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McLaren F1 Sports Car
Posted by in McLaren on June 24, 2011
One of the world’s most famous and innovative sports cars ever produced to this day, the McLaren F1 broke the record for becoming the fastest production car ever. Produced in the nineteen ninety eight, the car still holds the record of being the world’s fastest NA engine production car, although three other production cars have beaten the F1 at their all out top speed. The McLaren was a milestone in car production, with a top speed of two hundred and forty miles per hour.
An extremely light body, nearly aerodynamically perfect, the car can still compete with the performance cars of today even with a decade of technological advances since the F1 began production. The BMW six liter V12 was extremely powerful and produced over five hundred and fifty horse power. Whilst the car is equipped and designed for performance, and in fact has a race car edition which won the nineteen ninety five Le Mans, the interior was designed with usability in mind.
The doors of the car lift upwards, and are known as butterfly doors. The driver is seated in a certain position in the car, in front of the engine. Two passenger seats are located to either side of the driver, but further back. The very low weight of the McLaren was achieved by the use of light materials, such as carbon fiber, gold and magnesium. The aerodynamic ability of the car is another important factor in its success. The drag coefficient of the F1 is even superior to some of the fastest cars around today, beating the Buggatti Veyron and the world’s current fastest car, the SSC Aero.
The production of the car ran for six years, between nineteen ninety two and nineteen ninety eight. Between this time, one hundred and six of the cars were produced, with each taking three and half months to produce. Read the rest of this entry »
McLaren MP4-12C Review – A Race Car on Your Way
Posted by in McLaren on June 24, 2011
Claiming that their goal was as simple as to win, Ron Dennis from McLaren Automotive launched the new MP4-12C. With the track record McLaren holds, nobody seems even close to being dare doubting this claim by Ron Dennis. At its launching, the honor belonged to both Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button to unleash the car from its cover. This car comes with a mid engine and carbon fiber chassis. It is a surefire that there is not any other car manufacturer on Earth could do the same.
To this McLaren manufacturer, based on Britain, this is a moment of great pride. And, to prove it, Dennis tried to seduce those who came to the launching by showing the audiences 2 videos with 2 of the world’s F1 champions mentioned earlier. The videos showed that both Lewis and Jenson took part in the McLaren MP4-12C research team, successfully handling Goodwood circuit by means of a pair of MP4-12C prototypes painted in solid black.
Another proof that this car is superior is the positive comments it receives from both Lewis and Jenson. The whole world knows that both these global F1 champions are not the kind of people who get satisfied quite easily. However, they both admire the performance shown by this particular car, the turning grip and also the comfort level the car is able to offer.
All those things above have been possible thanks to the fact that this McLaren MP4-12C has been designed following the guidelines that are known only to the F1 teams. As a matter of fact, what is even better is that Gordon Murray – both the legend and father of the McLaren F1 – admires this amazing car. He mentioned that there were plenty supercars around us, but none of them could have a chassis as sophisticated and advanced as the one that is owned by this car. He also added that this is the main selling point of the McLaren MP4-12C and this shows the tight relationship the car has to the world of F1. Read the rest of this entry »