If you’re one of the 159 American consumers who has a McLaren MP4-12C on order, first off, congratulations. Now, we have some bad news: you’re going to have to wait a bit longer for your supercar.
McLaren has announced that it will slow production of its Ferrari 458 Italia-fighter in order to deal with quality issues, though the company was quick to add that the problems were not performance or safety related.
“There are no safety concerns for the delay,” said Tony Joseph, director of McLaren North America. “We’ve had some quality-related issues in a few cars we wanted to address before we continue to deliver customer cars.”
Condensation accumulation in the headlamps, door operation problems and a battery-draining issue are the relatively minor issues that will delay the first shipment of MP4-12Cs to America by two to three weeks.
“We want to make sure we deliver a proper product to our customers,” Joseph said. “And I would rather delay getting them in customers’ hands by a couple of weeks if I can ensure a better product.”
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