Comments on: McLaren said to be developing new F1

By: Rafa LL

Rafa LL — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:05:45 +0000

Ring-Taxi, you just read my mind.
They are trying to get higher than the ceiling when they already had stood on the roof.

By: Ring-Taxi

Ring-Taxi — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:46:10 +0000

You can’t improve upon perfection. McLaren are risking diluting the F1′s legend status if its successor fails to surpass the F1′s lofty capabilities.

By: Scarface03

Scarface03 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:08:15 +0000

McLaren may be the eternal optimist. I’m assuming that most of McLaren’s moolah is made in motorsports (are they involved in anything besides Formula One?), and that their road are basically side projects. The volume we’re talking about could probably never be enough to make *that* much money.

Still, building road cars with the entry level car being competitors for the F450 and LP560 (both of which will and can give the McLaren F1 a run for its money) may be a bit optimistic. Motorsports’ budgets are being slashed and the demand for the ultra exotic car has been waning. I wonder how viable McLaren is going to be if part of its capital and R&D budget is siphoned off to build hyper exotic road cars.

By: yarddog82abn

yarddog82abn — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:03:05 +0000

I NEED TO WIN THE LOTTO….

By: BlazeAbraham09

BlazeAbraham09 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:26:59 +0000

How is the F1 overrated? It’s STILL the world’s fastest naturally aspirated car. This car still deserves the respect and praise it was getting nearly a decade ago.

By: WitchDoctor

WitchDoctor — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:37:22 +0000

All i want to know is WHAT TOOK THEM SO LONG?

I mean, the SLR was an incredible car, but let’s be honest, it was no F1…

In fact, nothing seems to have come close to the F1 for years

By: idrinorbarsaku

idrinorbarsaku — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:03:05 +0000

i was never a fan of the f1. i probably wont be a fan of this one either

By: telememo

telememo — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:47:52 +0000

OK, another one in the increasing list of “cars I’ll never be able to afford”!

By: SomeGreek

SomeGreek — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:39:19 +0000

There isn’t gonna be another F1. Unless they rehire Murey.

By: scratchy

scratchy — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:20:23 +0000

the F1 was overrated, it was fast in a straight line , but tricky in corners. the Dauer 962 Le Mans was the best ultra-exotic-sportscar ever . it was basically a Le Mans car for the road based on the Porsche 962 , 0-100 km/h in 2.6 sec , top speed 404 km/h (251 mph) , but only 50 were built so it wasn’t considered a real production car.

http://www.autozine.org/Classiccar/html/Dauer/962LM.html

By: BlazeAbraham09

BlazeAbraham09 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:23:20 +0000

Ah yes…another F1. Good. It’s the greatest super-ultra-exotic sportscar ever made…it’s about time someone showed these guys that you don’t need 20 turbos to make a car go fast.

By: F50

F50 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:10:44 +0000

I hope this one is good, the F1 is a great car