Harris on the MP4-12C
02-25-2012, 10:36 AM
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Always enjoy his video's!
MP: Very comfy, very capable and superfast, but feels like crap in your hands.
Not bad, like a lightweight GTR that has a comfort setting that is comfortable.
MP: Very comfy, very capable and superfast, but feels like crap in your hands.
Not bad, like a lightweight GTR that has a comfort setting that is comfortable.
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02-25-2012, 12:12 PM
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great review, I enjoyed it as I always do from chris harris
For some reason that car makes me think ACURA NSX
It makes me think if acura had remade the NSX this is what it should have looked like
I wish I could give this car a drive around town, to the track an test it around the track..
Id love to Get a glimpse of all its worlds. Comfort,Sport and Track modes.
For some reason that car makes me think ACURA NSX
It makes me think if acura had remade the NSX this is what it should have looked like
I wish I could give this car a drive around town, to the track an test it around the track..
Id love to Get a glimpse of all its worlds. Comfort,Sport and Track modes.
02-25-2012, 01:54 PM
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What?! No centerlocks? Disappointing ...
Thanks for the photos. McLaren should use these (low light, low definition ...) makes the 12C look halfway appealing as a styling exercice, but still falls short with its "expensive Lotus Elise" looks.
Anyway, it's entertaining to read what The Harris has to say. I think he's being honest, wearing his heart on his sleeve and clearly his country's flag over his heart when he reviews the last hope for British motoring. Here's hoping the next 12C addresses the weaknesses of this first iteration. If McLaren plays their hand at $250K, they know they simply can't support selling too many cars at lower price points, so Porsche has freedom to deliver the next GT3 and RS at their leisure with zero competition from adjacent brands like BMW/Mercedes/Audi etc between $120-175K. What an astonishingly weak market to find zero new competition between $100K and $200K. If McLaren can dial down the exotic materials in the bill for this "early adopter, first kid on the block" status symbol car, get to a $150-175K price point, look out. Meanwhile, hats off to Acura for the next NSX. I have to admit that the 991 doesn't (yet) strike me as a GT3 platform and if I'm not driving a rear-engine, if Acura can deliver a track-oriented NSX under $200K ...
Thanks for the photos. McLaren should use these (low light, low definition ...) makes the 12C look halfway appealing as a styling exercice, but still falls short with its "expensive Lotus Elise" looks.
Anyway, it's entertaining to read what The Harris has to say. I think he's being honest, wearing his heart on his sleeve and clearly his country's flag over his heart when he reviews the last hope for British motoring. Here's hoping the next 12C addresses the weaknesses of this first iteration. If McLaren plays their hand at $250K, they know they simply can't support selling too many cars at lower price points, so Porsche has freedom to deliver the next GT3 and RS at their leisure with zero competition from adjacent brands like BMW/Mercedes/Audi etc between $120-175K. What an astonishingly weak market to find zero new competition between $100K and $200K. If McLaren can dial down the exotic materials in the bill for this "early adopter, first kid on the block" status symbol car, get to a $150-175K price point, look out. Meanwhile, hats off to Acura for the next NSX. I have to admit that the 991 doesn't (yet) strike me as a GT3 platform and if I'm not driving a rear-engine, if Acura can deliver a track-oriented NSX under $200K ...