McLaren's MP4-12C Goes 0-60 HOW Fast?

I remember my first time experiencing launch control in the 997 Porsche Turbo. The driver, speaking in choppy English, mentioned something like "'Ere vee goah" and quickly had my head pinned to the seat. It felt as though my eyeballs were thrown to the depths of my skull and my stomach was not where it was suppose to be.

It felt like I was weightless or I was getting launched into space. Take your pick because both are equally brutal.

Well, according to AutoExpress, the McLaren MP4-12C is even more intense than that! I don't know how that's physically possible since the Porsche made me feel like I was sucked into a black hole.


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Two point nine seconds. In the time it will take you to reach the end of this sentence, the new McLaren MP4-12C rockets past the 0-60mph benchmark.

Exploding off the line, it also shifts gear, and sends the turbocharged engine’s huge reserves of power to the rear axles as the tyres take huge bites out of the tarmac below.

Three seconds later, and only six seconds into our run, we pass 100mph. At peak, our sophisticated test gear shows the car pulls 1.4g under full power – a figure most family cars can’t match on the brakes...

[Source: AutoExpress]


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Joe_Limon - 6/15/2011 10:45:31 PM

+6 Boost

2.9s is huge for a rwd car!

dlin - 6/16/2011 12:45:04 AM

-3 Boost

That's almost impossible unless it's got 1000 hp.... but maybe McLaren really is able to pull it off.

dlin - 6/17/2011 10:43:27 AM

0 Boost

Because it's not an AWD man.

internationalmanofmystery - 6/16/2011 9:43:10 AM

+8 Boost

"why is that impossible? what's impossible is an American production car posting a time like that."

Just ONE more de-boost and you will be eating your lunch from a doggie bowl on the floor, where you belong!

TauronB2G - 6/16/2011 11:55:56 AM

+2 Boost

I had the chance of experiencing a 3 sec 0-60 in a 911 turbo with launch control a few weeks ago and it was in freakin sane....oh I want one. I'd love to see what it's like in the McLaren.
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Lamborghini_vs_Ferrari_Racer - 6/16/2011 10:58:11 AM

+7 Boost

Blazinboy, I actually used to boost some of your comments cuz you used to have some funny comments but now with all the Anti-American comments, you are just annoying.

1BadMan - 6/16/2011 11:35:15 AM

+3 Boost

That is not fast, that is damn fast.

jeffy210 - 6/16/2011 7:03:09 PM

+1 Boost

If you want to get a feel for it without owning the car, go ride the Poltergeist at Six Flags Fiesta Texas.... oh wait, that only does 0-60 in a "mere" 3.5s... This car is insane.

Lamborghini_vs_Ferrari_Racer - 6/17/2011 1:48:36 AM

+1 Boost

+1 for crcr ; I wouldn't say it much different. Have fun guys!