McLaren MP4-12C Review – A Race Car on Your Way

Claiming that their goal was as simple as to win, Ron Dennis from McLaren Automotive launched the new MP4-12C. With the track record McLaren holds, nobody seems even close to being dare doubting this claim by Ron Dennis. At its launching, the honor belonged to both Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button to unleash the car from its cover. This car comes with a mid engine and carbon fiber chassis. It is a surefire that there is not any other car manufacturer on Earth could do the same.

To this McLaren manufacturer, based on Britain, this is a moment of great pride. And, to prove it, Dennis tried to seduce those who came to the launching by showing the audiences 2 videos with 2 of the world’s F1 champions mentioned earlier. The videos showed that both Lewis and Jenson took part in the McLaren MP4-12C research team, successfully handling Goodwood circuit by means of a pair of MP4-12C prototypes painted in solid black.

Another proof that this car is superior is the positive comments it receives from both Lewis and Jenson. The whole world knows that both these global F1 champions are not the kind of people who get satisfied quite easily. However, they both admire the performance shown by this particular car, the turning grip and also the comfort level the car is able to offer.

All those things above have been possible thanks to the fact that this McLaren MP4-12C has been designed following the guidelines that are known only to the F1 teams. As a matter of fact, what is even better is that Gordon Murray – both the legend and father of the McLaren F1 – admires this amazing car. He mentioned that there were plenty supercars around us, but none of them could have a chassis as sophisticated and advanced as the one that is owned by this car. He also added that this is the main selling point of the McLaren MP4-12C and this shows the tight relationship the car has to the world of F1.

Carbon fiber chassis built with less than half a millimeter in terms of tolerance along with a twin turbo V8 engine with a capacity of 3,800 cc, this McLaren MP4-12C is able to accelerate from a standstill up to 200 km/h in less than 10 seconds. Yet, even though McLaren has yet to announce the detailed specification for this amazing car, the manufacture claims that the car will come to a standstill from the speed of 160 km/h in a distance not more than 30 meters.

The car’s wild performance comes from the light weight it has obtained thanks to the carbon fiber chassis it counts on. This carbon fiber chassis has reduced the weight of the car considerably that the weight does not even reach 1,300 kilograms. With that being said, this particular car is even lighter compared to Mercedes SLS and Ferrari 458, 2 of McLaren MP4-12C’s rivals which weigh 1,620 and 1,485 kilograms respectively.

Yet, another advantage of the McLaren MP4-12C is that it produces less than 300 grams of CO2 in one kilometer. Well, at least that’s what McLaren Automotive claims. So, once again, this car successfully beats its 2 rivals above, each of them produces 314 and 307 g/km of CO2 respectively.

This McLaren MP4-12C has also come equipped with an F1-inspirated seamless shift double-clutch gearbox. With this technology, the driver of the McLaren MP4-12C will have the power to adjust the gearbox ratio according to his or her needs, be it performance driving or daily driving. Yet, besides the F1-inspirated gearbox, the owner of this car will also find quite a few other things that are inspired by the F1 technologies as well. One example is the rocker-mounted gear selector. This one is exactly the same one as that used in F1 cars. This enables the driver to shift up or down by pushing or pulling the lever accordingly.

There are yet other cool stuffs McLaren MP4-12C owners may find inside their car. To start it off, there is a very sophisticated computer unit that comes with a 1.6-GHz processor chip and an 80-GB hard disk drive. There are also 3 camera units – among other stuffs, of course – located at the car front to enable drivers to record their driving actions.