The performance specs of the McLaren MP4-12C get the video treatment here as we see the new supercar in action, including a Jenson Button MP4-12C track drive with journalists. If you’re not into statistics, which I personally am not, you may feel that the focus on numbers detracts from the romance of the world’s latest new supercar. You’re possibly right, but then it could hardly be a supercar if we weren’t talking of sprint times and top speeds.

The Jenson Button drive of the MP4-12C will put some of that romance back for you as we hardly need a spec sheet to appreciate the sound and speed of this car. The first video above is for those of you who love the numbers game and it’s nothing short of overwhelming. The two videos after the jump feature the press launch and the Jenson Button MP4-12C drive (tough job he’s got, cruising around in a McLaren for a day), and the relationship between the MP4-12C and the McLaren Formula One simulator.

Continue reading: New McLaren MP4-12C videos and pics

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44 seconds of the McLaren MP4-12C in the video above is just not enough to satisfy us! At the Goodwood Festival of Speed the new McLaren supercar does a smooth run and if you keep your eyes peeled, you’ll even see the spoiler pop up as it brakes into a corner. In the video after the jump you can see F1 drivers Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton drive the car at the festival (with Hamilton’s usual laid-back approach - there’s no way you’d catch me cruising along in the MP4-12C with just one hand on the steering wheel).

McLaren seems very aware that it comes from a racing tradition and has no guaranteed success in competing with the likes of Ferrari, for years in the supercar luxury road car sector. But there’s a lot of pride associated with the car, and more than enough pedigree to ensure that it should be equally as successful.

Continue reading: McLaren MP4-12C at Goodwood with Hamilton and Button

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After the presentation of the McLaren MP4-12C which included an interview with F1 drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, we see the MP4-12C track testing at Goodwood with the two drivers. Hamilton and Button clearly have to draw the company line and are unlikely to say anything negative about the car, unless you include “remember that it’s a road car” in that category. We get more of an idea of the MP4’s supercar driving characteristics and clearly McLaren have concentrated on building a technologically impressive vehicle, while also making sure that driving feel is part of the equation.

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