RE: Pic Of The Week: McLaren MP4-12C

[Hugo a Gogo]

you need to calm down

[E21_Ross]

Hugo a Gogo said:

you need to calm down

meh, i just find it funny how you get people saying britain don't produce any supercars etc, and finally McLaren produce one of the best (if not the best) all round sports cars in the world right now and people moan about the name

[Hugo a Gogo]

the name is st though

with the porsche or the bmw, you've got your 'base' name in there, the 3 series, the 911, then individual model names develop from that - you don't always have to use the full name (like my old Honda FireBlade CBR900RR(R) )

it's hard to know where McLaren are going with that name though, is it a 'stand-alone' name or will future cars also be MP4s (but not 12Cs) for instance?

[E21_Ross]

Hugo a Gogo said:

the name is st though

with the porsche or the bmw, you've got your 'base' name in there, the 3 series, the 911, then individual model names develop from that - you don't always have to use the full name (like my old Honda FireBlade CBR900RR(R) )

it's hard to know where McLaren are going with that name though, is it a 'stand-alone' name or will future cars also be MP4s (but not 12Cs) for instance?

i'm pretty sure they'll have MP4, in which case you'll just call this car the 12C.

[Plotloss]

It's a 12C

MP4 comes from Mclaren, as in Bruce Mclaren's outfit and Project Four which was Ron Dennis' racing team before he bought Mclaren.

[TVRWannabee]

As somebody mentioned earlier, at the moment it's simply known as 'the McLaren' - where's the problem?

I drive a Vauxhall Astra 1.7CDti SRi. It's an Astra. The Ferrari 250GTO has a long name too but I haven't heard anyone complaining - to many owners their Ferrari is 'the Ferrari.'

Haven't we got better things to worry about?

[Hugo a Gogo]

Plotloss said:

It's a 12C

MP4 comes from Mclaren, as in Bruce Mclaren's outfit and Project Four which was Ron Dennis' racing team before he bought Mclaren.

then the "McLaren-P4 12C" might make more sense

[Plotloss]

Hugo a Gogo said:

then the "McLaren-P4 12C" might make more sense

So by that rationale, it should be an Aston M DB9?

All the racing cars are MP4

In fact of all the solely developed Mclaren cars since '81, it's only the F1 that hasn't been designated MP4-something.

[Hugo a Gogo]

OK, so it's a 12C then

sounds much better already

[E21_Ross]

Hugo a Gogo said:

OK, so it's a 12C then

sounds much better already

yup. because i'm sure many prospective owners were put off buying because of the name

edit - also, who actually uses the word "dash" in the name? i either call it the 12C or MP4 12C. it's no worse a name than 500SLC (nice car btw)

Edited by E21_Ross on Saturday 23 July 11:49

[evile]

I simply call it the 12C.

[DrDeAtH]

with all this 'the car has not got a good name' and 'sounds like a washing machine model' how about the almost as ludicrous... Lamborghini LP640 SV, now.... aint that a catchy name...........

But i digress... it is the british way i suppose to slag off our own technological acheivements because the dont conform to the 'norm' (german and/or italian)

[Dr Boxcat]

Whoopse

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/mclaren-mp4-12c-...

looks like someone had one.

Edited by Dr Boxcat on Wednesday 5th October 15:33

[E30M3SE]

Thread running in the Ferrari/Lambo section, First Blood Lambo's post make interesting reading............., with such a long gestation period too, bet Ron is well pleased.

[Dr Boxcat]

E30M3SE said:

Thread running in the Ferrari/Lambo section, First Blood Lambo's post make interesting reading............., with such a long gestation period too, bet Ron is well pleased.

Damn I even used the search tool to see if there was a thread going! ty