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  • McLaren’s First Showroom in Germany

    McLaren is going to open its first two showrooms in Germany, today. McLaren Dusseldorf and McLaren Hamburg are scheduled to open their doors in time for the 2011 Formula 1™ German Grand Prix which will take place at the Nurburgring this coming weekend.

    The new MP4-12C high-performance sports car will be offered as well as a wide range of services. Every showroom will exhibit a piece of history to highlight McLaren’s rich heritage with each McLaren showroom displaying a real McLaren race car, driven by some of the finest racing drivers in the world.

    McLaren Dusseldorf will exhibit MP4/5 which took Alain Prost to a world championship title in 1989 and Hamburg’s showroom will have MP4/6, the car in which Ayrton Senna won his third, and last championship title, in 1991.

    Two more showrooms are planned for this autumn – in Frankfurt and Munich.

    McLaren's First Showroom in Germany
    McLaren's First Showroom in Germany
    McLaren's First Showroom in Germany Outside
    McLaren's First Showroom in Germany Outside

    Source: McLaren

  • McLaren MP4-12C priced for Europe

    McLaren priced the perfect road machine MP4-12C from £168 500 (including 20% VAT) when it goes on sale in the UK in 2011.

    The car is just £1045 cheaper than Ferrari 458 Italia. Probably, this is the main reason why McLaren MP4-12C has already received over 2 700 pre-orders.

    MP4-12C is powered by features a twin-turbo 3.8-liter V8 engine 608PS (447 kW) and 599Nm (442 lb-ft) of torque. It is mated to a 7-speed “Seamless Shift” double-clutch transmission (more…)

  • Zonda Concept – A combination between R, F1 and Enzo

    Pagani Zonda – one of the greatest super cars, ever. A new model from the famous company is on its way – Zonda Concept , which is a combination between R model, McLaren F1 and Ferrari Enzo. The car is stil a creation of the designer Gary Gu.

    Again the car will be powered by AMG engine boosted to several million horsepower and again it will be made entirely from carbon fiber. The performance will be at decent level, which is something usual for Zonda cars. (more…)

  • McLaren F1 reunion

    McLaren F1 is a true legend. Still, after 20 years there is no faster normally aspirated production road car in the world. F1 GTR is the only car, which won Formula 1 World Championship, Indianapolis 500 and Le Mans 24 Hours. Furthermore, this was the first production road car to use a full carbon fibre monocoque.

    The first McLaren F1 car was launched on 28th May 1992 and delivered to its happy owner in December 1993.

    McLaren is a pioneer in carbon fiber technologies. They used carbon fibre chassis in 1981 for the first time. Nine years later, the carbon monocoque for the McLaren F1 was created and it weighs only 100kg and still has the highest levels of strength and safety. (more…)

  • Inside McLaren: developing the MP4-12C

    McLaren Automotive presents the first in a series of broadcast-quality short videos, which reveals the performance car testing programme for the new McLaren MP4-12C. (more…)

  • 2011 McLaren MP4-12C

    McLaren Automotive is getting ready to release the new McLaren Mp4-12C. Besides the strange name it is a successor of the legendary McLaren F1, so the expectations are enormous.

    The first and most shocking difference is the engine 3.8 litre 90⁰ V8 with two turbo-chargers – the ‘M838T’. McLaren F1 is powered by naturally aspirated V12 developed by BMW M division delivering 627hp and 651 N/m of torque. (more…)

  • Gordon Murray Design introduce T.25 City Car

    Gordon Murray Design’s T.25 City Car is not only designed around a central driving position but an MPV package offering 6 internal layouts within the same vehicle, each layout being easily achieved within 30 seconds.

    The T.25 City Car has been packaged to accept three 95th percentile occupants and the central driving position has been named ‘iCentre®’, although the actual concept dates back to 1966 when Gordon Murray first came up with the idea during his Mechanical Engineering studies at Durban Institute of Technology in South Africa. The three-seat configuration was put into production with the McLaren F1 and then resurrected in 1999 during the original study for Murray’s City Car – then known as Project 3. (more…)

  • British Steam Car Set To Shine In States

    The British team behind ‘Inspiration’ – the vehicle that will next month make an assault on the world land speed record for a steam-powered car – recently called on the skills of car care experts Autoglym as part of final preparations before the car is shipped to the USA for its record attempt. The Autoglym team was tasked with reducing surface drag and enhancing the appearance of the already stunning-looking car with a coat of its super-durable High Definition Wax. (more…)

  • JJad’s Much Acclaimed P1 Sports Car Continues To Take Shape – Now With Electric Power

    This is the electric car that enthusiasts WILL want to own!

    Former McLaren designer Jim Dowle (JJAD) first announced details of his eye-catching P1 sports car back in February of last year. The response was universally positive and the subsequent progress has been both rapid and dramatic – in particular, a switch to electric power means the P1-E is destined to be one of the world’s first purpose-built electric sports cars. With stunning acceleration (0-60mph in 2.9 secs), practical range (230 miles), low weight (1,055kg) and a price around £55,000, this gullwing–doored, pocket rocket will be the electric car enthusiasts really will want to own. (more…)