Future McLaren designs exhibited
This had flashed up on our radar screen late last month and we were hoping McLaren would release more details. They did and our bestest-bud from Fast-Autos.net, Drew, alerted us to a news page on McLaren's website announcing the winners of their future design contest.
The interpretations of what a not-so-distant McLaren may look like were penned and rendered in 1:4-scale by students at the Institute of Design in Turin, Italy. The undergraduates were assigned the task of designing a vehicle that would reach 200 MPH and carry over the McLaren tradition of an F1 car for the road.
Three finalists were selected from the 14 total entrants and a panel of judges, including the main-man himself, Anthony Sheriff, awarded first place to the 'M Eleven B' (pictured). A host of adjectives wouldn't do the design justice, so we'll just call it 'the sex' and say that it certainly looks ready to blow past the double-century mark.
The runners up are pictured along with the chosen design in full, renderlicious glory after the jump, and be sure to check out McLaren's site for the unabridged details.
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Badgerrrrrr 5:51AM (3/20/2008)
It looks like the old team that brought us the Mclaren F1 had left Mclaren Cars since the the day Merc joined up. I belive there is nothing left of the old team, instead u have some ***** called Antoney Sherrif going around telling everyone how good he is while the company dies inside, I would not be suprised if these imghaes are the only thing u see. Check the second car, I meen take that to any designer with the glass canopy that has no A pillers....... they will laugh. Perhapse Im wrong but I dont see anything left in Mclaren Cars that made the F1.
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Boss Mustang 8:11AM (9/20/2006)
Why are the pictures so dark?
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dawookie 8:01AM (9/20/2006)
whoa..
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Eric B 8:10AM (9/20/2006)
The top one looks like Peugeot's last IMSA Prototype racer with its bubble roof...
The one nearest to the camera in the last 2 pictures looks more like what the F1 would look like 2 redesigns from the original - I like.
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Kyle 10:13AM (9/20/2006)
Now that's nice!
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Boss Mustang 8:15AM (9/20/2006)
Alright, I've decided to take a few minutes to brighten this pics up. Not sure why they were so dark to begin with. They may be a little grainy, but at least we can see the cars now.
BTW the third one reminds me of the Ford GT90
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/3562/mclaren01na5.jpg
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/8376/mclaren02mp1.jpg
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Boss Mustang 10:18AM (9/20/2006)
Second two...
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3137/mclaren03dp3.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7076/mclaren04gt1.jpg
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Michael F 8:29AM (9/20/2006)
Utterly brilliant.
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Richard Warren 9:08AM (9/20/2006)
Very cool cars.
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All World Automotive 9:49AM (9/20/2006)
I want one! Very cool!
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MikeW 9:47AM (9/20/2006)
Those wheels are way too big, Gordon Murray doesn't like bending the wheel rim with such huge wheel. McF1 only had 17"s
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Leo 8:36AM (9/23/2006)
nice and i like one to come in at less than 2300 lbs
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J-TRAY 10:39AM (9/20/2006)
I like them all, I'll take one of each.
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Andy 3:39PM (9/20/2006)
I see a GT90 and a silver Enzo in those pics.
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Corey W. 4:34PM (9/20/2006)
Wow!! Nice... I like the second picture, the one with the "wedged" shape. The first one is a little to "glass bubblish" for me, and the other is really "futuristic" looking. Again, they're all great designs though.
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Taylor Alexander 6:56PM (9/20/2006)
the back end of the leftmost car in the last pic looks a lot like a zonda. That's a good thing tho. :)
-Taylor
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Sergio X1/9 5:02AM (9/21/2006)
All the original IED projects at http://www.virtualcar.it/?p=626
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