Photo: JHeislerPhotography
Ever wondered how McLaren engineers came up with the 3.8-liter twin-turbo in the 12C and P1? Well, an US vanity plate exposes the secret behind this performance downsizing!
The plate we’re talking about is screwed to the rear apron of a McLaren 12C, simply spelling “Vitamin C”. The message is nicely assorted with the New York status of the plate.
This thing is... right on so many levels. First of all, releasing North of 600 HP from a 3.8-liter engine probably wouldn’t have been possible without the engineers taking quite a lot of Vitamin C while designing the powerplant.
The positive effects allowed the team over in Surrey, UK, to come up with a twin-turbo setup that gifts the V8 with so much grunt it makes the back of your neck hurt under full loads. Oh and as we noticed during our test drive, you can forget about that thing called “turbo lag”
Then there’s the nice match between Vitamin C and the hue of this 12C, the wonderful McLaren Orange Metallic.
Photo via: JHeislerPhotography
This thing is... right on so many levels. First of all, releasing North of 600 HP from a 3.8-liter engine probably wouldn’t have been possible without the engineers taking quite a lot of Vitamin C while designing the powerplant.
The positive effects allowed the team over in Surrey, UK, to come up with a twin-turbo setup that gifts the V8 with so much grunt it makes the back of your neck hurt under full loads. Oh and as we noticed during our test drive, you can forget about that thing called “turbo lag”
Then there’s the nice match between Vitamin C and the hue of this 12C, the wonderful McLaren Orange Metallic.
Photo via: JHeislerPhotography
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