McLaren Reveals Performance of The MP4-12C

The new McLaren road car, the MP4-12C, has made much noise since late 2009, however, only now the UK brand released official figures for its performance supermachine. And as there could be different, performance is frightening. Equipped with sport tires, the model accelerates from 0 to 100 km / h in a mere 3.3 seconds. To reach 200 km / h are needed more than 5.6 seconds and accelerating until the car drives 330 km / h, electronically limited top speed.

A capacity to launch is credited mainly to the 3.8 V8 biturbo engine McLaren, which produces 592 horsepower at 7,000 rpm and 61 lb.-ft. of torque between 3,000 rpm and 7,000 rpm, a fairly flat track for a supercar. The low weight also helps. According to the manufacturer headed by Ron Dennis, the accused only 1301 kg car in the balance. Only your chassis, reinforced entirely of carbon fiber, weighs 75 kg, collaborating with the power to weight ratio of only 2.1 kg / hp. It’s like a horse take a soda bottle in his cell. Since the medium consumption of gasoline is even reasonable: 10.2 mpg.

Speaking of carbon, the material of great strength and low weight is also found in the gathering of the rest of the body, internal details and the brake discs. And McLaren has also released information around the braking of the vehicle: from 100 km/h, the MP4-12C halts completely in only 30.5 feet of track. Following yet what is most modern in the industry, the coupe has made in Woking exchange semi-automatic 7-speed and double clutch. The exchanges are made through the butterfly behind the wheel.

Available for purchase since late 2010 in dealerships in Europe and the United States, the MP4-12C costs on medium US$ 229,000.