McLaren MP4-12C details

McLaren MP4-12C

The MP4-12C is a two-seat sports car built on a carbon fiber chassis. In the search for a weight under 1,300 kg, all parts of a balanced dish pharmacists. McLaren promise partly an average CO2 emissions below 300 g / km must continue. That’s better than the Ferrari 458 and the Mercedes AMG SLS.

The heart of the MP 4-12C is a self-developed 3.8-liter V8 with twin turbo. That must be something of a developing 600 hp in the production version. Official performance figures are not there yet, but he would in less than 10 seconds to 200 km / h are, and 5 seconds of that speed is stationary.

The car will only be offered in 19 countries, the price will remain slightly below 200,000 euros. McLaren suspect a thousand years in a first piece to sell.

Competition:

The McLaren is powered by a 3.8-liter V8 with 600 hp and a peak torque of 600 Nm. Thus, the MP4-12C according to its makers ‘less than three seconds’ from 0 to 100 km / h rage.
Thus, he checked the competition. The new 911 Turbo does it in 3.2 seconds part. The Gallardo and 458 do it in 3.4 and 3.3 seconds. McLaren gives a top speed yet, but we already know that spins from zero to 200 km / h in “less than ten seconds’ expires.