McLaren has released some truly silly numbers relating to the forthcoming P1 hyper-car. Truly silly numbers like 0 to 100km/h in less than 3 seconds, 0 to 300km/h in less than 17 seconds, a pricetag of £866,000 (NZ$1.6 million) and, of course, that truly silly 903bhp (673kW). Here is the official press release, packed with […]
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McLaren’s new hypercar, the P1, has made its first public appearance, driven by none other than 2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button. Button drove the new, still disguised P1 during a drive-through of several cars from McLaren’s history at the launch of the company’s MP4-28 F1 car. Although a very low-speed run, it was […]
McLaren have posted the entire BBC documentary “How to Build a Supercar” on their YouTube page. If you do not watch this then there is something wrong with you. It is fantastic, possibly more for showing the way Ron Dennis’ obsessive mind works than the actual car, but even that is fascinating!
The day started with much promise. We were attending the launch of the Lexus GS and had spent the previous afternoon thrashing each of the new models around the Hampton Downs race circuit, followed by a fancy dinner and a night in the luxurious (but slightly odd…) Sarnia Lodge, just out of Cambridge. At dinner […]
In a move of pure awesomeness, Jaguar has announced that it will team up with legendary British Formula 1 team Williams F1 to build the C-X75 hybrid supercar. Appearing at the 2010 Paris Motorshow, the C-X75 was a show-stopper, powered by two mid-mounted turbines. Predictably the turbines have been dropped and replaced by two electric […]
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