03 Jul 11 MP4-12C GT3 by McLaren will be unveiled at the Goodwood Festival

McLaren is set to debut their reworked McLaren MP4 12C GT3 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed over the weekend. The vehicle is their first racing car of McLaren outside of the Formula 1 circuit ever since the F1 GTR.

The GT3 traces its origin to the new MP4 12C supercar by McLaren only it is revised to even make it perform better.

The McLaren engineers and designers changed the radiator and gearbox cooler setup of the MP4 12 C to give the GT3 more margin of temperature to achieve its peak performance. They also upgraded its aerodynamic components and gave the new race car louvers and diffusers on the front bumper, rear wing, door blade, and front splitter. All of the aerodynamic components were fabricated from carbon fiber.

Just like its sibling road car, the MP4 12C GT3 also has a chassis made from carbon fiber. McLaren also equipped the car with the same steering wheel as the MP4-24 F1 car. The team will be tweaking the GT3 during the 2011 season while twenty cars are set to be delivered for privateer teams by next year.

The supercar will still depend on its M838T McLaren 3.8L V8 twin turbo engine but it will be detuned to output 500 PS. They are also using a lighter gear box to improve the weight of the car by eighty kilos and give it a more optimal power balanced with its all over performance.

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22 Oct 09 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster: Talk about a Dream Car!

Purr, baby, purr, and genuflect, show some respect, for the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster. What a car, what a car, what a car — and what a match!

Definitely a range topping piece of work, the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster goes a long, long way towards proving that Mercedes Benz is definitely one of the rare auto manufacturers known for making a convertible in every possible shape and size you can possibly imagine. In fact it seems like they offer one for just about every size of car that it produces. Who doesn’t love that?

You may recognize some of the styling cues on the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster from the uber popular SLR racing cars that were so big in the 1950s.

All’s I can say is give me more, more, more!

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19 Jun 09 A New McLaren for 2010?

The McLaren.  The car.  The superhero of cars.  The car that every man wants to own and that every woman wants to ride in — and drive, boyos, it is 2009, after all.  When can we expect a new McLaren, since it is now official that, this year, the Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren — which was none too popular — will be no more?

Well, as a matter of fact, there are rumors that 2010 will be the year, although some experts are encouraging fans to keep their drooling in tow until 2012.

Still, let’s get back to that rumor mill, shall we? It happens to be saying that there are already plans for a presently nameless McLaren to be built at the famed facility across the pond in Woking, England. The rumored car is expected to be in competition with the Ferrari F430.

As far as power goes, we can look forward to a massive 550 HP V8 engine. All we can say is, we’ll be keeping our fingers crossed.

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05 Nov 08 McLaren F1 Supercar sells for $4.1 million at London Auction

The McLaren F1 supercar proved to be one of the most extravagant and prized car as it was sold at $4.1 million in a London auction Automobiles of London organized by RM and Sotheby.

The auction is considered to be a world record with the car’s expected price doubling by the end of the bidding. The sale of the McLaren F1 supercar had the spotlights during the auction which lasted for 7 hours. The auction featured a great collection of must have cars to a crowd in the standing only bidding room.

Among other cars that wowed the crowd were a 1959 Ferrari 250 Tour de France which was sold for $3.6 million. Another Ferrari, the 1965 250 LM Berlinetta had the same final price.