By Karan Singh

StreetFire.net

Last week McLaren unveiled its newest supercar, the MP4-12C, at a private event in Beverly Hills. The Fast Daily crew were on hand to speak with the Director of McLaren North America, Tony Joseph, about the latest ride from McLaren. Skip to 3:50 for the interview.

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By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

The launch of the McLaren MP4-12C wasn’t just about the on-stage presentation – there was also unprecedented access to the production floor where the prototype cars are being assembled, and where the first customer cars are due to roll off at the beginning of 2011. As a factory, it’s perhaps a little disappointing. Grease? Pools of oil? No. More like hospital levels of cleanliness; stark white walls, ceramic tiled floors and gleaming work surfaces. Everything is white and sparkling. McLaren’s approach: if it’s white, it’s either clean or it’s dirty. And everything has to be all clean, all the time. Continue reading at Speedhunters

By Jonathan Moore

By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

March 18 turned out to be a pivotal day for the famous McLaren team. The day was marked for the launch of their new supercar, the McLaren MP4-12C – announced as a concept last year and now about to be unveiled for the first time in public at the architecturally stunning McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey. But amazing as the car is in its own right, it also marked a huge shift for the team as they announced they were entering the shark-infested waters of becoming a car manufacturer. The MP4-12C is going to be the first in a line of McLaren street cars. Continue reading at Speedhunters

By Jonathan Moore

By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

When Jay Leno appeared on Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson called him the “world’s biggest petrolhead,” which is high and deserved praise for the former Tonight Show host. Leno probably knows more about cars than most of the people paid to work on them or write about them, so it’s always fun to watch when he gets serious about his favorite subject. Check out this clip where he heads over to McLaren’s Technical Centre in Woking, England and get’s the scoop on the company’s new MP4-12C.

By Dan Strohl

Hemmings

All this talk of movie cars this week has me looking through the Hemmings.com classifieds for more. I see some Bentleys and Rolls-Royces owned by movie studio executives, Miley Cyrus’s Mini, Bruce Willis’s 1988 Lincoln limousine, a 1960 Ford Country Squire that appeared in Oliver Stone’s “The Doors,” a 1950 Ford Country Squire that appeared in some movie I’ve never heard of, and all of Volo’s various listings (including, apparently, the actual Miami Vice Ferrari Daytona). Continue reading at Hemmings

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Think the guy took it through the drive-thru? Via Jason Thorgalsen Photography

By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

I’m sure most of you guys are aware of the short but fruitful linkup between BMW and McLaren that produced the F1 Supercar, but this was not the first time these two companies worked together. Back in the 1970s McLaren had an American based racing team that was used for its Indianapolis campaigns. It was this team which BMW charged with running its IMSA Camel GT campaigns for the ’77, ’78 and ’79 racing seasons. Continue reading at Speedhunters

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

This happened yesterday in Santa Rosa, California. $2 million down the drain… Full story at pressdemocrat.com

By Ben Schaffer

The Real JDM

I came across this picture of a racing spec 722 SLR McLaren Mercedes and I was a bit puzzled by the wing design. This is the first time I’ve seen a 90 degree edge like a gurney flap done on the end plate of a wing. I assume its functional due to the serious car its on and the fact that the car come equipped that way (not a user added piece).

Anyone have any insight on this?

By Steve Neill

Steve Neill

A fellow in Poland has decided to build his dream car in his garage. And so far, it looks like he’s doing a pretty good job. He managed to capture quite a few key parts of the original design, such as the center seating, the gullwing/scissor doors, and the angled suspension. He states in this forum thread that there have been other F1 molds, but he says no one has ever made a full exact reproduction. He’s even using a BMW V12! Check the forum thread for all the pics!