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Ron Dennis today announced that McLaren will launch its P11 supercar, the successor to the awesome F1 (pictured), in 2011.
Speaking at the team’s Woking HQ, Dennis confirmed that he is to end all involvement with McLaren’s F1 squad in order to concentrate on its new sports car business, McLaren Automotive.
The P11 – a mid-engined rival for the Ferrari F430 – will be the first product of McLaren Automotive, and indeed the first all-McLaren car since 1992, as the British firm is cutting ties with Mercedes.
Dennis said that the McLaren range of ‘super sports cars’ will start at around £100,000 – though the P11 is expected to cost nearer £130,000 – and will include a 2+2 seater as well as the two-seater P11.
He has lofty ambitions for his fledgling company: McLaren Automotive expects to build 1000 cars in its first full year of production from a new UK-based factory, rising to 4000 cars by 2014 – rather more than the mere 106 F1s. Dennis said this would provide ‘the potential for up to 800 skilled jobs’.
At the moment, details of the P11 remain sketchy, but Top Gear was able to glean that the supercar will feature a cab-forward stance, retractable rear spoiler and a flat underbody. McLaren has built 36 prototypes so far.
However, we don’t know what it’ll be called: Dennis confirmed that P11 was merely a codename for the project. So, over to you: what should the new McLaren supercar be called?
McLaren F1 is back
Well, sort of. Big Ron D confirms McLaren supercars will arrive in 2011
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A4R0N-24 commented on this article
at 02:54 pm on 16 April 2009
BRILLIANT, can't wai
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Ben27 commented on this article
at 04:47 pm on 16 April 2009
Woo, the F1 was ace, can they top it? Probably not, lets see
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Tom90 commented on this article
at 05:08 pm on 16 April 2009
I think it will be amazing hopefully there will be a convertible option aswell. Thats saying I would rather have the hard top version especially with the british weather lol What about the name Mclaren Bruce (after the guy who the racing team was named after) thats saying probably would be too similar to what ferrari did with the Ferrari Enzo
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ian09rush commented on this article
at 05:19 pm on 16 April 2009
It so disappointing and frustrating that it's gonna be a F430 rival. A McLaren should be an out of the world beast that set world records for the next decade or so, a car without any rival, not just another mundane 100K supercar you can find in your local Tesco lot.
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Turbomatic commented on this article
at 05:43 pm on 16 April 2009
I agree with ian, if you only make a new type of car ever 3 years or so, and all of them are mentally fast, why make one a rival for a 430? You have to aim higher because normal people would just then buy the 430, mainly, because it's a ferrari! McLaren should just jo mental as they always do and build a Ron Dennis Type R!
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