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At the headquarters of the McLaren, located in the British town of Woking, took place the official presentation of the new supercar MP4-12C, after which its capabilities were tested by the world champions in Formula1 Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. Along with the presentation were distributed more details about cars, most were naturally expected his dynamic performance. As long known, McLaren MP4-12C rely on 3.8-liter V8 engine whose power is 600 h.p. at 7 000 rev/min. and its maximum torque of 599 Nm achieved. at 3 000 rev/min. but it is interesting that 80% of it is still available in 2 000 rev/min. It is now known that MP4-12C developed over 300 km/h, accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in less than 3 sec and 0-200 km/h for 10 sec, which is remarkable given that the Porsche 911 Turbo S, Ferrari 458 Italia and Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera they require respectively 10.8, 10.4 and 10.2 sec. acceleration from 0-200 km/h The machine can also boast an extremely low for this class of vehicle separate levels of CO2 emissions (in 300 gr/km.). The car has a seven-speed gearbox with double clutch transmitting drive to the rear wheels, which has three driving modes (Normal, Sport and Track). Future owners also will be able to adjust the sensitivity of the steering wheel and gas, the hardness of the suspension, the time of changing gears, the control system stability and sound from the engine.

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McLaren MP4-12C

It is hardly accidental that the new McLaren supercar to appear online at the same time Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. Both cars “divided” legacy of current SLR and went on his way. McLaren by their model are eager to be a worthy rival to the established supercar like Ferrari 458, Lamborghini Gallardo and Aston Martin DB9. First impressions of the MP4-12C are pretty good - classic sports car, although it is much more conventional design than many rivals. This is due to the idea of its principal designer, Frank Stephenson, supercar that one must have a design that is over time, “not to wear” over the years and remains attractive, without extravagance, which in time may seem ridiculous. In design is betting mainly on aerodynamics. The car is low, a shorter and narrower than all its rivals. The chassis of the MP4-12C can be called special. This is not only due to the fact that it is made of carbon. Unlike most of the chassis are assembled from several major parts of the McLaren chassis is a whole made a special technology which was developed by the company five years. The process is called “Monocell”. According to people at McLaren, this technology could revolutionize the entire production of automobiles.

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