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Old 02-23-2010, 09:23 PM
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mama, said the way you move, Gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove. (MP4-12C)

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McLaren has entered the final phase of development for the McLaren MP4-12C. The company will announce performance details on their new prototypes next month, leading to the car's 2011 market launch.The company refers to each vehicle as an "experimental prototype," or XP for short. Shown in the video are the XP8 and XP10, wrapped fully in matte black vinyl, as opposed to black and white camouflage seen on the last round of prototypes. These vehicles entered testing five weeks ago, according to the company.

In the four-minute long video, the cars can be seen on the road near Montblanc, Spain, and on the track. The cars use an updated version of the McLaren M838T twin-turbo engine, and a gearbox with optimized ratios.

"Some supercars that we drive are pretty intimidating. That's something with the MP4-12C that we never really wanted," said McLaren new vehicles director Mark Vinnels. "Everything we are trying to do with the car is to make the car as easy as possible to drive."

McLaren says that not a minute goes by that the XPs are not tested. The company has a team of about 25 engineers working on the car in shifts 24/7.


http://www.worldcarfans.com/11002232...ototypes-video

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Sweet car! I didn't know you were a Zep fan as well. A McLaren loving, RX8 owning Zep fan. We were born to be friends.

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The car looks good in motion. Love how the engineers make the Mclaren easy to drive as a Honda civic, but then still make it a beast when it is comanded to be.

Great vid, thanks for sharing!
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Originally Posted by Mazmart
Sweet car! I didn't know you were a Zep fan as well. A McLaren loving, RX8 owning Zep fan. We were born to be friends.

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LOl and a hamilton fan . but i dont know why that song came to mind, when i first watched the video lol .
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Awesome car, no doubt, but I'm a bit surprised by the somewhat derivative and bland styling. The F1 is immediately recognizable, but this... a few times, from a few angles, i thought i looking at an F430 or 360 Modena...
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