As the production of the Mclaren SLR ends next year, the collaboration between Mercedes and Mclaren will also come to a close as each company moves on to create their own successor. Also covered in zerotohundred is the Mercedes SLC but it has taken a main stage role during its development stages unlike the Mclaren, whose latest model is almost unheard of.
Codenamed P11, the first Mclaren since the F1 of the 90’s, it will reportedly hit showrooms in March 2010 as a coupe. We expect to start seeing the car in little over a year and a spider version a year after.
Aimed directly at the Ferrari F430 the Mclaren is said have already have an edge in terms of weight and size. The P11 is powered by a 550bhp V8 engine which is reportedly built by Mahle England. The engine is said to be based on an existing Mercedes unit.
Just as Ferrari has the Scuderia, Porsche the RS, and Lamborghini with its Superleggera, Mclaren will have its own version of a striped out, hardcore P11 codenamed, P12. According to sources, the P12 will be powered by a monstrous 600bhp V10 engine and is due to appear in 2011.
