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  1. Feature Flick: McLaren MP4-12C Takes to the Dunes



    To celebrate the launch of McLaren in the Middle East, the British marque whipped up a video that tantalizes and delights with the MP4-12C touring in and around Abu Dhabi and the Yas Marina circuit. McLaren will be opening retail stores in six Middle East cities; and with McLaren of Abu ...    Read more

  2. Feature Flick: McLaren MP4-12C, Lexus LFA, Lamborghini Aventador Race A Bugatti Veyron



    Chances are you’ve already seen it on our home page – but there’s more to our story than celebrating the advancement in carbon fiber bodied automobiles becoming increasingly mainstream. It also gave us an opportunity to drag race four of the most exotic machines available to mankind on an open ...    Read more

  3. Last McLaren F1 GTR Built to be Auctioned at Quail Lodge



    The McLaren F1 was one of the most expensive cars ever built but, more importantly, it had the highest top speed of any production car to date. Street versions rarely surface for sale and race cars are even scarcer, but later in August the ex-GTC Gulf Team Davidoff 1997 ...    Read more

  4. Time to Shine: McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Prepares for Big Racing Debut



    The McLaren MP4-12C GT3 will not be going on vacation this summer. Instead, it will be hard at work as the 2012 motorsports season serves as the competitive racing debut for the GT3 race car. In short, there will be 25 MP4-12C GT3 cars racing ...    Read more

  5. Feature Flick: Motor Trend Tests the McLaren MP4-12C, Technical Wunderkind



    Today's supercar is an intoxicating blend of haute design and high technology, mixed with liberal amounts of power and torque. When it comes to high technology, however, one car stands a bit above the rest: the 2012 McLaren MP4-12C. Today's ...    Read more

  6. Geneva 2012: Tuner Cars Run Wild In Switzerland



    One of the best things about the Geneva show is all the crazy Euro tuner companies that show up and get great positioning on the show floor. Other auto shows really minimize the presence of tuners and focus on production cars from the big automakers. In Geneva, everyone is equal ...    Read more

  7. Sweet Mother Of God: Mansory Decks Out McLaren MP4-12C



    It just wouldn't be a Geneva Motor Show without a wild Mansory-tuned vehicle - and sure enough, the tuning firm revealed it'll bring a customized McLaren MP4-12C super car to the 2012 Geneva Motor Show next week. While Mansory has a reputation for crafting some rather garish ...    Read more

  8. McLaren Celebrates MP4-12C’s American Arrival With New Video



    McLaren's MP4-12C supercar is now being delivered to North American customers throughout the United States and Canada. To kick off the car's launch in this market, the company has released a video on YouTube showing the car being in ...    Read more

  9. Ferrari, Caterham, McLaren Reveal New Formula 1 Cars



    It's almost time for the start of the 2012 Formula 1 season, and teams around the globe are revealing their car designs for the new year. Road-car manufacturers Ferrari, Caterham, and McLaren are among the teams that have shown off their new cars in anticipation of this year's first race ...    Read more

  10. Hennessey Boosts McLaren MP4-12C to 800 Horsepower



    Hennessey Performance Engineering is at it again. This time the Houston, Texas-area and SoCal tuner has unleashed its newest package: the HPE800 Twin Turbo concept based on the McLaren MP4-12C. On the intake side Hennessey’s team upgraded the MP4-12C’s intercooler and air intake systems and ball-bearing turbochargers and added external ...    Read more

  11. 2012 McLaren MP4-12C EPA Rated, Avoids Gas Guzzler Tax



    The divide between supercar performance and green-car fuel economy is still pretty wide, but it looks like it’s inching closer: McLaren has announced that its MP4-12C supercar will not be subject to a gas guzzler tax when it goes on sale in the United States. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, ...    Read more

  12. McLaren Opens New Production Center, Hints at Future Production Cars



    McLaren Automotive has opened a new facility in which it will build the MP4-12C supercar -- and rumored future high-performance cars. The opening of the McLaren Production Center was attended by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, and will allow McLaren to accelerate production of the brand’s supercar. The new facility will ...    Read more

  13. Feature Flick: McLaren MP4-12C Runs the Nurburgring Nordscleife in 7:28



    The new McLaren MP4-12C has put up a good fight as a British alternative to the Ferrari 458 Italia. Now, McLaren has taken its car to the famed Nurburgring and managed to top the Ferrari around the track by about 5 seconds. McLaren took a production-intent car to run the ‘Ring ...    Read more

  14. Report: Next McLaren Supercar Begins Testing



    McLaren’s next supercar is now beginning testing in Spain and Germany ahead of the car’s debut in 2014. According to Autocar, the so-called “Mega Mac” is still designed to trump the performance credentials of the mighty Bugatti Veyron. As we had heard before, 799 hp of motivation will come from ...    Read more

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