McLaren has had problems with software issues on the MP4-12C, but we’re hearing the fixes are complete and deliveries of new cars have re-started. The birth of the McLaren MP4-12 C should have been a cause for real celebration; the first new McLaren in a generation (almost) and a Brit competitor for the Ferrari 458. But there […]
Top Gear in Italy with Aventador, McLaren MP4-12C & Noble M600 + video
The new series of Top Gear starts in January 2012, and the boys are filming a supercar piece in Lecce, Italy, with the Lamborghini Aventador, McLaren MP4-12C & Noble M600. We already know that Top Gear’s Christmas Special is in India this year, so the video showing the Top Gear team filming in Lecce, Italy, […]
Are the McLaren MP4-12C problems scaring buyers?
We’re hearing that the problems McLaren are having with the MP4-12C are scaring buyers off the new car from McLaren. All cars have teething problems. And the new McLaren MP4-12C – despite McLaren’s renowned meticulous attention to detail – is no different. McLaren are trying hard to fix the issues with the MP4-12C, and McLaren boss Ron […]
McLaren MP4-12C Sets 7.28:00 at Nurburgring +video
It’s the default must do for all performance cars, so McLaren has taken the MP4-12C to the Nurburgring and set a time of 7.28.00. We’ve had a spate of claims for lap records at the Nurburgring by production cars, and the latest to play the game is the McLaren MP4-12C, with McLaren claiming a time […]
Problems with your McLaren MP4-12C? Have a ‘McLaren: The Wins’ coffee table book
McLaren boss Ron Dennis has written to owners of the McLaren MP4-12C apologising for the problems and offering them a free book – ‘McLaren: The Wins’ A couple of weeks ago we reported that McLaren was having some teething problems with their new MP4-12C but weren’t, despite reports to the contrary, halting production. The problems seemed […]
McLaren F1 Video: Flemke’s Mac’s been fixed
The McLaren F1 belonging to “Flemke” had a coming-together on a German Autobahn last year. But now it’s fixed and looks terrific in this video. Perhaps the best-know McLaren F1 in the UK – well, perhaps the best known apart from Rowan Atkinson’s recently bent F1 – is the F1 owned by regular online commenter ‘Flemke’. Flemke is, as you […]
McLaren DOESN’T stop production of the MP4-12C to fix problems.
Despite endless reports saying McLaren has stopped production of the MP4-12C to fix problems, it appears production is still continuing. The McLaren MP4-12C is McLaren’s first road car in almost twenty years, and it appears that the new 458 competitor from Woking has a few problems. Reports have been cropping up for some weeks that […]
McLaren Special Operations: Bespoke bits for your McLaren
McLaren has officially launched McLaren Special Operations, a division responsible for delivery of bespoke projects for McLaren sports cars. We reported last week that McLaren had taken a customised MP4-12C to Pebble Beach and that it heralded the start of ‘McLaren Exclusive’ to customise customer cars. We were close, but its actually McLaren Special Operations – and not […]
McLaren MP4-12C Exclusive Edition launched at Pebble Beach
McLaren has revealed a McLaren MP4-12C at Pebble Beach featuring upgrades to the MP4-12C from McLaren Exclusive. You didn’t think McLaren were going to miss out on the very lucrative ‘Personalisation’ of the MP4-12C, did you? Of course not. So you won’t be surprise that McLaren has rolled up at Pebble Beach with an ‘Exclusive Edition’ […]
Rowan Atkinson prangs the McLaren – again
Rowan Atkinson has crashed his McLaren F1 in Cambridgeshire. The F1 left the road and hit a tree and a signpost. Rowan broke his shoulder and the Mac will mend. We don’t usually do accidents and supercars on Cars UK. To us, it seems horribly ghoulish and somehow perverse to seek enjoyment, not just from the misery of others, but from […]