Ron Dennis Drops hint about the next McLaren/Mercedes Road Car....
11-22-2004, 04:44 PM
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Ron Dennis Drops hint about the next McLaren/Mercedes Road Car....
At a press conference about his future in the Formula 1 World Ron Dennis said this about the next McLaren/Mercedes Road Car after the SLR....
"Meanwhile, behind Woking's multi-million Pound factory doors, engineers are hard at work on the next high performance McLaren-Mercedes road car, codenamed 'P8.' Dennis explained of the approximately 100,000 Pound car: "It will be our version of what other people (like Ferrari and Porsche) have done."
"Meanwhile, behind Woking's multi-million Pound factory doors, engineers are hard at work on the next high performance McLaren-Mercedes road car, codenamed 'P8.' Dennis explained of the approximately 100,000 Pound car: "It will be our version of what other people (like Ferrari and Porsche) have done."
11-29-2004, 11:25 AM
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Not that big a hint, this dates from February 27, 2004
2008 MERCEDES-BENZ McLAREN P8
AVAILABLE: Late 2007 although not officially approved yet
BASE PRICE: $200,000 (est.)
POWERTRAIN: 6.3-liter, 500+hp, 516+lb-ft V8; RWD, seven-speed automatic
0-60 MPH: 3.9 seconds (est.)
WEIGHT: 3000 pounds (est.)
2008 MERCEDES-BENZ McLAREN P8
AVAILABLE: Late 2007 although not officially approved yet
BASE PRICE: $200,000 (est.)
POWERTRAIN: 6.3-liter, 500+hp, 516+lb-ft V8; RWD, seven-speed automatic
0-60 MPH: 3.9 seconds (est.)
WEIGHT: 3000 pounds (est.)
11-30-2004, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave OH
But there have been recent rumors that there weren't going to be any more road cars coming from MB/Mclaren
11-30-2004, 02:15 AM
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Originally Posted by FInality
There are rumors but I doubt MB/McLaren would have built the new technology center and spent hundreds of Millions of pounds unless they where serious about a future 3 care lineup.
