La ressource en français et anglais dédiée à la McLaren MP4-12C. The online resource in English and French dedicated to the McLaren MP4-12C.
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A selection of some remaining articles dedicated to first drive reports, with extracts which focused my attention. Popular Mechanics Climb in and it's clear that McLaren has shaved every detail to keep the width of its supercar down to manageable proportions....
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Interesting piece of information found in Evo: There's a tiny, front-facing camera in the roof lining of the orange test car. At first I thought Ron was spying on us. Turns out it's a system called Track Data Display. There are two other cameras, one...
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I could finally read Evo's report after they drove the MP4-12C. They had the chance to drive the car 3 times in fact: in Portugal like everybody, on Top Gear track and finally in Wales. A few extracts from their impressions for Portugal first, with a...
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Le magazine français Sport Auto a eu l'occasion lui aussi de prendre en main la McLaren MP4-12C dans son numéro de Mars 2011. Voici quelques morceaux choisis de leur essai. La MP4 ressemble à tout sauf de l’amateurisme. Elle semble être le fruit d’une...
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Design talks has published two articles with McLaren designer Frank Stephenson. The first one about the overal design of the car, the second one about interior design.
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A very interesting article about the monocoque chassis has been published a little while ago in Composite World. Link to the online article here.
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There is a huge coverage of the car in the British press... this is not really a surprise for a British car, one which is set to make a blow at Ferrari's face ! Here is a summary: Octane You can find a short summary of the magazine's review online but...
Lire la suiteAs car car passionate, I have taken the habit to focus my attention on some specific cars and gather as much data and information on them as possible. Recently, I did it for the Porsche 911 GT2, the Mercedes SLS AMG and the Nissan GT-R, but I never went...
Lire la suitePassionné par l'automobile, j'ai pris l'habitude depuis de nombreuses années de faire pour moi des synthèses techniques et des rapports d'essais consacrés à certaines voitures marquantes à mes yeux. J'ai récemment fait cela pour la Porsche 911 GT2, la...
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I will publish a series of posts dedicated to the various press reports written after the MP4-12C press presentation in Portugal. This first post will focus on some key notes from the 4 major American magazines, as well as from Inside Line. More North...
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