AMG
06-02-2005, 11:10 PM
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" The Partnership between MB and Britsih firm McLaren has officially dissolved, putting the brakes on further development of three future cars, including the successor of the SLR McLaren. The other two models, which were fairly far along in gestation, were to be a midengined baby supercar (codenamed P9) and less espensive mid-engined model (P8) that would have competed with the F430, the Bentley Continental GT, and Aston MArtin DB9.
Including the current SLR (P7) and its replace ment (P10), the original plan was to develp jointly a total of four products: two droptops and two hardtops. The P9 was to cost about 265K and go on sale in 07'. The P8 would have cost about 170K when it went on sale a year later. Both were to be powered by normally aspirated V-8 engines. The P9 featured a 6.3-liter unit good for 625hp, while its less radical sibling was to be powered by a 503-hp version of the same AMG unit.
ALthough the alliance might have seemed like a good idea at one time, it was overshadowed by tension and friction from the very beginning, as it became obvious that the Germans andthe Brits had fundamentally different ideas about finance and marketing.
Says a Mercedes insider: 'We looked at the cars together and individually, but they were simply too costly to be turned into a solid business case. In the end, we had no choice but to walk away from the project."
Automobile Magazine
March 2005
" The Partnership between MB and Britsih firm McLaren has officially dissolved, putting the brakes on further development of three future cars, including the successor of the SLR McLaren. The other two models, which were fairly far along in gestation, were to be a midengined baby supercar (codenamed P9) and less espensive mid-engined model (P8) that would have competed with the F430, the Bentley Continental GT, and Aston MArtin DB9.
Including the current SLR (P7) and its replace ment (P10), the original plan was to develp jointly a total of four products: two droptops and two hardtops. The P9 was to cost about 265K and go on sale in 07'. The P8 would have cost about 170K when it went on sale a year later. Both were to be powered by normally aspirated V-8 engines. The P9 featured a 6.3-liter unit good for 625hp, while its less radical sibling was to be powered by a 503-hp version of the same AMG unit.
ALthough the alliance might have seemed like a good idea at one time, it was overshadowed by tension and friction from the very beginning, as it became obvious that the Germans andthe Brits had fundamentally different ideas about finance and marketing.
Says a Mercedes insider: 'We looked at the cars together and individually, but they were simply too costly to be turned into a solid business case. In the end, we had no choice but to walk away from the project."
Automobile Magazine
March 2005