MP4-12C. Very expensive...according to the DM

[Garlick]

At least £500,000 apparently.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-20277...

Also, non-story of the day. 'Jensen almost gets ticket, but doesn't because he had paid and displayed'

[hornetrider]

What an article that is! Oh, to be a journalist eh?

[Rawwr]

I am both horrified and disgusted.

[gentlemangreen]

That MP4 really does look fantastic in black though!

[Mr Whippy]

Nice non-story

[CraigyMc]

DM subeditor without a clue looks up base price of a McLaren.

Finds original price for an F1. (as opposed to current price, which is considerably more)

Prints it. Fail.

They are actually something about £165K plus options, no?

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[CypherP]

Great. I'll go back to sleep now.

[RB Will]

It's almost as bad as a PH article

[750turbo]

"Reader comments are currently unavailable"

Bloody good job!!

Honestly, why do people buy such utter tripe newspapers?

[VeeDub Geezer]

On a positive note, it looks fantastic in black and on those wheels. They're not standard are they?

[Liokault]

In these days of the £40k Golf, could you spec a McLaren to £500k from the standard list? I know they do bespoke stuff (I was party to some "were going to charge them £25,000 for that, no £35,000 sounds so much better" conversations around requests for unlisted extras on the SLR, but I mean from the standard options list?

[durbster]

gentlemangreen said:

That MP4 really does look fantastic in black though!

Agree, what a great advert for the Macca that article is.

[Rawwr]

Liokault said:

In these days of the £40k Golf, could you spec a McLaren to £500k from the standard list? I know they do bespoke stuff (I was party to some "were going to charge them £25,000 for that, no £35,000 sounds so much better" conversations around requests for unlisted extras on the SLR, but I mean from the standard options list?

Yes, if you bought an MP4-12C and specified the optional extra two MP4-12Cs

[CraigyMc]

VeeDub Geezer said:

On a positive note, it looks fantastic in black and on those wheels. They're not standard are they?

Have a play with http://www.mclarenautomotive.com/uk/default.aspx#/...

They look like super lightweight forged wheels in silver to me.

The callipers can be black on either the standard or carbon brakes.

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ETA: just checked and you can actually look up Jenson's spec on the "preconfigured cars" button...

Edited by CraigyMc on Friday 19th August 10:44

[Moog72]

I posted a comment on that article saying much the same thing i.e. more like £160k if you'd bothered to check. Right after that, reader's comments were "unavailable"

[Gun]

The Daily Mail; trolling everyone since 1896.

[kentmotorcompany]

Looks like a PR exercise for Hugo Boss. Who also happen to be a McLaren Sponsor.

[CraigyMc]

kentmotorcompany said:

Looks like a PR exercise for Hugo Boss. Who also happen to be a McLaren Sponsor.

Precisely what I thought. Sometihng to do on his week off I guess...

Which straight guy goes shopping with his manfriend anyway?

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[RB Will]

CraigyMc said:

Precisely what I thought. Sometihng to do on his week off I guess...

Which straight guy goes shopping with his manfriend anyway?

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I would go shopping with someone if it meant I got a go in a Mclaren

[CraigyMc]

RB Will said:

I would go dogging with someone if it meant I got a go in a Mclaren

EFA