New McLaren

You would expect me to post about a new McLaren over on www.f1-blog.co.uk, however this is a newly announced road McLaren.

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And it’s quite pretty, reminiscent some would say of the Audi R8, but more organic than the Audi 2 seater.

Price is expected to be about the R8’s £80.000 so not a million miles away from the Porsche and Audi competition.

Frank Stephenson is looking after styling, he comes with a good pedigree (Fiat and Ferrari), and you can certainly see P11 influences in the car.

Slightly shorter than the R8, and similar power levels (450bhp) should make for some fun.

It amused me, so ….

2009-02-17