McLaren F1 Specs:
Mid Engine – Rear Drive
Curb Weight: 2579 LB
Cylinders: V-12
Horsepower: 627 bhp @ 7400 rpms
Torque: 479 LB/FT @ 4000 rpms
0-100 km/h: 3.3 sec
402 Meters: 11.1 sec @ 222 km/h
Top Speed: 386 km/h

TVR Cerbera Speed 12 Specs:
Front Engine – Rear Drive
Curb Weight: 2358 LB
Cylinders: V-12
Torque: 650 LB/FT @ 5750 rpms
Max Power: 880 PS @ 7250 rpms
0-100 km/h: 3.5 sec
402 Meters: 10.5 sec @ 230 km/h
Top Speed: 386 km/h

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Press Release

RENNTECH 777 20th Anniversary, or: Horsepower Wars really Really REALLY Not Over

Earlier this week, AMG boss Volker Mornhinweg announced that “the horsepower war is over.” If this sounds familiar, it’s because AMG issued a similar press release LAST JANUARY.

“Last year, it was a coincidence that we were releasing a new, 695 hp performance package for the 65 series AMG cars at around the same time. We sent out a press release that said ‘HP War Not Over’,” recalls Hartmut Feyhl, president of RENNTECH and four-star General of the horsepower wars. “This year it is the same timing again, and we have something much more extreme to announce for our 20th Anniversary.”

Feyhl founded RENNTECH in 1989, and the company has since established itself as one of the world’s premier tuning firms and the foremost authority on Mercedes-Benz performance tuning. 2009 marks the company’s 20th year in business, and the company intends to celebrate by releasing a small number of extreme, limited edition performance vehicles, beginning with the 777 hp, RENNTECH 777 shown here.

“This 777 concept is really an all-new car that makes use of the advanced carbon fiber chassis of the SLR McLaren. It can be described as a street-legal track car, or something closer to what the enthusiasts were hoping for from the SLR, originally – which is more a successor to the McLaren F1.”

RENNTECH heavily revised the SLR McLaren bodywork and aero package using some of the same technology the company used to develop the the GLK Hybrid Rally Racer for Mercedes-Benz, including advanced CFD software to develop the aerodynamics for improved downforce. Even with the big wing, splitters, and skirts, a top speed in excess of 210 mph is well within reach for the 777.

The 777 is much more than lightweight bodywork, however. The 5.5 L supercharged “Kompressor” v8 engine is heavily revised, with internal and external performance upgrades and a significantly upgraded cooling system.

Getting that power to the ground is the job of a fully redesigned suspension and driveline, with a heavily reinforced transmission sending power to RENNTECH’s revolutionary new limited-slip differential. Built for RENNTECH by Japanese supplier OS Giken, the recently-released differential allows for 100% locking between the drive wheels for unsurpassed mid-corner traction. Aggressive Nitto NT-05 ultra-high performance tires wrapped around extremely lightweight, 1 pc. center-locking wheels round out the street -legal handling package.

“The 777 will be a very special car,” explains Hartmut. “The first example is being built now, and will be ready this Spring. We intend to build a few different extreme vehicles like this for our 20th anniversary, with each one being strictly limited to 20 units. They are all very exciting projects, and we will be announcing them throughout the year, as they approach completion.”

Contact RENNTECH for information and RENNTECH 777 SLR McLaren package pricing.

Source: worldcarfans, Via: GermanCarForum

It is now almost certain that Force India will team up with McLaren Mercedes for the 2009 season and beyond.

McLaren boss Ron Dennis made clear at the Chinese Grand Prix that despite talks about a technical partnership with the independent Silverstone based team, a definitive deal has not yet been sealed.

But among Dennis’ colleagues in team bosses meetings, the situation is fairly clear.

“As I understand it, Force India has for the coming year secured a customer car from McLaren,” Toro Rosso co-owner Gerhard Berger is quoted as saying by the Cologne newspaper Express.

A Force India-McLaren deal is undoubtedly of great interest to Berger, whose team similarly uses a car built by another team – Red Bull.

Currently, the rules are due to change in 2010, when customer teams must become full constructors.

But we reported recently that the topic is now in a state of flux, with Bernie Ecclestone wanting to allow teams involved in F1 for more than a decade to be allowed to share technology.

“If Bernie’s proposal actually goes through, I think it will be excellent for all independent teams and bring down costs substantially,” Vijay Mallya, whose Force India team is currently powered by a customer Ferrari engine, said.

Source: f1-live

It’s the end of the run for the McLaren SLR Roadster, but Mercedes wants to give Yanks another more shot at owning one. Beginning November 1, those of you who still have bank accounts can sign up for the auction of the final topless SLR to be sold in the U.S.

You’d be right to assume the final edition of a limited run model would bring a huge premium when it goes on the block, as collectors have always put higher values on the first and last of most anything. But if you plan to take this particular knick-knack home, prepare to drain both savings accounts. Mercedes says the car will be the only SLR Roadster wearing Sienna Pearl metallic paint and Tobacco Brown leather. So when you show up to accept your Oscar, no one else will be driving the same one.

The auction begins November 20 at 1 p.m. EST and ends that night at 5 p.m. Bidding starts at $529,500, and anything above that will go to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Source: Autoblog.com