Sneak peek: McLaren's P11 | detnews.com | The Detroit News
Tentatively scheduled to be officially introduced later this year, and with production beginning in 2010, the P11 is McLaren's replacement for the SLR, a Ferrari F430 competitor. No specific details have been released, but current speculation calls for the lightweight supercar to be powered by a Mercedes-sourced V-8 pumping out around 550 horsepower, possibly hooked up to an F1-style quick-change transmission. [source]

McLaren P11 supercar
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Report: Mercedes-Benz wants to buy McLaren
Mercedes-Benz is interested in buying the remainder of McLaren, team chief executive Martin Whitmarsh has admitted at Hockenheim. On the verge of the German manufacturer’s home race, Whitmarsh confirmed the constant speculation about McLaren’s long-time partner wanting to up its share from the current 40%. McLaren teamed up with the Stuttgart manufacturer in 1995, and Mercedes-Benz is now the only carmaker on the grid that does not own its team outright. “It’s an interesting...

Video: Nick Faldo vs. the Mercedes-McLaren SLR
Mercedes-Benz has entered a strange contest with English golfing legend Nick Faldo by pitting its McLaren SLR Roadster against Faldo’s golf swing. It may seem a little unfair, but the SLR does have a major advantage. While the golf ball decelerates as it flies through the air, the 626hp 427kW supercar only gets faster and in fact can reach 200km/h in just eight seconds. Follow the jump to see whether it’s the supercar or the golf ball that makes it to the finish line first. [source]

Video: Living with the Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR
In the latest episode of Jay Leno’s Garage, the talk show host and avid car nut gives us a comprehensive assessment of one his favorite models from his personal fleet – the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren supercar. Leno explains that Mercedes and McLaren have created an “unbreakable” exotic that despite being more of a GT than a sports car is still one of the best performance cars he’s ever driven. Click ahead to watch the full video. [source]

Mercedes SLR McLaren production ends entirely next year
Click above for high-res gallery of the SLR Roadster It's been a long, drawn-out goodbye for the lackluster Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. The last of the original coupes rolled smoothly off the production line at the end of last year, and the subsequent SLR Roadster is set to follow in 2009. The SLR drew criticism from the start as a wishy-washy compromise of a supercar with an automatic transmission, better suited towards boulevard cruising – of which it was capable in the grandest style &ndash...

Mercedes McLaren SLR Roadster production ending next year, SLC on the way
With the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren coupe already out of production since the end of 2007, the SLR McLaren Roadster’s five-year run is set to end next year as well.Mercedes is working on its new supercar, known internally as P11 or to us as the SLC, that should appear in auto shows at the end of next year. Inspired by the iconic 300GL Gullwing, power is expected to come from 6.2L AMG V8 producing...[source]

Spy Video: SLR McLaren's supercharged V8 in the next Pagani supercar?
Click above to jump to the video of the Pagani test muleAMG put too much work into developing the engine for the Mercedes SLR McLaren for the mighty motor to be tossed aside when the ill-fated supercar is replaced by the SL65 Black Series. So what will become of the SLR's supercharged V8? An amateur spy video posted on YouTube might have the answer.A couple of weeks ago we brought you news that Pagani had renewed its engine partnership with Mercedes AMG, but what we didn't know then was what powerplant...

Hamilton promised McLaren LM supercar for title win
Lewis Hamilton has been promised a $4 million McLaren supercar for free - if he wins the world titles this year. The 23-year-old British driver told The Sun newspaper that he first clapped eyes on the ultra-rare McLaren LM in the team’s F1 factory ten years ago. “When I first went to McLaren it was there and I fell in love with it,” he said of the orange LM, one of only five such cars in the world. Dennis, 60, says Hamilton can have the car if he wins the 2008 title, and McLaren is...