McLaren MP4-12C - Full Specs Announced [Video]

Jenson and Lewis take a spin

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 nederina nederina
If only they could make it sound as good as it goes. I just wish they planted Lexus LFA's V10 in the baby McLaren
March 18, 2010 8:24 am
 Joe_Limon Joe_Limon
Why would you want them to plant in a larger heavier engine with less power torque and poorer fuel economy? It's not like the CBR250 engine sound is that great.
March 18, 2010 9:28 am
 DrPlacebo DrPlacebo
what he said.
March 18, 2010 9:52 am
 Edison Edison
With the exception of engine note, this engine will eat the V10 in the LF-A for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, just look at the incredible specs. I am really diggin this car more and more. Will love to see how it stacks up to the 458 Italia.
March 18, 2010 5:04 pm
 Altair477 Altair477
@Joe_Limon, ur the most clueless person i have ever seen in my entire life, u better shut ur mouth if u dont know anything about cars. just to give u some information to add to ur idiocy, the Engine in the LFA is V10 that has a size of V8 & a weight of V6, and if u think the engine sound is not great then u shud really shut up & take ur idiocy away from here, by all reviewers who Drived the LFA said that the sound is as great as Ferrari & some of them said it's bit better.
April 14, 2010 7:19 pm
 gooniz gooniz
this is not mclaren. its not even close to any super or hyper car. how can you go from (F1 + SLR) to this. anyone with the money will consider ferrari or lambo over this on any given day. bring back the old Mclaren.
March 18, 2010 9:11 am
 scratchy996 scratchy996
this is exactly what everyone said about the Gallardo , then they tested it and loved it. this car is the entry level McLaren, this will give them the cash they need to develop the high end hypercars that will follow.
March 18, 2010 12:52 pm
 M! M!
@gooniz, you must be kidding about the SLR.
March 18, 2010 8:28 pm
 gooniz gooniz
I was talking about performance and looks not the same company. English is no my first language :)
March 19, 2010 4:53 am
 SD-AMG SD-AMG
Looks to much like a mix of Carrera GT and Lamborghini Gallardo.. Not special enough.
March 18, 2010 9:26 am
 DrPlacebo DrPlacebo
It's the only road car they make in contrast and it's kindred are a bunch of F1 cars. Plus it bears a healthy amount of resemblance to the McL F1 road car. Do you mean flashy?
March 18, 2010 9:55 am
 chris25 chris25
Wow it does look good in matte black & good to see Chris Goodwin over there but those mirrors look weird.
March 18, 2010 11:24 am
 RobERob RobERob
All around it's just a beautiful car. Still, I'd rather have an F1; a car I consider in a class of it's own. If anything, that car had more influence on just about every supercar you can think of after it so suffice it to say, this McLaren doesn't look like any Lambo or GT: it looks like a smaller F1!
March 18, 2010 11:56 am
 Bristol411S3 Bristol411S3
I can't believe they kept in flicking the Vs! :-)
March 18, 2010 11:58 am
 Kwihk Kwihk
i'll take it.
March 18, 2010 12:36 pm
 MTC MTC
It's a rare breed of supercar, this it has a simply clean design, unlike all the others
March 18, 2010 2:54 pm
 moodyaaa moodyaaa
I don't think that it will be like its old sister in anyway at all, as long as it misses the M power :(
March 18, 2010 4:29 pm
 LemieT LemieT
Sometimes I wonder what people find appealing about the SLR, this car is what McLaren is about... Only thing missing is the BMW M powertrain, although these days they are off on a tangent...
March 18, 2010 9:08 pm
 scratchy996 scratchy996
Mercedes still owns a part of McLaren, they won't use a BMW engine.
March 18, 2010 11:56 pm
 Joe_Limon Joe_Limon
Mclaren is poised to fully buy out Mercedes by the end of the year. And why would they use a bmw engine when they have spent the time and effort developing their own engine from the ground up?
March 19, 2010 8:33 am
 Captain Scarlett Captain Scarlett
Can?t help feeling that this is a bit of an anti climax. At least it'll get half a chance of actually being produced unlike other British companies I could mention.
March 19, 2010 5:40 am
 BavarianMS BavarianMS
I never really liked the side gills but in this color, the car is really growing on me just the way it is. Still don't like the orange paint job though.
March 19, 2010 5:24 pm
 Lennox.... Lennox....
Awsome Vid!
March 19, 2010 7:42 pm
 Shark Shark
What a machine!! This will eat and spit out that fugly 458 Italia, Gallardo and pretty much anything else in its class! Car and Driver reported that McLaren said it will do 0-60 MPH in under 3 seconds and 0-124 MPH in under 10 seconds... Good-bye Ferrari you'll be left in the dust!
March 21, 2010 12:48 pm