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Club Neverland comes to TIMETOATTACK Sepang this Sunday! + Season Finale After Party!

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Hussein Zain
– December 11, 2012Posted in: Auto Features, Time Attack, TIMETOATTACK

TIMETOATTACK is proud to announce an exciting partnership with Club Neverland (www.clubneverland.com), Kuala Lumpur and Singapore’s #1 Live Entertainment Clubbing destination! This Sunday at TIMETOATTACK Sepang, participants and spectators can expect to be entertained by Club Neverland’s invasion of serious contenders at the circuit with their resident Champagne R35 GTR and Tangerine Mclaren MP4-12C among other Neverland Machines aiming for top times on TIMETOATTACK’s Hall Of Fame!

And that’s not it! There’s also a TIMETOATTACK AFTER PARTY @ NEVERLAND KL and you’re invited! – Did we mention Free-Flow Drinks and Generous Discounts for TIMETOATTACK goers? There is also a super-exclusive premiere of the TIMETOATTACK Season Final Movie so read on and make a date with us this Sunday at Sepang!

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TIMETOATTACK: A New SCUD and 2 MP4-12Cs to Attack Sepang this Sunday!

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Tom
– December 11, 2012Posted in: Auto Features, Time Attack, TIMETOATTACK

It’s been a while since we last saw a Scud at the TIMETOATTACK, and this Sunday’s Season Finale will see an old boy with a new toy attacking the circuit! He’s always been tearing the circuit with 2 versions of his homemade force-fed 997 C2, how will he do in his new Scuderia from Scuderia? Make a date with us this Sunday at Sepang!

You’ve seen the Orange Mac at the recent TIMETOATTACK Round 2 in July. This Sunday at the TIMETOATTACK Round 3 Season Finale, A pair of Mclaren MP4-12Cs will be attacking Sepang aiming for under 2:28 per lap! Denis Lian, former A1GP driver from Team Singapore will pilot a Black Mac. Will a factory-stock Supercar ever be TIMETOATTACK Fastest Car of the year? Only Time will tell. It’s TIMETOATTACK This Sunday!

 

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The McLaren MP4-12C Named as Middle East’s 2012 COTY!

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Hussein Zain
– November 30, 2012Posted in: Auto News, International, Manufacturer, McLaren

So the name might not be that catchy and the looks might not match the main rival of the Ferrari 458 Italia. But yet the McLaren MP4-12C continues to make a great presence into the world of supercar that it had recently and surprisingly named as the “Car of the Year” during the 2012 Middle East Motor Awards.

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EVO Pitting the Greatest Machines Around in the 2012 Car of The Year: The Track Battles!

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Hussein Zain
– November 27, 2012Posted in: 86, Auto News, BMW, International, Lotus, Manufacturer, McLaren, Mercedes-Benz, Pagani, Porsche, Toyota, Videos

It is now that time of the year and this time, the guys from EVO had come out with a video that petrolheads should never miss. After the MotorTrend’s World’s Greatest Drag Race that featured a lineup of both pure and force-fed horsepower machines screaming down the dragstrip, it is now time for a more technical showdown through EVO’s 2012 Car of The Year: The Track Battles.

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Singapore Gets the MP4-12C “SG Edition” from McLaren

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Hussein Zain
– September 24, 2012Posted in: Auto News, Formula 1, International, Manufacturer, McLaren, Motorsports

Singapore always gets the best bits in the supercar scene, where they got this exclusive treatment by major supercar manufacturers dedicating special/limited edition models specifically for the small South East Asia country. Besides of having Lamborghini dedicating the Gallardo LP 550-2 Singapore Limited Edition to them, McLaren steps into the game as the British supercar maker is also dropping down their own exclusive MP4-12C for Singapore, dubbed as the Fire Black Singapore Edition.

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Take a Ride with Motor Trend’s “World’s Greatest Drag Race” 2012

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Hussein Zain
– August 27, 2012Posted in: Auto News, Chevrolet, Ford, GT-R, International, Jaguar, Lamborghini, Manufacturer, McLaren, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Subaru

Last year, the guys at Motor Trend had answered the curiosity that most of us had plagued in our heads. With more and more powerful cars emerging into today’s market, the most common question encountered today is “Who will go the fastest?”, which they had put a straight forward answer to it by staging one of the most epic drag race ever.

By lining up 11 of the best cars from all continents, the Japanese had proved that their GT-R is nothing to be played around with as it obliterated its rivals, which some of them are much more powerful like the 458 Italia and the SLS AMG. But would it be able to retain its crown in this year’s “World’s Greatest Drag Race”? Read the rest of this entry »

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630-HP Track-Ready McLaren MP4-12C Can-Am Debuting at Pebble Beach

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Hussein Zain
– August 16, 2012Posted in: Auto News, International, McLaren

After a long absence from the supercar scene, McLaren finally makes a comeback with the MP4-12C which redefines a number of concepts for the supercar. Housing a twin turbo V8 engine with an output of almost 600-horsepower, this new supercar was designed from the start in being an efficient track-winner machine through the new direction that McLaren is taking.

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“V12 Engine is a Thing of the Past”, Claimed McLaren’s Exec

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Hussein Zain
– August 8, 2012Posted in: Auto News, Manufacturer, McLaren

McLaren has always been paving its course through automotive perfection via scientific calculations and lab-controlled variations that goes to an extreme level. And via those methods, they had produced a number of outstanding creations that had instantly made its way to the eyes of the auto enthusiasts like the blisteringly-fast F1, and the one that has the 458 Italia for breakfast, the new MP4-12C.

While other major supercar makers like Ferrari and Lamborghini still has the massive V12 engine powering their latest creations like the F12 Berlinetta and the LP700-4 Aventador, McLaren’s Executive Antony Sheriff however, boldly claims that the V12 is now outdated and is something that “belongs in a museum”. Read the rest of this entry »

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Supercars & Exotics @ TIMETOATTACK 2012 Round 2 + Supercar Results!

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Hussein Zain
– July 29, 2012Posted in: Auto Features, Sepang International Circuit, Time Attack, TIMETOATTACK

Tracing from a few years back, Malaysia had suddenly experienced a supercar boom on its roads with a lot of high-end, mega-horsepowered European marquees becoming a choice for the rich and famous. But it is not only the “common” exotics like the Ferrari F430 or anything from the Porsche family line that roams the streets of Malaysia, as the limited-run ultra rare beasts like the 599 GTO or the LP 670-4 SuperVeloce are also in the headcount too.

And when the MCKEE GT-R Drag Battle was changed to the MCKEE Drag.Info, opening the entries to supercars as well, there were tonnes of them making an appearance at Sepang International Circuit last Sunday. It was as if all of the supercars in Malaysia made a special pilgrimage to this circuit in letting the beasts to go wild for once in a while.

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A Taste of the MP4-12C Spider from McLaren’s Official Film

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Hussein Zain
– July 13, 2012Posted in: Auto News, International, Manufacturer, McLaren

McLaren has always put Ferrari locked into their crosshair at all times; let it be on the circuit or even on the roads. So when Ferrari came out with the sexy and seductive 458 Italia, it took no time for McLaren to come out with a counterattack with their own scientifically-proven, Italia-eater MP4-12C. It has more power, handles better and almost tops the Top Gear leader board, losing only to the V8-bearing lightweight Ariel Atom.

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