09-08-2009, 10:11 PM
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New McLaren road car: MP4-12C
Click for more info.
3.8-litre McLaren M838T 90-degree V8 Twin Turbo
seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox
~600bhp and 443lb ft
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09-08-2009, 10:49 PM
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Nice specs on the car. I hope that's just an artist's guess/rendering because it looks like shit.
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09-08-2009, 10:52 PM
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One of the most unoriginal and boring designs.
What a shame!
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09-08-2009, 10:56 PM
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Looks great!(Though looks a bit like a Saleen rip off) Better than anything Ferrari is offering at the moment or near future. The one thing that bugs me is this.... Why the hell dont they name these cars. At this rate my grandson will have a poster of the "Lamborghini 7823-4587GHT488" on his wall
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09-08-2009, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by mayer
Nice specs on the car. I hope that's just an artist's guess/rendering because it looks like shit.
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No! Official press shots, fresh off the embargo!
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09-09-2009, 12:23 AM
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^I didn't click on the picture originally and read the release. OMG!!! That looks like shit.   That looks like something a small manufacturer like Noble would make. It looks so generic...hell, the new Noble M600 looks better.
http://www.netcarshow.com/noble/2010-m600/
EDIT: more pictures of the car with the Mclaren F1. Geez, the Ueno Clinic car looks so good next to this cookie cutter crap. At least it'll perform well.
http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/24..._supercar.html
Last edited by mayer; 09-09-2009 at 12:29 AM.
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09-09-2009, 05:33 AM
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I just noticed something else it looks like.....
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09-09-2009, 09:35 AM
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09-09-2009, 10:22 AM
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this looks like an Ascari... oh wait, someone already noticed
hopefully it isn't a stripped down uncomfortable piece of junk like the Ascari, hopefully it will not be priced like a malibu condo, WTF? the original F1 went for a million bucks on its heyday, and now it tips the scales at over 1.8 cools
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twin turbo, AWD, AWS, 6spd, drop dead gorgeous, what's not to like? mitsubishi should go back and make these again
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09-09-2009, 11:35 AM
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Maybe it really is an Ascari chassis with Mclaren "tuning" + engine
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09-09-2009, 12:29 PM
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Not what I was expecting  I'll take a 458 or GT2 over that any day.
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09-09-2009, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by enzoferrari
Not what I was expecting I'll take a 458 or GT2 over that any day. |
GT3 RS better. 
This is a bigger disappointment lookwise than the Merc SLS. What a tacky interior to match the generic bulbous exterior.
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09-09-2009, 03:08 PM
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it just doesn't look special enough...everything about its exterior and interior is average (and i'm sure that steering wheel is a retouched mercedes unit).
the only thing that will save it is its performance...in many ways mclaren are a victim of their own success, the F1 set the benchmark so high up, that even they are struggling to make something better.
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09-09-2009, 04:57 PM
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09-09-2009, 06:38 PM
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@ MidEngine4Life
Ha, Looks like I was spot on with my comment about unoriginal design!
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It's sad to see Jay Leno, a man who owns some many cool cars, sells himself to Mclaren so fast. 
My biggest question is tp know how much involvement/say did Gordon Muray have in this project!
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