RE: McLaren MP4 12C Spider unveiled

[Davey S2]

corozin said:

Pretty, but if it was my £200k the 458 Italia is still a lot prettier.
As is the Gallardo...

Gallardo is a dinosaur compared with this and the 458

[ANDYCLAX]

E38Ross said:

russy01 said:

That 0-100 time must be wrong.

it is. that time is slower than a new M5. it does 0-124 in under 10 (coupe)

Printing error,it is the 0-124 time not the 100 time.

[carnut360]

hope that its a great british success story, i'll buy one when its a bit more affordable!

[Beaverking]

Anyone who thinks this is not an amazing looking machine should have gone to spec savers, however I think they should have made it less like the 458 with two butresses and something more targa like a la Carerra GT

[E38Ross]

ANDYCLAX said:

E38Ross said:

russy01 said:

That 0-100 time must be wrong.

it is. that time is slower than a new M5. it does 0-124 in under 10 (coupe)

Printing error,it is the 0-124 time not the 100 time.

thought so andy. any possibility of any cheeky shots of your macca? pretty please

[jaganag]

Looks like two cars put together. Fairy front end and steroidal rear. Bit like that boat that could split in two in the James Bond movie. Initial impression, good, but would probably lead to a bad taste in the mouth after a few days. Let's see how quickly the secondhand car market developers, assuming they sell any.

[Roberty]

events said:

Roberty said:

Beefmeister said:

Roberty said:

Doors?

Are they still gullwing, beetlewing, scissor sweeping arching efforts or are they now conventional??

The doors only mount on the body, not anywhere else so i'd imagine they're the same - see this image I took last week:

Excellent, thanks

Here you are - best I can do at short notice

Nice, glad they kept the doors.

I think the SLS convertable is poorer for not having the gullwing doors of the coupe, clearly it was never going to have them as they are connected to the roof but it's good to see McLaren thought about this from the outset with the MP4-12C.

[Beefmeister]

Pesty said:

Not one picture of it with the roof up?

On Page Two I said:

Not sure if this'll link or not...

[Number 8]

SpunkyM said:

It does beg the question... why would you ever want the non-spider version??? Same thing goes for the 458.

Looks great.

It's not a coincidence that Coupes are generally launched first. It's also not a coincidence that the chassis is strong enough for the Spider variant. It's as if the car was originally designed to be a Spider

[Number 8]

Beefmeister said:

The doors only mount on the body, not anywhere else so i'd imagine they're the same - see this image I took last week:

Correct. Dihedral is the technical term

[MoBeanz]

Rich_W said:

The Carbon bits are made in Austria

I understand that there are quite a few folks employed in Woking thanks to this car and the ones that will be a Silverstone at the weekend. How many jobs in the UK are generated by those Audis you posted?

I was only making the point that money spent on such cars by those with the means will filter down to those that put the car together. The troll had implied that such a purchase was a negative thing.

Once again the successful troll is successful... damn!

[The Obeast]

This car looks stunning. until you see what looks like an awful black lump of plastic in the front bumper, really ruins the look in my opinion, same with the coupe.

[356Speedster]

Hasn't improved on the coupe, IMO. The buttresses are huge and ungainly, while for some reason the car looks to have been elongated. Not a cohesive or pretty design, shame they've followed the current trend of using folding hardtops, rather than doing a traditional fabric roof.

[Gorbyrev]

Well done McLaren - a good day for British engineering and manufacturing. A well earned cuppa for all the midnight oil burned making a masterpiece.

[Number 8]

405dogvan said:

Also - raise or lower the roof at upto 19mph - that's an odd figure, do I slow down in 30 limits or pray it works as I'm pulling out of a junction?

x1.6 = 30kph.

[George H]

Roberty said:

Nice, glad they kept the doors.

I think the SLS convertable is poorer for not having the gullwing doors of the coupe, clearly it was never going to have them as they are connected to the roof but it's good to see McLaren thought about this from the outset with the MP4-12C.

Really? I thought the SLS Roadster is far better for not having those stupid doors. They're just a gimmick on the coupe and I found them to be a right pain in the arse when I tested an SLS.

[aucklander]

who writes these news articles? very very bland journalism.

[Roberty]

George H said:

Roberty said:

Nice, glad they kept the doors.

I think the SLS convertable is poorer for not having the gullwing doors of the coupe, clearly it was never going to have them as they are connected to the roof but it's good to see McLaren thought about this from the outset with the MP4-12C.

Really? I thought the SLS Roadster is far better for not having those stupid doors. They're just a gimmick on the coupe and I found them to be a right pain in the arse when I tested an SLS.

Yes they are just a gimmick, a point made very clear by the fact the convertable doesn't have them.

But without the doors it's just another bloody ugly Merc!

[E38Ross]

Roberty said:

George H said:

Roberty said:

Nice, glad they kept the doors.

I think the SLS convertable is poorer for not having the gullwing doors of the coupe, clearly it was never going to have them as they are connected to the roof but it's good to see McLaren thought about this from the outset with the MP4-12C.

Really? I thought the SLS Roadster is far better for not having those stupid doors. They're just a gimmick on the coupe and I found them to be a right pain in the arse when I tested an SLS.

Yes they are just a gimmick, a point made very clear by the fact the convertable doesn't have them.

But without the doors it's just another bloody ugly Merc!

you're kidding? that merc is lovely

[Roberty]

E38Ross said:

Roberty said:

George H said:

Roberty said:

Nice, glad they kept the doors.

I think the SLS convertable is poorer for not having the gullwing doors of the coupe, clearly it was never going to have them as they are connected to the roof but it's good to see McLaren thought about this from the outset with the MP4-12C.

Really? I thought the SLS Roadster is far better for not having those stupid doors. They're just a gimmick on the coupe and I found them to be a right pain in the arse when I tested an SLS.

Yes they are just a gimmick, a point made very clear by the fact the convertable doesn't have them.

But without the doors it's just another bloody ugly Merc!

you're kidding? that merc is lovely

No not kidding, but beauty it is a subjective thing so if you like it I can't say your wrong................even though you are!