mclaren
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The Fascinating Story Of The First Plastic Car
In 1981, McLaren changed the car world when it debuted the MP4/1, the first Formula One car with a complete carbon fibre chassis. From then on, slowly but surely, people came to understand that a fibre-reinforced composite — plastic — was the fastest, lightest, strongest, best way to put a performance car together. Long before…
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Retractable Hard-Top Convertibles Are A Doomed Fad
The onslaught of retractable hard-top convertibles over the last two decades basically died overnight, and since I don’t think many people cared enough to realise it, I also don’t think anybody is going to be upset over it.
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The World’s Cheapest EV Is Genuinely Good
Getting to review automotive legends is an absolute joy as an enthusiast, but it’s also a heavy burden as a writer. How do you put a fresh spin on an icon? How do you cover a car larger than life in a way that does it justice? How the hell do I add something meaningful…
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Impossibly Fast Fan-Assisted RC Car Can Out-Accelerate a Tesla Roadster
Tesla likes to make a lot of claims about the performance of vehicles that don’t exist yet, and promises the upcoming Tesla Roadster can go from zero to 97 km per hour in just 1.9 secs, and possibly even faster if you drink the Musk Kool-Aid. But for far less than $US200,000 ($256,520), a YouTuber…