McLaren Automotive and the MP4-12C Make North American Debut in Pebble Beach – VIDEO ENHANCED

SEE ALSO: McLaren Automotive Reveals Details of its Next Generation of Prototypes PEBBLE BEACH, CA – August 17, 2010: McLaren Automotive secured three exclusive locations to reveal the first in the company’s range of innovative high-performance sports cars to car enthusiasts, collectors, and prospective customers. The official presentation of the 12C was made by McLaren Automotive’s Managing Director Antony Sheriff, opening the Gooding & Company auction of classic sports cars on Friday 13 August. Included in the auction was one of just 72 iconic McLaren F1 road-going production cars. Regarded by many as the greatest sports car ever built, this example, chassis number 62, was sold by Gooding & Company on Sunday 15 August for $3,250,000, one of the highest prices ever paid for an F1. The same Supernova Silver 12C was then displayed on the famous Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Concept Car Lawn during Saturday and Sunday 14/15. Taking pride of place, and with the honour of being the first car on the lawn, its arrival drew crowds and gave North American car enthusiasts the first opportunity to see (and hear) the 12C in action. Click PLAY to watch race drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jensen Button test drive the new McLaren MP4-12C supercarA Titanium Silver 12C and the XP13 rolling chassis were also presented to over 1,000 guests, including Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger and world-famous car collector, Jay Leno, over the course of the concours in McLaren Automotive’s hospitality tent at a genuinely unique location. McLaren Automotive enjoyed a high-profile position overlooking the famous 18th fairway at Pebble Beach. Antony Sheriff, McLaren Automotive’s New York-born managing director, said: “Launching the 12C at Pebble Beach and the Gooding & Company auction was a huge success. The feedback from visitors was simply phenomenal, and being able to make that direct link to our unique road car heritage with the presence of a McLaren F1 at the event was very special. The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance has a unique place in American car enthusiasts’ hearts, and I believe McLaren made a few beat just a little faster this year. We will now take the 12C on tour around North America to every city in which we plan to sell the car, and from the feedback at Pebble Beach we are expecting to see a few familiar faces coming back for a second look!” During the Pebble Beach event, McLaren Automotive…

Posted by admin 17 August 2010

Post A Comment