McLaren:"The SLR will get a succesor."

[jorismo]

McLaren thinks that, when the production of the SLR stops, there will be made a new supersportscar at the Woking factory.

McLaren is working on convincing Mercedes to, after the production of the SLR, make a new supersportscar with them. Managing Director Martin Whitmarsh:"Mercedes is more interested in McLaren than ever before. They are planning to stay active in F1 on the long term and they are also interested in the co-production of streetcars. It's more certain than ever that there will be designed and build streetcars at our factory in Woking."

(Translated from www.autoweek.nl)

[Street_Dreamer]

WOOOOO! good news to everyone who loves McLaren and Mercedes

[Piacki_117]

yeah, good news. I just hope the future McLaren-Mercedes wil be better than the first one.

[Cotterik]

why the hell do they need mercedes to make a supersportscar. they could easily do it on their own and get more credit.

[jorismo]

Originally Posted by Cotterik

why the hell do they need mercedes to make a supersportscar. they could easily do it on their own and get more credit.

I think that Mercedes can sell it better for them. And you need a hell load of money to make such a car. I think they want the security of not getting in money trouble.

[Cotterik]

but the let down is, nobody would know that its a mclaren if there wasnt a badge that said so.

[MrKipling]

PLEASE CREDIT YOUR SOURCES!

We can only hope that the widespread criticism that the SLR 'didn't know what it was supposed to be' sunk in, and they'll let McLaren have a slightly freer reign.

I want to see the Merc 6.3L V8, supercharged in a tiny McLaren F1/Carrera GT style all carbon body/chassis. Mid engined with a paddle shift manual box - they should go for the full-on tenuous F1 link, maybe make it weigh 600kg!

[lightweight]

The rumour going around for a few years was that McLaren was planning a 360 Modena rival. But a few months ago the rumour said that the plan was cancelled.

My opinion is that business-wise they should go for a 430 rival or go against the Veyron. The 500-700 hp supercar engines of Mercedes-Benz are destined for Pagani. I don't think that they want to rival Pagani. So, they will either go for F430 territory or build a 700+ lightweight car that will out-accelerate everything on the planet.

Personally I would prefer the second one.

[MrKipling]

Me too, although I do see the logic in going for a 430 replica. Having said that, McLaren could very easily go for any price bracket and any type of sportscar, their brand 'kudos' is enormous.

Mercedes McLaren P8

[lightweight]

Originally Posted by MrKipling

I want to see the Merc 6.3L V8, supercharged - maybe make it weigh 600kg!

I think that it would be better if the engine was a high-revving naturally aspirated unit. It will probably be supplied by Mercedes-Benz. The question is how are they going to extract more than 100 hp/lt from an engine designed to be supercharged.

It is very difficult to make it 600 kg. Even 1200 will be very difficult. Making it compact like the McLaren F1 will help...

[MrKipling]

Oh, I realise 600 kilos is fantasy really! I was thinking along the lines of a tiny car - 4 less cylinders than an F1 if you go 'Formula 1 V8'.

The 6.3 revs very highly, I think it's meant to replace the supercharged V8 so 500bhp would be easy - you could push that to 650 without too many problems I would have thought.

[:Exige:]

Take in mind that the McLaren F1 weighed over a tonne and got great figures from 621bhp. Power-to-weight isn't everything ... it just helps greatly

[jorismo]

Originally Posted by MrKipling

PLEASE CREDIT YOUR SOURCES!

I never copied an article. I saw a dutch articel and I (partly) translated it. It's on www.autoweek.nl if you wanna see it...

[F1_Master]

Cool, but in the end, it's McLaren building it and Mercedes selling it.

Mercedes pays McLaren to build the car which may be easier. Mercedes knows McLaren has success in the supercar area, so choosing them for the ol' SLR project was probably one of the best things to do.

[Rockefella]

Originally Posted by jorismo

I never copied an article. I saw a dutch articel and I (partly) translated it. It's on www.autoweek.nl if you wanna see it...

The point is, you got your opinion from a credible source, so the source should be cited for their sake.