McLaren MP4-12C

[xpensive]

Sweet lord, who could possibly compare with this, I wonder what the Mercedes SLR line looks like?

[marcush.]

Sweet lord, who could possibly compare with this, I wonder what the Mercedes SLR line looks like?

I know the line from another OEM in that area: not comparable..
not the SLS:
The chassis and alunminium bodyshell of the car are produced by Magna Steyr in Graz in Austria and the 6.3-litre power unit comes from AMG in Affalterbach, Germany. The car is assembled by hand on the lines at Sindelfingen.

[marcush.]

Zuffenhausen Carrera/Boxster production line

Leipzig Panamera/Cayenne

[747heavy]

Sweet lord, who could possibly compare with this, I wonder what the Mercedes SLR line looks like?

well the SLR production (by McLaren) looks pretty much the same.






but the crash tests are more realistic



anyway the Mercedes AMG SLS production looks more like this:

[autogyro]

Surely the SLS photos show the build tables for the prototype.
They look much the same as those used by McLaren for the SLR prototype.
The McLaren photos are of production builds.

The crash picture is probably Sheik Wally of money bags land.

[Sean H]

high altitude emissions testing in flagstaff, az last week.


IMG_7882a by Hnaes, on Flickr


IMG_7888a by Hnaes, on Flickr


IMG_7906a by Hnaes, on Flickr


IMG_7876a by Hnaes, on Flickr

[marcush.]

err .mclaren has only produced prototypes so far of the 12c,right? and the production facility was just started to build as far as I know...

[mx_tifoso]

The reflector in the rear quarter panel looks like a piece is broken off when you can't see it clearly. Damn US DOT regulations!

high altitude emissions testing in flagstaff, az last week.

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They were probably doing hot weather testing in other parts of Arizona as well. A few hours drive in either direction of Flagstaff and it's a desert environment (43ºC/110°+ F with typically low humidity levels).

Engines have a great time with the a/c on full blast in 120ºF weather come late summer.

[xpensive]

This Arizona testing is most pro-active thinking on MacLaren's part, when many 12C are likely to end up in another desert?

[marcush.]

high altitude emissions testing in flagstaff, az last week.

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They were probably doing hot weather testing in other parts of Arizona as well. A few hours drive in either direction of Flagstaff and it's a desert environment (43ºC/110°+ F with typically low humidity levels).

Engines have a great time with the a/c on full blast in 120ºF weather come late summer.

my collegues doing testing in a well known valley would stand on the door sills of the car when looking up their laptops to avoid getting their feet burned fom the soaring heat coming up from under the car.. you need to test there,no question.But Dubai etc is as worse.so of course this is best practise on a manufacturers side ,although I´m not sure if all supercar manufacturers do realise and fork out the money to do so.I know of at least one who seems to be content to drive at the Nordschleife only.

[Richard]

Gosh, that car is so much better looking in white. I thought the bronze one looked worringly bland.

Autogyro - The SLR crash was in Qatar in Jul 08, the 22 year old diver died. I used Tineye.com to track down the source of the pictures.

[Just_a_fan]

err .mclaren has only produced prototypes so far of the 12c,right? and the production facility was just started to build as far as I know...

The intention, as far as I am aware, is to use the old SLR production line (or the at least space that was occupied by it) for the initial run of customer cars prior to the "factory" being completed. This space is currently being used for the prototypes so they know they can produce customer cars in that space.

[marcush.]

err .mclaren has only produced prototypes so far of the 12c,right? and the production facility was just started to build as far as I know...

The intention, as far as I am aware, is to use the old SLR production line (or the at least space that was occupied by it) for the initial run of customer cars prior to the "factory" being completed. This space is currently being used for the prototypes so they know they can produce customer cars in that space.

was the slr not produced in portsmouth or was this just the bodywork construction?

[Sean H]

Yes, they had already done the first batch of hot weather testing. This was a test at 9200 ft elevation.

For any of you skiers, these pics were taken at Snowbowl.

[Just_a_fan]

err .mclaren has only produced prototypes so far of the 12c,right? and the production facility was just started to build as far as I know...

The intention, as far as I am aware, is to use the old SLR production line (or the at least space that was occupied by it) for the initial run of customer cars prior to the "factory" being completed. This space is currently being used for the prototypes so they know they can produce customer cars in that space.

was the slr not produced in portsmouth or was this just the bodywork construction?

I think the c/f bodywork was produced in Portsmouth before being shipped to McLaren's Woking base for final assembly.