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🏎️ McLaren MP4-12C
📍 United Kingdom
🛠️ V8 3.8 600NM 625HP
💨 3,3 seconds
🔝 333km/h
💶 No longer on sale

What is it?

The McLaren MP4-12C has been the flagship hypercar of the British brand for several years. It inherited its name from the McLaren of Formula 1 that won the 1997 season, the MP4/12. The letter C for Carbon was added to the name of the F1 to emphasize that the car body is entirely made of carbon fiber. Given its tricky name, the MP4-12C is more commonly known simply as 12C. The 12C was proposed in 2011 as a replacement for the revolutionary McLaren F1, whose production ended in 1998 without a successor being promptly announced. In 2014, after a production of around 4.000 units, the 12C was discontinued in favor of its heir, the 650S. The variants produced are two, Coupe and Spider.

Design

The 12C has a simple aesthetic devoted to aerodynamics and the lack of purely aesthetic appendages that could weigh down the car, whose dry weight is 1434kg, which, in relation to a body length of 4,50 meters, confirms the 12C to be a fairly light car. The interiors are simple and, of course, well finished; there is also the iconic infotainment with a vertical screen.

Mechanics

The McLaren MP4-12C equips a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission mated to a powerful 3.8-liter V8 engine, which has two turbochargers and delivers 625HP of power and 600NM of torque. The brakes are made of carbon-ceramic.

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