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.
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...
A selection of customer reports available on McLaren Life forum. 14 DAYS / 1000 MILES (ROUNDINCIRCLES) link My background is motorcycles (15,000 miles a year) and mainly non-turbo 911's plus a Q5 as a daily drive. The MP12 astonishes me with its explosive...
Article en Français et Anglais / Article in French and English Selon une lettre postée sur le site McLaren driver, une mise à jour logicielle prochaine devrait permettre à la MP4-12C de gagner 25 chevaux ainsi que des amélioration à l'interface (système...
From the printed issue of the magazine, here is the track test report. I haven't been through the rest of the article to comment it, but overall, this seems to be a very positive review ! When we made the call to tell Deon Joubert that local agents Daytona...
Communiqué de presse officiel en français. Jul 3, 2012 Le toit rétractable unique de la nouvelle 12C Spider peut être actionné alors que le véhicule est en mouvement, jusqu'à 30 km/h S'appuyant sur les mêmes technologies issues de la F1, la 12C et la...
MOTORSPORT MAGAZINE (SUPERTEST) – AOUT/SEPTEMBRE 2013 Ceux qui voient encore la 12C comme une handicapée affective froide et efficace n’ont pas passé trois jours en sa compagnie. Nous, si… Aventador, ZR1, GT3 RS4 4.0, 458 Italia… Depuis 2011, plus de...
Comment by Randy Pobst: Wow, what an amazing experience. I’m gonna tell you, I both like it and hate it. This McLaren raises the level of stability control to a whole other realm. There’s a lot of computing at work while I’m driving and it’s extremely...
Après 4 mois écoulés en 2012, il est possible de faire une première courte synthèse des nouveaux essais de la MP4-12C (Sport Auto France, Motor Trend, Inside Line, Car - Afrique du Sud). Ceux-ci sont tout d'abord bien plus positifs qu'en 2011, avec cependant...
En l’espace de quelques semaines, les 5 magazines majeurs de la presse automobile anglaise ont passé en revue la MP4-12C, bien souvent en face des ses concurrentes, notamment (et essentiellement) la Ferrari 458 Italia. Pour tous les fans de la MP4-12C,...
Prise en main de plusieurs jours par juliencor sur Asphalte. Image McLaren, peinture Fire Black. Après une prise de contact l'année passée, je reviens avec des impressions distillées sur plusieurs jours à bord de cette McLaren: L'exemplaire est noir,...
I found an interesting article on Ricardo's website related to the MP4-12C engine. Link to the pdf were the article copied below has been published. In some ways the M838T is a classic design, a 90 degree V8 with a flat-plane crank and four valves per...
Article en Français et Anglais / Article in French and English Un des essais majeurs de la presse automobile internationale est enfin disponible, le Supertest par Sport Auto en Allemagne. Je suis pas mal partagé par le résultat, qui est certes presque...
The 12C Spider has also been tested by several German magazines in 2013. Google translation from German. Sport Auto, July 2013, Christian Gebhardt Like the coupe, the 12C Spider permits its driver to approach quickly the handling limits. Rarely has a...
Official press release has been published on McLaren website, with a small selection of pictures. Head on this blog page for the press release, or go on the official page here. Configurator is already available online ! Introducing the latest model in...
Big comparison over 32 pages facing the MP4-12C against the Ferrari 458 Italia, Noble M600, Ford GT, Mercedes AMG SLS and Porsche 911 Turbo S. I won't reproduce here the full article, but just the conclusion and the part related to track result. Evo journalists...
With the end of the year getting closer, various "Car of the Year" issues are being pubish. This month, we have discovered the results of Autocar Britain's Best Driver Car 2011 and Auto Express Performance Car Of The Year 2011. Both are quite disappointing...
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....
Is it real opinion/journalism or just rivalery between different publications, but Steve Sutcliffe has a different opinipon in this week's Autocar about the recent last minute modifications of the MP4-12C. I would have liked to read such positive opinion...
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...
Compilation of performance test results (in metric standard - I still have to do the same for UK tests). Regular updates scheduled when new tests are published. Auto Zeitung results (0-100 km/h: 3,0 s / 0-200 km/h: 8,7 s) not included because recorded...
McLaren chief designer Frank Stephenson has a world-class CV, but nothing prepared him for the challenges of a clean-sheet supercar. He gives Hilton Holloway a guided tour. Frank Stephenson is a famously prolific designer; he’s worked on projects as diverse...
Presiding over a successful F1 team was never quite enough for Ron Dennis. In fact, he’s wanted to start a car company for as long as he can remember, he tells Steve Cropley. Ron Dennis has wanted to be the boss of a car company fir so long that he’s...
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...
Par Frédéric Lardenois Si la prise des clefs d’une MP4-12C, pendant quelques jours, avait tout pour exciter mes synapses, je vous confesse que je n’ai toujours pas, je le regrette, jubilé comme le jour des résultats du baccalauréat. Ma réaction, après...
Results just published by Mafalda on German Car Forum. (Very) Good performances and results but I am a little disappointed it did not get closer to Balocco lap time record (2'42"62 for the Porsche Carrera GT) and quite behind the recent lap time of the...
