McLaren Chief designer Frank Stephenson Reveals Secrets Of The 12C Spider

The team over at the Drive youtube channel, (one our favorites on the web) got together with Chief designer for McLaren Automotive Frank Stephenson, last week in pebble beach, where he revealed the secret behind the 12C Spider’s yellow paint job — it has to do with Ayrton Senna and why the best automotive designer in the world is mother nature. Just a refresher, the blast from 0 to 60 mph takes just 3.1 seconds in the drop-top 12C, and has a top speed at 207 mph. The Spider, just like it’s fixed roof sibling, pumps out 616 horsepower from a 3.8-liter, twin-turbocharged V8 engine. The new must have spider will be fitted with a starting price tag of $265,750.