McLaren Hints at Roadgoing Version of GT3 Racecar

Just the Facts:

• McLaren plans to build 20 copies of the MP4-12C GT3 racer, at $512,000 each.
• The company already has sold out the first year's production of the MP4-12C.
• McLaren's second new model is due in 2014, with a third in 2015-'16.

WOKING, England — McLaren Cars has sold out the first year's production of the MP4-12C, and now has 1,700 advance orders from customers. In addition, executives are hinting that a roadgoing version of the just-announced MP4-12C GT3 racecar is in the pipeline.
Managing Director Antony Sheriff says that the company won't be offering the extensive variations on the MP4-12C that Porsche does with its 911. Instead, it will meet specific customer needs with a few derivatives, "but won't over-egg it."
McLaren will build 20 GT3 racecars for customers, and reckons that it offers a very competitive package with properly organized backup and spare parts for the $512,000 list price.
The company is about to open a brand new factory to build the 12C, which is currently assembled in lower volumes in the facility previously used for building the Mercedes SLR. The all-new facility, located on the same site, has the capacity to build 4,000 cars annually on two shifts.
Sheriff says the company will launch a new product — either an all-new model or a derivative — every year from now on.
A second all-new model will arrive inside three years, by which time McLaren Automotive, the road-car division, will be breaking even, says Sheriff. Due by 2014 at the latest, this vehicle is more expensive than the MP4-12C and is described by insiders as having "very interesting" styling, a contrast to the MP4-12C, whose design has been criticized for being a bit ordinary by supercar standards.
Of the 4,000 annual output at the new plant, 1,000-1,500 will be accounted for by the MP4-12C. The rest will be made up of the second new model and a third car, whose launch date is probably 2015-'16.



McLaren Hints at Roadgoing Version of GT3 Racecar

 

That statement already has me all excited

 

12C is exciting. This would be completely off the hook. And winning.

 

McLaren knows what's up. Seeing how gorgeous the race car looks, I can only imagine how amazing this will turn out.

 

They have good people