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McLaren MP4-12C to cost £168,500

Rated 3 out of 53

Tim Pollard, 24 November 2010 00:01

McLaren will charge £168,500 for the MP4-12C supercar in the UK. That's the new 2011 price, including the rise in VAT from 17.5% to 20% from 1 January. How much will the McLaren MP4-12C cost compared to a Ferrari? Today's news means that the MP4-12C will cost £1000 less than a Ferrari 458 Italia, its arch rival, at existing tax rates. ...

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McLaren MP4-12C to cost £168,500

Rated 3 out of 53

Tim Pollard, 24 November 2010 00:01

McLaren will charge £168,500 for the MP4-12C supercar in the UK. That's the new 2011 price, including the rise in VAT from 17.5% to 20% from 1 January. How much will the McLaren MP4-12C cost compared to a Ferrari? Today's news means that the MP4-12C will cost £1000 less than a Ferrari 458 Italia, its arch rival, at existing tax rates. ...

Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Spyder Performante

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Robby Tyler, 18 November 2010 01:30

Lamborghini today showed the world their new at the LA show - now take a deep breath - Gallardo LP570-4 Spyder Performante. And you thought Japanese brands loved a multi-faceted verbose car name. So what exactly is this new Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Spyder Performante? In simple terms the Performante is the Spyder version of the Superleggara. It's been on the same religiously slim-fast diet, adopting lots of ...

Lamborghini reveals 2011's new V12 supercar engine

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Robby Tyler, 15 November 2010 11:57

Lamborghini today announced the first details of its new V12 engine and transmission, which Lamborghini president and CEO Stephan Winkelmann promises will be 'the strong heart of the Murcielago successor next year.' It's to be the first clean-sheet Lamborghini engine since the original V12 first appeared in the 350GT, nearly 50 years ago. Lambo V12: a lightweight engine Lamborghini is keen to promote the low ...

BMW EfficientDynamics hybrid supercar: production confirmed

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 05 November 2010 13:04

BMW today gave the green light for production of the dramatic Vision EfficientDynamics hybrid supercar shown at the 2009 Frankfurt motor show. Munich admitted today that the tech underpinning the concept car was 'completely or virtually production-ready' and said that the car will be launched very much as shown in Frankfurt. It has started roadgoing tests of the 2+2 EfficientDynamics ...

Peugeot 90X breaks cover

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Sarah-Jayne Harrison, 04 November 2010 12:26

Once a well kept secret in Peugeots Sport factory in Vélizy, near Paris, Peugeots new 2011, codenamed 90X, has been out and about for its first test at the Monza track. While the 90X complies with the new ACO's 2011 regulations, it still requires some considerable amount of work to be done to be ready for 2011. So what's changed? A ...

Red Bull X1 supercar (2010): the full technical spec

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Ben List, 28 October 2010 14:50

If god is in the detail, then this is surely quite heavenly: the full tech spec of the Red Bull X1. The X1 is the hypercar designed with the help of the Red Bull F1 team - and will star in the highly anticipated Gran Turismo 5 Playstation 3 game. The Red Bull X1 is exclusively revealed in the November 2010 issue of CAR, ...

James Bond Aston Martin DB5 sells for £2.9m

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Tim Pollard, 28 October 2010 08:54

The famous James Bond Aston Martin DB5 sold last night at a London auction for nearly £3 million. American businessman Harry Yeaggy paid £2,912,000 ($4,608,500) for the 1964 DB5 driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger and Thunderball. The 007 DB5 is best known for Q's gadgets, including revolving number plates, rocket launchers and an ejector seat. Who bought James Bond's Aston Martin ...

McLaren Automotive plans petrol-electric hybrid supercars

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Tim Pollard, 15 October 2010 08:00

McLaren Automotive is planning a range of petrol-electric hybrid supercars, CAR can confirm today. Work is underway and McLaren will launch hybrid, electric-assisted sports cars in the next three years. We've uncovered a recruitment plan to assemble a team of hybrid engineers at the McLaren's Woking HQ in Surrey, England. CAR has tracked down industry job adverts recruiting 'electrical engineers [with ...

Porsche 918 Spyder here in 2013, says new CEO

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Tim Pollard, 05 October 2010 09:29

New Porsche president and chief executive officer Matthias Müller has confirmed that the new 918 Spyder hybrid supercar is on track for a 2013 delivery. Speaking to CAR at the 2010 Paris motor show, Müller said the engineering programme was on time and that the 918 would stay faithful to the concept car revealed in March this year. ‘We are ...

CAR's video guide to the 2010 Paris motor show

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Ben Pulman, 01 October 2010 11:30

Rather than embroiling themselves in our live blogging from the 2010 Paris motor, the senior statesmen of CAR (executive editor Gavin Green, contributing editor Ben Oliver and European editor Georg Kacher) have instead retreated to the comfort of a Rolls-Royce Phantom to discuss the 2010 Paris motor show. Click on the video below to watch the three of them debate the themes, ...

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