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    Key words are 'top mounted'

    It's inside the roof scoop.

    A mechanical LSD is going to be heavier than a traditional open diff. Add the complexity of an e-Diff which the McLaren would need if they weren't using another solution and weight goes up even further. McLaren's approach to vehicle development makes sure that every pound counts and must be justified by some benefit.

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    Big fan of sports cars - can't claim to have ever seen the appeal of a burnout. YMMV

    Anyway, even the original 12C was capable per this terrible video:

    I believe it can, but is that seriously your goal with a car like this?

    Perhaps a Camaro is more your style and would save you a lot of money too. ;-)

    No, McLaren don't believe their effectiveness outweighs the compromises they introduce, nor the weight penalty.

    Okay - I wasn't clear. I'm not saying a carbon chassis is not feasible in mass production, I am saying that a carbon chassis'd high performance sports car is not feasible at the price level of a Cayman or similar at this time.

    Yes, and doing so with a lot of other off-the-shelf bits baked into the package to keep costs down.

    Right - maximum total production capacity at the MPC is about 5,000 units if they ran it at three shifts for every variation of everything they make. Expect their 'Porsche competitor' to be offered in volumes of about 2,500-3,000 per year at most. We will see a sub-$200K McLaren I beleive, but I doubt the desire for…

    Good point, but Alfa has economies of scale in place that McLaren can't manage on their own. They are also not going to produce a car with a small 4-cylinder engine - at least I don't see them doing so any time soon as interesting as that might be.

    They have said that every car they produce will be based on a carbon fiber chassis. At this point you can't produce something like that for the masses at a rate and a price point that would be feasible. There will be a model released in the next year or so that will slot in under the 12C, and be closer competition to…

    It's coming - we will see it either late in 2014 or at Geneva in 2015. They need to fully establish their retail network around the world before moving towards a higher volume model. They have 55 franchises now, I expect another 10 to be added this year.

    They have applied this "Heritage badge" to a number of the special versions of the 12C like the High Sport, Singapore Edition, and 50th Anniversary edition. It was also said to be available to customers who had spent $50K in combined MSO options and personalization for their cars.

    It is a new model in the same sense that the 458 Speciale is for Ferrari. Just the change in names has led to confusion.

    Very much a 'Speciale' version of the 12C that will crush the 458 Speciale. ;-)

    The P1 is not AWD.

    Very much so. The only confusing part is the name change.