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Old 06-30-2004, 02:05 AM   #1
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With all these rage of supercars, Enzo, Carrera GT, Veyron, SLR, Saleen S7,Murcielago, Zonda, who would like to see another new McLaren supercar??? it would be great to see a new design for the McLaren F1 or a whole new McLaren supercar (im not talking of any Merc, or BMW) im talking of a pure McLaren!!
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Old 06-30-2004, 02:34 AM   #2
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i doubt if this would happen. they just released the SLR with mercedes. i don't think they'd put out another supercar anytime soon. i don't see the point why they should compete with a car they co-produced and co-developed with mercedes.
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Old 06-30-2004, 02:57 AM   #3
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McLaren is not very far in development at all..they dont even know what kind of chassis it will be yet, I read that it is going to compete with the gallardo and the 911 turbo and cars in that class..however it will be built in merecedes factories..
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Old 06-30-2004, 04:23 AM   #4
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What a waste. I don't think there will be another "McLaren" road car in the sense of the F1 ever again. I really can't praise the "Driving Ambition" book enough.

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Old 06-30-2004, 07:46 AM   #5
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There won't be another pure Mclaren car ever cos Mercedes has a big share of Mclaren now. If I’m not wrong and I think I read this not long time ago, Mercedes were actually thinking of buying a bigger share of the Mclaren so the to some extend Mclaren would be part of the Mercedes Group.
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Old 06-30-2004, 09:08 AM   #6
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Mclaren would be part of the Mercedes Group.
Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! That would be horrid. :fist:
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Old 06-30-2004, 12:46 PM   #7
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He7Lius: Currently MB owns 40% of McLaren. They have been tryign to persuade the three owners of McLaren-TAG to sell out a larger stake. My guess is it won't happen, esp. in light of MBs inconsistent engines in F1.

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Old 06-30-2004, 02:00 PM   #8
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Cant imagine McLaren owned by Mercedes that sucks and a lot!!!
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Old 06-30-2004, 03:54 PM   #9
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Heres some pics from autocar magazine:






Apparently there "will" be a baby mclaren coming soon, scheduled for 2008 i think, codenamed P8 and is being designed and built to rival the likes of the 911, gallardo and 360 with that sort of price.
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Old 06-30-2004, 04:11 PM   #10
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There are romours saying that McLaren will produce a range of supercars to battle ferrari , porsche and lambo , others say that the MB range will come in 2 tunning formats , the ultra fast AMG and the bizarre McLaren form .... dont know what they will do with the Mc laren name , but i want to see
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Old 06-30-2004, 04:28 PM   #11
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I really wouldnt like to see MB take more and more of mclaren. I think better cars would be built if AMG just gave mclaren their engines and let them get on with the rest.
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Old 06-30-2004, 09:31 PM   #12
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nice photos mindgam3. i've never seen that before. let us just remember that a lot of concept vehicles never make it to the production line. hope this car makes it though. it looks pretty stunning.
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Old 07-01-2004, 01:46 AM   #13
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I would like to see another McLaren supercar. But not a Mercedes McLaren. There's nothing wrong with the McLaren Mercedes SLR, i think it's great. But i'd like to see another extreme supercar that is lightweight with a V10 or V12 engine.
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Old 07-01-2004, 01:14 PM   #14
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Well, with mercedes having that percent of tha cake, I think its merely impossible........
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Old 07-01-2004, 01:54 PM   #15
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It is real that mercedes is building another car with mclaren, but it won't top the SLR
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