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The Supercar To Run Laps Around All Other Supercars. The McLaren P1 Is Unveiled.




When in the concept phase, this 200mph supercar was called the P12. Now renamed the P1 and unveiled to the public next week at the Paris Auto Show, the new flagship two-seater from McLaren goes from 0 to 62 mph in under three seconds. When it goes into production later next year, it will sit above the existing 12C and 12C Spider, in terms of both price and performance with a price of around $1.3 Million (£800,000).



press release, September 18, 2012:
McLaren Automotive will use its first ever international motor show appearance to preview its next generation ultimate supercar – the McLaren P1 – which takes much of its technological and spiritual inspiration from the company’s Racing division. The McLaren P1 has one simple goal: to be the best driver’s car in the world on road and track.



At the Paris Motor Show, Mondial de l'Automobile 2012, the McLaren P1 is previewed as a design study. Next year a production version, which the company aims to put on sale within 12 months, will be revealed.



‘The McLaren P1 will be the result of 50 years of racing and road car heritage,’ says McLaren Automotive Executive Chairman Ron Dennis. ‘Twenty years ago we raised the supercar performance bar with the McLaren F1 and our goal with the McLaren P1 is to redefine it once again.’



‘Our aim is not necessarily to be the fastest in absolute top speed but to be the quickest and most rewarding series production road car on a circuit,’ says McLaren Automotive Managing Director Antony Sheriff. ‘It is the true test of a supercar’s all round ability and a much more important technical statement. Our goal is to make the McLaren P1 the most exciting, most capable, most technologically advanced and most dynamically accomplished supercar ever made.’



When the McLaren P1 goes into production later next year, it will sit above the 12C and 12C Spider, in terms of both price and performance.

McLaren Automotive heritage:
McLaren Automotive has a 20 year heritage in producing landmark sports cars for the road: the McLaren F1 road car, which was launched in 1992, set the world land speed record for a production car, and is regarded as one of the iconic sports cars of the modern age. The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren (2003 – 2009) is the most successful supercar ever in its price bracket, having sold twice as many cars as its nearest carbon-based rival.

McLaren Automotive has now moved from these successful automotive projects to launching a new car company that will design, develop, and distribute a range of high performance, highly efficient and technologically innovative sports cars through a global network of highly respected premium car retailers in every major automotive market.

Around 4,000 sports cars will be built annually by the middle of the decade in the advanced new manufacturing facility, the McLaren Production Centre. McLaren Automotive’s debut model is the 12C. Drawing on the company’s long-standing Formula 1 experience in its concept and development, the 12C is lighter, faster, more powerful, more fuel efficient and more exclusive than its key competition. It supports its performance benchmarks by introducing a unique one-piece moulded carbon chassis into the ‘core’ sports car segment in a new production method that brings the performance of £500,000 cars to market at a third of the price. All future McLarens will continue the themes presented by the 12C: innovation, integration of Formula 1 technology, and ultimate performance.

In 2011 McLaren Automotive announced the launch of McLaren GT; a new race car manufacturer combining the expertise of McLaren Automotive, McLaren Racing, McLaren Electronic Systems, McLaren Applied Technologies and CRS Racing. McLaren GT is responsible for developing the first racing derivative of the 12C sports car, the MP4-12C GT3. Twenty-five examples of the MP4-12C GT3 are now racing with private teams in Europe in 2012.

More information will be released following the McLaren Automotive press conference scheduled for 17.45 CEST (16.45 BST), on Thursday 27 September 2012.

McLaren Automotive

Car Classic '07 This Coming Sunday



Dream Machines: Imagination Gone Wild

Celebrate the wildly entertaining side of automotive design at the Art Center
Car Classic ’07. This year’s event includes speakers Luigi Colani and Harald Belker TRAN ’90, two of the world’s most wildly imaginative designers. Barry Meguiar, host of Car Crazy and KABC’s Dave Kunz will once again emcee the event.



Event Highlights:

Dream Machines Showcase Corral featuring incredible vehicles by Figoni & Falaschi, the Alfa Romeo BAT cars, Italian concept cars and more

More than 100 rare and exotic vehicles on display including classics, sports cars, racecars, hot rods and customs



Tours of Art Center’s transportation design studios and galleries
Art Center College of Design, Sunday, July 15, 2007, 10 AM – 4 PM



TICKETS TO CAR CLASSIC ’07 ARE $55 AND $25/ALUMNI.



About Car Classic

During the past six years, the Art Center Car Classic has carved out a unique niche among the hundreds of annual automotive events taking place around the country. As many of the traditional concours d’elegance and car shows continue to grow larger and less personal, the Art Center Car Classic remains a focused and very special experience for the approximately 3,000 car collectors, automotive designers, Art Center alumni and design students who participate.

The Art Center Car Classic celebrates the very best in automotive design and affords the opportunity to showcase Art Center’s strong ties to industry and honor many of our noteworthy alumni. Past events have featured such sought-after speakers as alumni Chris Bangle, Peter Brock, Henrik Fisker, Chip Foose, Syd Mead, Shiro Nakumura, Ken Okuyama, Chuck Pelly, and Frank Stephenson, plus other noted designers like Reeves Callaway, Dan Gurney, Steve Moal, Gordon Murray and Patrick le Quement.

Bringing together high-caliber speakers with some of the world’s most beautiful automobiles in an setting steeped with creative energy is what makes the Art Center Car Classic so special, and is why it shouldn’t be missed.



Tickets for Car Classic '07
General Admission = $55
Alumni = $25
children 12 and under = free

To purchase tickets, click here.


Tickets include:
•Parking at the Rose Bowl
•Shuttle to and from the event
•Complimentary event program

Access to all of the following benefits:
– Over 100 world-class vehicles on display
– “Meet the Designers” presentations by legendary figures in the
automotive world
– An exciting Awards Ceremony
– Special behind-the-scene tours of the Art Center’s Transportation
Design studios and shops
– Vintage racing films
Purchase E-Tickets

Their preferred method of purchase is through their on-line eTicket sales.

They anticipate a sold-out event, so they highly recommend purchasing your ticket(s) as early as possible.

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