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A fun evening out - Woodie - 23-11-2010 07:18 PM So by hook or by crook (actually via a friend) I managed to get myself on the invitation list for the launch of the McLaren MP4-12C supercar in Johannesburg this past Monday evening. As many of you may know, McLaren have decided to launch a full road car brand, and the Daytona Group (local agents for Rolls Royce and Aston Martin) have secured the local dealership rights. The car itself is the world's worst kept secret with videos and images of it freely available on the net. To see it in the flesh was still a special treat though, and it is one serious machine. I spent some time chatting to one of the McLaren Automotive representatives who was in the country to provide technical support and assistance with the launch. He was also one of the lucky ones to have driven the car in anger. Obviously his comment was that seeing the car is special, but driving it reveals its true nature and he said that every time he drives it he gets out with a huge grin on his face. It is powered by a 3.8L Twin Turbo V8 pushing out 441kw and developing 600Nm of torque. The acceleration is immense and linear with 95% of the torque available from 1900rpm. Combined with a dry weight of 1300kg it makes for a pretty quick car. Although no official figures are available, the prototype has regularly broken 10 seconds in a 0-200kph dash. The McLaren team have a Ferrari 458 Italia and a Porsche 911 Turbo at their HQ for comparative testing and in the hands of their official test drivers around their private test track, the MP4-12C is 1s per lap quicker than the Ferrari and 2s per lap quicker than the Porsche. Pricing hasn't been finalised but is expected to be between R3.1 and R3.3 million. Enough babbling - some pics First the spiritual predecessor The "veiled" car Then unveiled Some random pics I liked the running lights in the shape of the McLaren logo The paint was in pretty good nick to compared to the way I've seen some of these cars presented. And finally - me trying to figure out how to get those 6 elusive lottery numbers to speed my plan along RE: A fun evening out - Wayno - 24-11-2010 07:44 AM OMG!!!! thats freaking awesome Woodie!!! AWESOME awesome vehicle that!!!! RE: A fun evening out - Rayner - 24-11-2010 12:38 PM Nice pics... thanks you. Love that colour.... I hope you offered your detailing services :-) RE: A fun evening out - Carn - 24-11-2010 06:32 PM Must have been a cool evening out...Nowehere near as special as it's big brother though. Will be interesting to see some real world figures once the press puts it head to head with it's rivals. @ R3.1 bar its well into GT2 and 458 money! RE: A fun evening out - Lambchop - 24-11-2010 07:21 PM OOOOOPH!!!! Nice one Woodie!!! RE: A fun evening out - PrevanP - 25-11-2010 10:58 AM Lovely stuff....thanks for sharing Woodie. RE: A fun evening out - onyx - 25-11-2010 01:07 PM Lucky man! Thanks for sharing Check this out