The Mclaren MP4-12C is almost ready to take on the world of supercars. Apparently Mclaren has entered the final phase of development and will announce final perfomance details on the new prototypes next month.
Mclaren refers to each of the test cars as an “experimental prototype”, or XP in short and shown in the video above are the XP8 and XP10. The cars entered testing five weeks ago and are now almost production ready.
In the four-minute long video, the cars can be seen on the road near Montblanc, Spain, and on the track. The cars use an updated version of the McLaren M838T twin-turbo engine, and a gearbox with optimized ratios.
“Some supercars that we drive are pretty intimidating. That’s something with the MP4-12C that we never really wanted,” said McLaren new vehicles director Mark Vinnels. “Everything we are trying to do with the car is to make the car as easy as possible to drive.”
McLaren says that not a minute goes by that the XPs are not tested. The company has a team of about 25 engineers working on the car in shifts 24/7.
Source: WorldCarFans
