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May 18, 2013

Honda back in F1 as engine supplier to McLaren from 2015

McLaren Honda F1 car on track

Honda has announced its return to F1 in 2015 as engine and energy recovery supplier for McLaren, with the new real to be know as McLaren Honda. We reported that Honda were looking likely to be heading back in to F1 as engine supplier to McLaren nearly two years ago, and this morning Honda has confirmed they [...]

McLaren P1 gets an Arctic shakedown (+video)

Rear view of McLaren P1 in a cloud of snow

With the McLaren P1 due to start arriving with customers before the end of the year, McLaren are busy giving the P1 a final shakedown on the ice of the Arctic Circle. The McLaren P1 Supercar mat have officially arrived at this year’s Geneva Motor Show in production guise, but that doesn’t mean it’s completely [...]

McLaren 12C Can-Am & Historic McLaren Can-Ams at 2013 Goodwood FoS

McLaren 12C Can Am & Historic Can Am racer photo

McLaren are celebrating their 50th anniversary at the Goodwood Festival of Speed by taking the 12C Can-Am up the hillclimb and showcase historic Can-Am McLarens. Last summer, McLaren showcased a 12C Can-Am racer at Pebble Beach to see if the reaction from track day lovers was good enough to justify a production run of a [...]

McLaren P1: Middle East demand outstrips supply & new P1 photos

McLaren P1 Bahrain Track Photo

McLaren has issued a new set of photos of the P1 supercar to celebrate the opening of McLaren Manama at the Bahrain World Trade Center, ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix. We had the launch of the McLaren P1 at Geneva in March and we’ll get the first proper look at the P1 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July [...]

McLaren Qualified launched for Approved Used McLarens

Photo McLaren 12C Spider

McLaren has launched ‘McLaren Qualified’, an approved scheme for used McLaren 12c and 12C Spider with up to two years unlimited warranty. The McLaren 12C (which was the MP4-12C until McLaren decided that was just too much of a mouthful) has now been in production for more than two years and was recently joined by [...]

McLaren P13 set to arrive in 2014

McLaren P13 image

The next new car from McLaren – codenamed P13 and set to take on the Porsche 911 and Audi R8 – now looks set to arrive in 2014. McLaren’s plans for a new range of road cars have been in play for a number of years, and we initially expected the 12C to arrive first [...]

McLaren P1 to make its driving debut at 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed

McLaren P1 photo

The new McLaren P1 supercar is heading for the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed to make its driving debut in the Supercar run. We’ve had six months of the McLaren P1 since it was first revealed at the Paris Motor Show as a concept last September, and this month we got the production version of the P1 [...]

Mercedes CLA 45 AMG arrives early

Mercedes CLA 45 AMG first photo

Ahead of a reveal at the New York Auto Show, the Mercedes CLA 45 AMG – the AMG version of the new CLA – has arrived with a raft of photos. We had the first look at the production version of the Mercedes CLA 45 AMG last month when it turned up in a PSP Driveclub release but now, [...]

McLaren P1 goes round Top Gear Track with Sergio Perez (video)

Still image from McLaren P1 goes round Top Gear Track with Sergio Perez video

We have video of the new McLaren P1 taking on the Top Gear track at Dunsfold in the hands of McLaren’s F1 driver Sergio Perez. We reported from Geneva that Ron Dennis has declared he put the new McLaren P1 round Top Gear’s Dunsfold track a full 10 seconds quicker than the contentious Top Gear [...]

McLaren P1′s Pirelli P Zero Corsas key to performance +video

Video thumbnail for youtube video McLaren P1's Pirelli P Zero Corsas key to performance +video

The new McLaren P1 is shod with custom-made Pirelli P Zero Corsa Tyres specially developed to meet the challenges of a 903bhp supercar. The McLaren P1 has finally arrived in production guise at the Geneva Motor Show complete with its 903bhp ‘hybrid’ power and the promise of performance more extreme than any production road car [...]