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McLaren MP4-12C: a sub-4 second car [Video]
With its latest supercar, McLaren has shifted its focus from outright power to more focused driving characteristics and an almost-fanatical approach to weight reduction. The new MP4-12C has a mid-mounted twin-turbocharged 3,8-litre V8 that produces 441 kW and 600 N.m of torque. Watch it in action here and read a full driving impression in the March 2011 issue of CAR – on sale now.
The South African Supercar…the Zagato is nearly here!
It looks like a futuristic Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe, that’s not a bad place to start since these iconic Cobra’s have ruled many a race track and made even more modern supercars scamper away with their tails behind their legs.
We are told by Mike Bruce that this beauty will be sold with exclusive rights by Investment Cars in SA. The vehicle will be manufactured in the armpit of South Africa, P.E and will be available as early as June/July this year.
McLaren MP4-12C review countdown: McLaren F1 drive
Inch by glossy inch, the McLaren F1 emerges from the unassuming box trailer, its fanfare the slow, gritty whirr of the winch. Moments later it’s sitting there in all its understated glory, the greatest supercar the world had ever seen, the best car in the world, circa 1994.
The F1 moved the supercar game on so far that it was over a decade before any other road car got close to its performance, and even though its headline figures have now been bettered, some would argue that as a complete car the F1 is still without peer.
Can it be so, despite the relentless pace of automotive development, despite the advances in materials, tyres and brakes, engine and gearbox technology and electronic control systems? The F1 has aged well aesthetically, which is the reward for not being fashionably styled at the time, but there are clues that it is not a recent design. Notable is the lack of obvious aerodynamic kit, such as a low front splitter and rear diffuser, and the tyres are rather plump, especially at the rear, but even when the car was revealed in the early ’90s these aspects of the F1 pointed up Gordon Murray’s uniquely informed approach to re-setting the supercar benchmarks.
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