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this is bad news
Mercedes dumps Mclaren
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this is bad news
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That is unfortunate. The prices of the remaining SLRs will go through the roof.
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Double_R
Excellent question -- that's what I want to know. It looks official, but a part of me wants to believe that this is not true.
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I got it from another forum, no source there either.
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- JDA1982
If it's true then I'm not overly bothered, it's not like McLaren will suddenly be out of business, if anything they'll continue their research and make a new model themselves. The article gave hints that McLaren was trying to do their on thing which was probably too radical for Mercedes and if thats the case I don't see McLaren halting whatever idea's they've come up with. I also don't see much of a connection here to the F1 program so I don't see that partnership stopping.
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- NewAesthetic
- SlipZtrEm
All the better, imo. For as long as I can remember, there was talk of their being disagreements between the companies. The SLR isn't an all-out hypercar in the same way as a Carrera GT or Enzo, it's an incredibly expensive hyper-SL. I look at the SL and SLR the same way I look at an S-Class and Maybach; really, what's the point?
It isn't a secret that McLaren is damn good at building radical, excellent road cars. Other than engines, I don't see what Mercedes has to offer to benefit that. Another torque-capped auto-transmission?
It isn't a secret that McLaren is damn good at building radical, excellent road cars. Other than engines, I don't see what Mercedes has to offer to benefit that. Another torque-capped auto-transmission?
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- GTP_Kent
I don't think it matters in the least.
It's not like they would have done anything other than create super cars for the super rich.
I mean, frankly, what the hell were they thinking to begin with?
One super car is enough of a venture.
3 or 4 on the other hand
Mercedes made the right choice. 👍
If I had been in their shoes I would have done the same thing.
Especially if Mclaren tried to raise trouble about how mercedes was trying to work their buisness.
Don't get me wrong, Mclaren is great and everything, but honestly, what do they contribute besides great work in the F1 world?
I know they manage to do well, but I really don't think they have ground to push around a name like Merc.
Like I said, oh well, crap happens.
It's not like they would have done anything other than create super cars for the super rich.
I mean, frankly, what the hell were they thinking to begin with?
One super car is enough of a venture.
3 or 4 on the other hand
Mercedes made the right choice. 👍
If I had been in their shoes I would have done the same thing.
Especially if Mclaren tried to raise trouble about how mercedes was trying to work their buisness.
Don't get me wrong, Mclaren is great and everything, but honestly, what do they contribute besides great work in the F1 world?
I know they manage to do well, but I really don't think they have ground to push around a name like Merc.
Like I said, oh well, crap happens.
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I agree, supposedly before the SLR was developed they were diagreeing what car to build. Maclaren wanted a succesor to the F1. Mercedes wanted a front engined coupe. Maclaren also wanted a new facility, so maclaren got their building and mercedes got their car. Makes me wonder what could have come out instead.
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- GTP_TheCracker
I always thought the SLR was a compromised product, more of a Merc type of car than what i would have expected Mclaren to build. it really was an ugly focker as well.
The question is, what will McLaren do with that huge road car production facility in the Mclaren factory? They'll have to use it to build more road cars i would have thought.
But whose engines will they use this time?
The question is, what will McLaren do with that huge road car production facility in the Mclaren factory? They'll have to use it to build more road cars i would have thought.
But whose engines will they use this time?
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- NewAesthetic
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Giancarlo
The SLR's extremely stiff carbon shell? McLaren's work. Yes, they haven't built a car since 1998... does that somehow make the cars they did build any less impressive?
Mercedes simply cannot build a no-compromise supercar. McLaren have before, and if a partnership with Mercedes meant that any of their future efforts were going to be compromised, then I'm happy they're no longer partners.
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Actually McLaren does do more than just build unreliable F1 rockets... oops, forgot those are MB engines blowing up!Kent
McLaren has a complete composites research facility (seperate the F1 program and McLaren Cars) and they offer their services to the global high-tech industries. In fact, they have dealt with some well-known space agencies in the past and will continue to do so.And the break-up is between McLaren Cars UK and MB, NOT the F1 team. They are completely different entities.
^ or so says a quasi-reliable source of mine 👍
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Feh, hasn't been a good closed wheel McLaren built since the M8D, anyways. Woking bastards seemed to lose sight of Bruce's ideal when they built that ridiculous 3 seater in 1995, and this Mercedes coupe is just going further away from the orange monsters which obliterated their competition in the Can Am back in the 60's and 70's.
Bloody hell, don't those Woking bastards realize that the key to Bruce's amazing machines was simple, reliable, deadbolt effective engineering? Not throwing every technological widget into the mix possible.
You know what McLaren should do with that road car facility? Sod off the damned road cars and return to the true Kiwi roots of McLaren racing. It's time for another Bruce and Denny show. Revive the sports car racing fortunes of the company with an absolute animal and I promise you McLaren will return to its heyday.
Bloody hell, don't those Woking bastards realize that the key to Bruce's amazing machines was simple, reliable, deadbolt effective engineering? Not throwing every technological widget into the mix possible.
You know what McLaren should do with that road car facility? Sod off the damned road cars and return to the true Kiwi roots of McLaren racing. It's time for another Bruce and Denny show. Revive the sports car racing fortunes of the company with an absolute animal and I promise you McLaren will return to its heyday.
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- JDA1982
I'm so glad your not in charge of McLaren, the F1 was one of the greatest achievments in automotive history, the SLR is making an impact for different reasons but it's leaving good impressions.
The M8D as you said was a Can Am car, not a road car. The F1 was a road car, if McLaren made cars like the M8D they WOULD go out of business, because ther'd be no market for them.
The M8D as you said was a Can Am car, not a road car. The F1 was a road car, if McLaren made cars like the M8D they WOULD go out of business, because ther'd be no market for them.
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