to do it alone. No, for that you’ll need a convertible version, too, to steal away customers who’d otherwise be putting their names down on the wait list for the 458 Spider.
Lamborghini knows that, as it has demonstrated …
The Middle East is an enormously vital market for McLaren, and not just because its oil barons have the cash to buy as many MP4-12C supercars as they and every member of their family could possibly want. While the team has only won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix once and has yet to do the same at the …
Our friends at Car and Driver recently spent some time poking and prodding around McLaren headquarters in Woking, England, and they have confirmed plans for a convertible MP4-12C. This isn’t exactly earth-shattering news, having been rumored since 2009 and even spotted earlier this year, but it …
Niche automakers face a difficult decision: lay out the mountain of cash it takes to have their exotic rides certified for North American roads, or save the money and miss out on a very large market. McLaren Automotive had the new MP4-12C homologated for Canada and the U.S and now they’re …
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