RE: Geneva 2012: Mansory McLaren MP4-12C

[LuS1fer]

I don't like the bland looks of the MP12 but quite like that - looks Exigey.

[Ikemi]

I like the alloys, although perhaps in gun metal grey, rather than gold!

LuS1fer said:

looks Exigey.

www.specsavers.co.uk

[SAndals]

Actually....it kinda works!
Change the colour and lose the LEDs and this would be the only Mansory version that looks better than the original!

[The Danimal]

"Wonder what the folks in Woking will make of this one..."

I think they'll say; "Warranty Void".

[lewisf182]

I think that looks pretty dam good! first thought was it looked like a gallardo though?

[legalknievel]

This car is an important attempt to answer the (I assure you not utterly pointlesss) question we are all so desperate to explore:

'will a footballer buy a mclaren?'

Or not.

[Guvernator]

Apart from the absolutely sh*te led lights on the front bumper, I actually like it. In fact I'd go as far as to say that I think this is the first Mansory effort that I think actually improves on the (very dull) original! (sorry Macca fans)

[Orbin]

i was expecting it to look absolutely hideous and it's not. i am too shell shocked to say anything else.

[anonymous-user]

dele said:

Change the paint and the wheels and i think itd be alright

+1

[pagani1]

i have just spoken to Mr Dennis-he say YUUUKKKK!!!!
Nose surgery in the offing at Woking for a bit more aggression and more power for the S version from Ricardo.

[sumpoil]

Ryvita said:

"Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp,
To guard a title that was rich before,
To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice, or add another hue
Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess."

King John, Shakespeare

is it fair to say that these King John and Shakespeare chaps prefer the standard car then? ..... i think they need to get in touch with the 'plain english society'

[stackmonkey]

Well it's not quite as hideous as I was expecting, which is a surprise.
But why when I read the words 'Mansory' or 'Kahn' do I always think of lovely, expensive cars that have been very expensively ruined?

[David87]

I love how one set of LED DRLs just isn't enough.

[SpudLink]

anything fast said:

I think its about time Mclaren did some major fiddling with this car..

Get the bd up to 1000 bhp, put a 400k price tag on it and make the Veyron look like what it is.. an overpriced, over engineered rich mans willy on wheels.

its got the potential!

As I understood it, there are going to be 3 separate models in the McLaren range, with the MP4-12C as the entry level car.

However, I'd be surprised if they ever go after the Veyron. I expect they will be looking to match Ferrari's blueprints 'market sector'

[PaulMoor]

Increased power and speed by swaping to an exaust that would never past regs for a proper manufacture and making the wheels bigger? Not exactly clever. And adding CF that dose nothing more than add cost? Why? And why on earth do they think they have done better with the aerodynamicist than a company that employs some of the best, if not the best, in the world. Maclarens wind tunnel probably costs more than Mansory's entire facility.

It dose not look that bad, but it embodies all that is wrong about car "tuners".

[Guvernator]

PaulMoor said:

Increased power and speed by swaping to an exaust that would never past regs for a proper manufacture and making the wheels bigger? Not exactly clever. And adding CF that dose nothing more than add cost? Why? And why on earth do they think they have done better with the aerodynamicist than a company that employs some of the best, if not the best, in the world. Maclarens wind tunnel probably costs more than Mansory's entire facility.

It dose not look that bad, but it embodies all that is wrong about car "tuners".

While I agree that none of the additions probably help to make it a "better" car in terms of driveability, I still think it has improved the rather drab looks by some degree and I never thought I'd ever say that about anything which came out of a Mansory workshop. However that might say more about the rather dull and generic looking original, it now looks like a supercar.

[mikey k]

I was put off by the looks of the MP4 late last year and bought an Aston Vantage S.
Bizarrely thats got my interest again
I know I shouldn't though

How the hell Mansory think they can do better than the "geeks" are McLaren I've no idea

[F1GTRUeno]

It looks better than McLaren's own HS variant.

[DanDC5]

I think that looks really good. Probably change the colour of the wheels to gunmetal though.

[newbrightapple]

Pretty tame for them maybe more rad inside tweeks aye ....