McLaren to build F1 successor!

[SVT666]

McLaren has announced plans to build a successor to the F1 Supercar.  It will be powered by a V8 engine and will be  a lightweight 2 seater.  The car is said to bow in the fall of 2010.

F1 Successor

[thewizard16]

There are a lot of beautiful cars that I want recently. This would definitely qualify.

[sportyaccordy]

While Gordon Murray is a Grade A DOUCHE, and yes 200mph cars are a dime a dozen these days, the F1 is the SR71 of the automotive industry.

It is faster than many current supercars, and was 14 years ahead of the game.

LOLOLOLOLOLL

Another response to the blog pretty much sums up my feelings on this though:

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Fascinating?yawn

The era of ultrafast supercars isn't in its infancy anymore. There are a dozen cars that do 0-60 in the 3-4 second range and hit 200+ mph. Adding another to the pot is no big deal anymore.

The first F1 was awesome because it was the first supercar to raise the bar so high in all regards- speed, handling, and comfort. I don't see this car as doing anything besides being marginally faster, maybe slightly more comfortable.

I have an idea for a new kind of supercar that would sell like hot cakes. It would be beautiful too (I have design sketches). But w/e

[Nethead]

It is true that being able to maintain 200.0 MPH for any length of time is so twentieth century now that we're nearly eight years deep into the twenty-first century, but a new McLaren is welcome news to anyone who appreciates speed AND balance. The F1's performance was stunning in its day, and it is a car whose duration as the fastest production vehicle on Earth has never been repeated.  The Nethead here thinks that a new McLaren will probably better the F1 in every parameter--with the possible exception of seating capacity.  Expect to be impressed! 

LATE BREAKING NEWS, and I do mean breaking:  With the $100,000,000 fine for stealing Ferrari development secrets (even before Ferrari sics the legalbeagles on McLaren ), expect a delay in the F1 replacement program.  The great-great-great-great grandchildren of the McLaren staff expect to be out of the red and letting out contracts for the new vehicle's subsystems, with the expectation of commencing the testing of frame and chassis components in early May of 2175. 
In other news, President George W. Bush VIII hopes to initiate troop reductions in Iraq next Spring to reduce the US involvement to 186,432,901 troops, a figure criticized by some as insufficient to quell the insurgency by the remaining six Iraqis thought to still be alive somewhere.
Daewoo, parent company of General Motors, announced today that a Corvair convertible will hit the dealerships in October of 2176 as a 2177 model to bolster the flagging sales of the resurrected Corvair four-door sedan.
At the Exxon Stock Exchange in NYC, brokers are predicting an increase in gasoline prices due to a spilled soft drink on an offshore drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
Yada yada yada...

[deesea]

Car Magazine has a feature on the new Mclaren in their october issue...anyone wanna scan for us?

[Soup DeVille]

After their recent FIA troubles, I wonder if McLaren will ever be able to build anything again...

[sandertheshark]

LATE BREAKING NEWS, and I do mean breaking:  With the $100,000,000 fine for stealing Ferrari development secrets (even before Ferrari sics the legalbeagles on McLaren ), expect a delay in the F1 replacement program.  The great-great-great-great grandchildren of the McLaren staff expect to be out of the red and letting out contracts for the new vehicle's subsystems, with the expectation of commencing the testing of frame and chassis components in early May of 2175. 
In other news, President George W. Bush VIII hopes to initiate troop reductions in Iraq next Spring to reduce the US involvement to 186,432,901 troops, a figure criticized by some as insufficient to quell the insurgency by the remaining six Iraqis thought to still be alive somewhere.
Daewoo, parent company of General Motors, announced today that a Corvair convertible will hit the dealerships in October of 2176 as a 2177 model to bolster the flagging sales of the resurrected Corvair four-door sedan.
At the Exxon Stock Exchange in NYC, brokers are predicting an increase in gasoline prices due to a spilled soft drink on an offshore drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
Yada yada yada...

When did you last have a psych exam?

[SVT_Power]

When did you last have a psych exam?

too long ago apparently

[Nethead]

When did you last have a psych exam?

sandertheshark: SandDude, you won't be laughing in 2175 when you hear those stories on the evening news...

Actually, attorneys will get the fine reduced to a thousandth of that figure.  But Ferrari's attorneys will go for the jugular, and that will hurt McLaren more than the reduced fine.  McLaren can stall--and will, of course--but this has gotta hurt (deservedly).  Will it kill the F1 replacement?  It might depend on the courts that will have jurisdiction--if it is the jurisdiction of courts in Italy, McLaren can kiss it good-bye...

[nickdrinkwater]

It is true that being able to maintain 200.0 MPH for any length of time is so twentieth century now that we're nearly eight years deep into the twenty-first century, but a new McLaren is welcome news to anyone who appreciates speed AND balance. The F1's performance was stunning in its day, and it is a car whose duration as the fastest production vehicle on Earth has never been repeated.  The Nethead here thinks that a new McLaren will probably better the F1 in every parameter--with the possible exception of seating capacity.  Expect to be impressed! 

LATE BREAKING NEWS, and I do mean breaking:  With the $100,000,000 fine for stealing Ferrari development secrets (even before Ferrari sics the legalbeagles on McLaren ), expect a delay in the F1 replacement program.  The great-great-great-great grandchildren of the McLaren staff expect to be out of the red and letting out contracts for the new vehicle's subsystems, with the expectation of commencing the testing of frame and chassis components in early May of 2175. 
In other news, President George W. Bush VIII hopes to initiate troop reductions in Iraq next Spring to reduce the US involvement to 186,432,901 troops, a figure criticized by some as insufficient to quell the insurgency by the remaining six Iraqis thought to still be alive somewhere.
Daewoo, parent company of General Motors, announced today that a Corvair convertible will hit the dealerships in October of 2176 as a 2177 model to bolster the flagging sales of the resurrected Corvair four-door sedan.
At the Exxon Stock Exchange in NYC, brokers are predicting an increase in gasoline prices due to a spilled soft drink on an offshore drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
Yada yada yada...

[deesea]

sandertheshark: SandDude, you won't be laughing in 2175 when you hear those stories on the evening news...

Actually, attorneys will get the fine reduced to a thousandth of that figure.  But Ferrari's attorneys will go for the jugular, and that will hurt McLaren more than the reduced fine.  McLaren can stall--and will, of course--but this has gotta hurt (deservedly).  Will it kill the F1 replacement?  It might depend on the courts that will have jurisdiction--if it is the jurisdiction of courts in Italy, McLaren can kiss it good-bye...

What....The....Fuck....!?

[Nethead]

Will the new McLaren be the McLaren F40?  Or the McLarEnzo?

[SVT666]

Will the new McLaren be the McLaren F40?  Or the McLarEnzo?

You're getting stranger.

[Nethead]

You're getting stranger.

Huh?  It wasn't ME that supposedly has an excellent design & engineering staff yet still feels it necessary to steal development data from Ferrari...Now that's strange.

[TheIntrepid]

sandertheshark: SandDude, you won't be laughing in 2175 when you hear those stories on the evening news...

In 2175 we'll all be dead, except Iffy.

[Nethead]

In 2175 we'll all be dead, except Iffy.

I'd have to add HemiDude and omiDude to that list...

[TheIntrepid]

I'd have to add HemiDude and omiDude to that list...

Why? Iffy's a computer, not a man. That's why.

[Nethead]

Why? Iffy's a computer, not a man. That's why.

IntrepiDude:  Apparently you missed the thread containing references to omiscience...