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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

First Drive: 2012 McLaren MP4-12C


Let's see now. You have your Italia Ferrari 458, Porsche 911 GT2 RS, 911 Turbo S and Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera was 570-4. After all, if we are the right course is the most important sports car inauguration in quite some time - the 2012 McLaren MP4-12 - we should go in this first privileged, at least keep our mind on Sub-12-cylinder mid-engine and rear wheel drive motor road beasts. For now, that is. So if someone brings the 2012 Nissan GT-R and Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR, that we will grab your back with a wet towel to the gym. I warned you.
Before getting into the Recaro seats support-o-rama of the MP4-12, one of the Queen's lords of the empire was already announced, "ready to go to the best handling sports car in history." What do you say to Sir Ron Dennis, McLaren chief of the newly formed Automotive Company (aka the MAC daddy) when he puts pressure on like that? It's like Bill Gates and ask us looks delighted: "So, not only the love that Windows 7" What happens if you do not?
But as luck would have it, the 2012 McLaren MP4-12 is probably the best handling supercar street and Weekend car in history. Yes, it certainly still has some "splainin", but be patient with us. We are just glad that no royal beheadings are now required, as is Sir Ron is not known for his compassionate treatment of dissidents. One thing that does is to explain the need, the more unconventional gallery of photos that we have lined up. First, the three cars we drive over to manufacture in southern Portugal were no cars and they were not even contemplated pre-production units were delivered. North American deliveries start at the beginning of September 2011 in the UK and western Europe starting in mid May.