Mclaren MP4-12Cs in Brazil
Posted: October 15, 2012 Filed under: Auto Idolatry, SHOWCASE | Tags: Brazil, Mclaren, Mind, motor, MP4-12C, Over, video 1 Comment »A very well edited Mclaren video from Brazil
-Nick
A Prius, a Veyron, and an MP4-12C walk into a bar…
Posted: February 22, 2012 Filed under: AUTOMOTIVE INSIGHTS | Tags: 0-60, 12C, 458, acceleration, audacious, Birdman, Bugatti, Car, Celebrity, Chris Harris, Cruise, culture, dollars, Driver, fake, Ferrari, hired, Horsepower, Italia, Mclaren, million, Mind, motor, MP4, MP4-12C, mpg, Nick, numbers, ostentatious, Over, Pop, Price, Prius, review, ruin, speed, Sport, Status, sticker, Super, Symbol, Tom, top, Veyron, Walker, Window 1 Comment »That is a silly title, I know, but it does beg the question as to why I would put those three specific cars together at all? The answer lies in how they all have a similar reason for their existence, to be a number. Each was meant to achieve some specific measure of performance that would define the car to the world. While all three have been successful in achieving their tangible goals they have all wound up becoming relics of a more regimented and boring existence. They all cater to an increasingly soulless and superficial world where people judge everything from a bunch of numbers on sheet of paper or a computer screen, and not so much from actual experiences. Read the rest of this entry »
Spotted! McLaren MP4-12C, St. John’s Wood, London, UK
Posted: October 14, 2011 Filed under: Exotics, SPOTTED!, USER SUBMITTED | Tags: Carbon Fiber, Exotics, Gordan Murray, Great Britain, London, Mclaren, Mind over motor, MP4, MP4-12C, Sophistication, Spotted!, technology, UK Leave a comment »
So it's on sale in the UK. Should be hitting these shores very soon (if not already).
My aunt must have been out for her morning walk when she saw this brand=new McLaren sitting on the side of the High Street. So far, in terms of seeing a production version on the street, she’s beaten us to it. Nice find, Aunt Randi.
Spotted by: Randi P-H


