The McLaren Mp4 12c
The Price: $232,000
Tanner Foust vs. Carl Edwards
You spring open the MP4’s dramatic insect-wing door by sweeping a hand along a flush surface tucked under the side scoop’s upper edge. Leading with your right leg followed by a dab of body English, it’s an easy glide into the nicely bolstered seat. There’s a huge 9000-rpm tach and a steering wheel unburdened by switchgear, with a center-pivoting shift paddle. The leather and faux suede are sewn to Savile Row standards.
This is one hell of car due to it almost beat a Nascar racing champion: Carl Edwards in his No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion Sprint Cup Series car. In the McLaren MP4 12C was driven by Tanner Foust. This all happened at the famous Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The McLaren MP4-12C is giving up the home field advantage, as a purpose-built stock car is a bit of a different beast from a luxurious, high-tech road-going supercar. At about 750 horsepower and 3,400 pounds.
The Cup car's available power-to-weight ratios, and it offers mid-engine balance, high-tech driver aids, and a dual-clutch transmission to maximize its raw materials.
A little bio on Tanner Foust,
Tanner Foust is a professional racing driver, stunt driver, and television host. He competes in rally, drift, ice racing, time attack and rallycross with multiple podium placements and national championships. He is a co-host on the American version of the motoring television series, Top Gear.
A little bio on Carl Edwards,
Carl Edwards is a Nascar driver. He currently drives the #99 Ford Fusion in the Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing. He won the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series championship and nearly won the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title, but lost by a tiebreaker to Tony Stewart.
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