McLaren car has won the “Indy 500” award three times and in the French “Le Mans” race during its first participation in 1995 with a rate of one race from four “Formula 1” races. Antony Shrief, CEO of McLaren Automotive Company said: “our office which is specialized in the design field is located only 100 feet from the office of ‘Formula 1’. We have made the ‘MP4 -12C’ car based on a different and unique design than the normal design used for the production of racing cars. We use a lot of equipments, techniques and simulation software commonly used by ‘Formula 1’team”. He added: “these efforts and techniques give us an added advantage. The new McLaren car’s engine generates power up to 600 hp and torque of 433 lb / ft where the car weight is less than the weight of its rivals which are Lamborghini and Ferrari by 57 kilograms thanks to its structure which is made entirely of carbon fiber”.
The carbon fiber is the most important components of the new car where Antony Shrief says that the weight of the car is a major concern for the company. Regardless of its high cost, there are no negative aspects to use these carbon fibers where they are lighter and more durable. Antony Shrief says that the simplicity of manufacturing the carbon fiber’s structures makes the car unique. Also, he said: “we take care of all small and large details that may affect the weight of the car where one of the engineers in McLaren Company refused to put the footprint on the internal structure of the car where he said that this piece should be replaced with a smaller and similar piece to reduce the car’s weight.
McLaren Company plans to manufacture about 1,000 cars from the “MP4 -12C” car during the first year of production. According to Antony Shrief, three thousand people actually applied to buy this car and there is no waiting list yet where the company did not determine the exact car’s cost of this car yet but Tony Joseph, Regional Director for the company in North America says that the price would be between 225 thousand and 250 thousand dollars. Of course, the price would not be a problem for the category of buyers who are targeted by this car where Antony Shrief says that this car targets those who do not choose between “McLaren MP4 – 12C” or “Ferrari F- 430” as they simply will buy the two cars.
