McLaren announced production plans for its MP4-12C supercar earlier this year, and most recently brought the car to California so we could get a look.
Along with the car, which a McLaren representative said was 98-percent production ready, McLaren also put an open chassis on display to show off the MP4-12C's construction. The cockpit is housed in a thick carbon fiber tub, with aluminum suspension pieces bolted on front and rear. As these pieces make up the structural elements of the car, the body panels work for aerodynamics, not rigidity.
McLaren boasts that its carbon fiber production techniques are refined to the point that it can produce one of these tubs in four hours. The design of bolting suspension pieces to the tub was learned from racing, where a damaged front or rear suspension piece can quickly be replaced. McLaren said that
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