McLaren MP4-12C Is Selling Like HOT Cakes, Watch Out SLS AMG

AutoExpress reports:

Meet the supercar that’s selling like hot cakes! Since the first pictures of the car were released last September, 1,600 people have signed official expressions of interest. And with just 1,000 cars set to be built in 2011, buyers will be in for quite a wait to get their hands on the firm’s Mercedes SLS rival.

The first customer cars will be assembled on the old McLaren SLR production line located within the firm’s Technology Centre. However, production will switch to a purpose-built facility next door to McLaren’s Woking F1 base which opens in March 2011. The new factory was designed by Foster and Partners, just as the F1 base was, and represents a £40million investment from McLaren shareholders.

Prices for the MP4-12C haven’t yet been confirmed, but it will cost between £125,000 and £175,000 when deliveries begin in Spring 2011....

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Joe_Limon - 3/18/2010 7:43:19 PM

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Is this thing competing against the SLS? The SLS weighs in 800lbs more than it... I dunno, I think the SLS is competing more with the LFA than this hyper car.

dlin - 3/18/2010 10:22:09 PM

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Supersports car? hyper sports car? Please define. For sure this is not a car like Radical.

Does it has to be MR? If so shouldn't the Cayman be THE entry level Supersports car? I'm saying so because it'll be my next car and I certainly enjoy that 'HALO'....... :)

By the way did anyone take a Mercedes sports car seriously?

I95SPEEDINGTICKETS - 3/18/2010 10:27:47 PM

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You would ignore an SLR at your own Peril.

Especially the SLR 722

Agent00R - 3/19/2010 12:45:56 AM

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@Inline6

Jeez, by your standards NO car competes against anything.

There are NOT that many niches when it comes to cars.

dlin - 3/19/2010 1:29:00 AM

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SLR 722 the Pimp drive? U really lai tha shxx, don tya?

dlin - 3/19/2010 3:18:36 PM

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Well we didn't ask about the def of GT right? It's the "hyper" supercars that we beg NOT to differentiate. Say, a BMW 3 versus 5, are you gonna say one is a sports sedan and the other is another I don't know what....

Keep thing simple.

JUGNU - 3/19/2010 6:22:34 AM

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completely agree with inline6

MP4-12C is a direct competitor of 458 italia. Maybe LFA can also competes with them but it is not a direct rival of these two Mid-engined Supercars. Other example of such case is GT-R, which is a GT and is not a direct rival of some mid-engined Supercars but still it is so good especially on track that it has beaten mid-engined Supercars like Gallardos, F430s, R8 V10...etc many times in different magazines.

(LFA's direct rivals are 599, SLR, DBS...etc)

JUGNU