VIDEO and STILLS from McLaren Automotive available on thenewsmarket.com: McLaren MP4-12C Sets New Performance and Efficiency Standards

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Through a combination of carbon fibre expertise, innovative Formula 1-inspired technologies and development programmes, the new McLaren MP4-12C has redefined high-performance sports car benchmarks. The 12C has been created at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, UK under the same roof as McLaren Racing and the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 team. McLaren Automotive's vehicle development team has been testing prototype versions of the innovative new McLaren MP4-12C high-performance sports car around the world since 2007. And the development programme recently completed the car's final 'sign-off' 1,000 mile development drive. The Formula 1 simulator enabled the first 12C prototypes to deliver remarkable dynamic performance. Four Production Prototype 12C's (PP7, PP9, PP10, PP11) departed McLaren's Woking headquarters for the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve race circuit in Portugal taking a detour en-route to a Spanish proving ground to log the car's definitive and ground-breaking performance times. All four PP 12C's arrived in Portimao where they undertook further 'sign-off' tests. Available material includes an edited package about the simulator and tests as well as stills.

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