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- Hi and welcome to car
stuff, I'm Scott Benjamin
- And I'm Ben Bowlin
- And today we're talking
about McLaren Automotive
- Oh yeah, founded in 1989
as a spin off of the world
famous F1 racing team,
McLaren Racing.
- You may remember that's the brainchild
of legendary driver, Bruce McLaren.
- [Ben] Yeah, he has won numerous races,
he's all in the Can-Am series
and his team isn't too bad either.
- No, I'll say not.
McLaren has been in hundreds
of Grand Prix races,
in fact they've won over
one-hundred Grand Prix races
just as a mark
and thats more than any
Formula 1 team in history.
- Now McLaren's first road
car was called the McLaren F1
but that's not the only
car they made Scott.
- [Scott] No that's right,
they stopped production
on that one in 1998,
but there are plenty of
other street cars here today
built by McLaren Automotive
and maybe you want to
go take a look at some?
- Absolutely!
- Let's do it.
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- Alright Ben, we are standing in front of
the 2015 McLaren 650S Spider
- Scott, this is a work of art.
This vehicle has a twin
turbo 3.8 liter V-8 engine
and on the road, that
gives it 641 horsepower.
- It has a strong engine
and it gives it a quick 0-60
time of under 3 seconds.
- [Ben] A lot of that speed is possible
because of the amazing material
design at work inside here
- [Scott] That's right,
there's a lot of carbon
fiber as you might guess,
There's a monocoque design that McLarin
has used for a long time.
In fact this is a brand new one though,
it's called the MonoCell,
that's what McLarin calls it
and it weighs just 176 pounds
- That's impressive, but
that's not my favorite part,
my favorite part is the SSG
or Seamless Shift Gearsystem
this is powered by what's
called the Inertia Push system,
new to McLarin.
- Brand new for 2015
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- Alright Ben, we're in
front of yet another McLarin
They're just an incredible
amount of exotics
all over the place here today.
It's been a fantastic day.
- Right and the legacy of the
legendary race car driver,
Bruce McLarin lives on.
Scott, as we've learned, these cars
are no longer restricted
to the race tracks,
in fact, they may be driving
on a street near you.
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