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McLaren Automotive, formerly McLaren Cars, have finally released the long-anticipated successor to the McLaren F1, the all-new McLaren MP4-12C! The MP4-12C supercar is a high performance two-seat mid-engine super car that has been completely developed in-house, including its 3.8-Liter V8 twin-turbo engine, and makes extensive use of race car technology, including the use of a one-piece carbon fibre chassis structure, which the company calls the Carbon MonoCell, and Brake Steer, a technology that helps to overcome understeer on entry to a corner and improves traction on exit. The body panels are also made of carbon fiber composites.

Powering the McLaren MP4-12C is a high reving, all-new McLaren M838T twin-turbo 3.8-Liter V8 engine that produces approximately 600 bhp and 433 lb-ft of torque of which 80% is available at 2,000 rpm. The M838T engine features a flat-plane crank and a dry sump and can rev up to 8,500 rpm! The power is transmitted to the McLaren MP4-12C’s rear wheels through a McLaren-developed seven speed Seamless Shift dual clutch gearbox (SSG) with paddle shifts that are mounted on the steering wheel, rather than the steering column.

The all-new McLaren MP4-12C supercar will be available early 2011 at which point McLaren hopes the current economic recession would subside. The car will retail at between £125,000 and £175,000.