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Ben Oliver,
06 August 2012 09:00
McLaren people refer to it as Unit 2. It is the polar opposite of their extraordinary, Space Odyssey McLaren Technical Centre headquarters in Woking, with its glass walls and cooling lake and famous architect and unnerving clinical sterility. Instead, Unit 2 is a low, 1980s, brick-built former factory on an industrial estate. I’ve been asked not to tell you where ...
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Ben Oliver,
06 July 2012 11:00
We originally ran this story in March 2012, but the BBC moved the schedule. It's now been confirmed the documentary will run this Sunday 8 July 2012 at 8.00pm (BST) after the British grand prix. Now this is why we pay our licence fees. BBC4 has shot an hour-long documentary on Gordon Murray which intersperses his extraordinary 40-year history designing some ...
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Tim Pollard,
06 July 2012 10:18
To mark the 20th anniversary of the McLaren F1, CAR recently spent an afternoon at home with Gordon Murray, the F1's designer. Don't miss the 10-page feature in the July 2012 issue of CAR Magazine, out now. Here are a dozen surprise facts you may not know about the McLaren F1, remembered by Murray. 1) Gordon Murray's friend George Harrison ...
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Stephen Bayley,
28 June 2012 09:09
My first visit to McLaren was 1967, organised by a dutiful parent with industry connections. In those days the premises was an insanitary lock-up garage on a Weybridge trading estate. A boggle-eyed schoolboy, I was admiring the M6 Can-Am car. My boggling increased when, from out back, a cheery, chattery bloke emerged in grubby racing overalls, unpolished lace-ups, rubbing Swarfega ...
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Gavin Green,
01 June 2012 09:35
On the 20th birthday of the marvellous McLaren F1 road car – it was launched two decades ago at a Monaco GP party – I am reminded of one of its many virtues. But one that never received the praise it deserved. Namely, it’s superb engine presentation. Designer Gordon Murray wanted a very beautiful (ie not full of plastic gubbins) ...
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Andy Franklin,
29 February 2012 12:21
I'm not sure if many of you are aware but Ron Howard (he of Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind directorial fame) is making a new motorsport film called Rush. Could it become 2012's petrolhead's must-see movie? Let's hope so. Covering the 1976 season through the eyes of Brit James Hunt and Austrian Niki Lauda, this is a big-budget Hollywood ...
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Gavin Green,
20 July 2011 11:00
Just returned from a ride in which I took winding French mountain roads at just over 40mph. I can tell you it was way more thrilling than driving a McLaren MP4-12C or a Ferrari 458 at double that speed. The 2011 Etape du Tour, in which I competed alongside other keen amateurs and some professionals, is an annual bicycle race ...
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Mark Hamilton (photography by Greg Pajo),
05 July 2011 09:00
We all know supercars tend to be bought by people who aren't short of money, and that the prices are high as the cars are built in such small volumes. But... £17k paint? A £5k hi-fi? £2k on door mirror casings? Supercar options and personalisation are a serioucly big business for manufacturers - you could buy a Range Rover Vogue TDV8 ...
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Gavin Green,
04 July 2011 10:51
Never feel sorry for a car company. When they fail, it’s almost always deserved. Take GM and Chrysler. A few years ago they went bankrupt. Yes, the recession floored them and you’ve got to feel sorry for the people who lost their jobs. But why did they fail, when BMW, Volkswagen, Hyundai etc survived (and actually prospered)? Answer: GM and ...
In the July 2011 issue of CAR Magazine, we simply had to find out how good the new McLaren MP4-12C is. So we pit it against the Ferrari 458 Italia, Porsche 911 GT2 RS, the Lambo Performante, Audi's R8 V10 and the Merc SLS AMG. It was an epic two days - on road and track. Don't miss the amazing ...
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