New MP4-12C Spider

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scottishxj220

Discussion Starter · Jun 29, 2012

The cover photo on McLaren's official Facebook page

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andy c

· #19 · Jul 3, 2012

Side view looks great,but im pleased i decided to stay with my coupe,anyway it rain alot in yorkshire

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andy c

· #29 · Jul 3, 2012

zippycar said:
Not convinced myself, especially the rear view and the split in the room when raised (as on most days in the UK!).

Is this a functioning IRIS?

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I was told on friday that they had the first functioning Iris late last year,they are just ironing out the bugs as this will be updateable by bluetooth so it has to last them as few years.

As for the price difference its £19k on top of the new 2013 coupe price.

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andy c

· #34 · Jul 3, 2012

Just realised i cant have a spyder,i use my parcel self too much,and where would RIC put his MSO coffee machine???

But i must say it keeps the lines of the car very well!

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andy c

· #40 · Jul 3, 2012 (Edited)

Mikeyb said:
andy,

52 litres of space under the tonneau with the roof up...
that's plenty of bitter ...

and you get luggage to go in there thrown in...

am sure the bepsoke luggage justifies half of the price increment over the coupe..

What happens when you have the 52 litres filled up with luggage and you want the roof down?

But as the luggage in the front is £4k,then you are not far off if its in the same CF,all together win/win

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andy c

· #43 · Jul 3, 2012

scottishxj220 said:
6th E - I agree. I am looking forward to 'real' shots that show the car more realistically.

Scottish,i think 6E was meaning the first pictures of the coupe,and was commending Mclaren for this launch

PS,please apologise to Syd and Bernard,i didnt get chance to say goodbye at Goodwood.

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andy c

· #66 · Jul 12, 2012

Laurent T said:
Official video on Youtube out today (didn't find the correct way to insert the video directly).

Thanks Laurent,im liking the look of it more now,pretty cool

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andy c

· #69 · Jul 13, 2012

Chrisb said:
Andy, I agree, it's just the additional £85K + that we will need to find to change that will be the problem

I suppose so,but everyone is in the same boat now,at least its not an SLS

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andy c

· #82 · Jul 26, 2012

macmadmark said:
I agree with Squirrel. Although in general I go for convertibles, the coupe is far prettier than the spider, although that opinion is only formed from photos. Personally, even in GT form in the GT1 races, the 12c looks sooo pretty compared to all those other clunky things going round, don't you think?

Too true Mark

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andy c

· #155 · Aug 24, 2012

widowmaker911 said:
They should have found a way to do two piece design......would have avoided that center roof cut line giving it a more fluid design.......missed the boat on that one. seems like an italia spider spin off. That's what probably happens when you use the same conversion company WEBASTO

Should have gone the Porsche way

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andy c

· #186 · Oct 13, 2012

zippycar said:
Interesting (probably only to the Brits) that McLaren have been buying up old MCL plates for their promo cars instead of using bog standard ones?

They dont need to show a model year as they are all the same

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