The southern Algarve circuit has hosted two Formula One grands prix and McLaren are running their car from Monday to Wednesday with test and development driver Will Stevens also involved. The 22-year-old Andretti Autosport driver will be behind the wheel of last year s McLaren MC元5M as part of the team s Testing of Previous Cars (TPC) programme. Ind圜ar driver Colton Herta is trying out a Formula One car for the first time with McLaren at Portugal s Portimao circuit this week, the British-based team said. Until then, enjoy the drive.LONDON (Reuters) - Race-winning U.S. Plus, you get bonus videos, just like that Drivers Log. Remember, you can get Autoweek magazine on your iPad with our app-and there's no waiting on the post office. Here are Jonathan Wong and Greg Migliore. Let's wrap up today with a closer look at the 2011 Volkswagen Jetta in a Video Drivers Log.
The main goal of Special Operations is to make it easier for well-heeled buyers of the McLaren MP4-12C to customize their cars in practically any way they desire. Murray, who is 65, continues his own business to build ultraefficient city cars, the Type 25 and the Type 27.Īnd while we're speaking of McLaren, the carmaker has launched its Special Operations group.
It's worth noting that when Murray moved from South Africa to England in 1969, his goal was to land a job with Lotus. That puts him on a team that includes auto-biz luminaries Bob Lutz and Tom Purves. Murray joined the Lotus Advisory Council. Also, eight cylinders is considered the price of entry in the supercar segment.Ĭar designer Gordan Murray, noted for his work on championship Formula One cars for Brabham and McLaren, and the McLaren F1 road car, has joined up with Lotus Cars. Now comes news that Porsche engineers are thinking about creating a flat-eight engine for this car.Īutocar magazine reports that one key to this effort is the fact that Porsche's flat-six can't really grow beyond four liters in displacement.
Porsche has made no secret that it's working on a new super sports car that would rival Ferrari. Let's light up the tires and make a run past the auto world. Welcome to a Tuesday edition of Autoweek TV. Also in this episode: Porsche considers a flat-eight engine for its supercar, Gordon Murray gets his wish to work with Lotus, and McLaren sets up a shop to handle special requests from its well-heeled customers.
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