Dubai Police have officially brought out into open their latest addition to their fleet, the McLaren MP4-12C.
Earlier that time, the Police Management had released a photoshopped picture of the car, putting on the white and green Dubai Police colors. For the time, the real picture of the car was revealed on the Dubai Police Facebook page, with the police number plate of ’2020′, obviously as a commemoration of their recent win to host the Expo 2020.
Facts about McLaren MP4-12C:
Design
In 2008, McLaren hired Frank Stephenson as design director for their reborn production car project.
As with the McLaren F1, carbon fiber is used extensively in the vehicle to minimize weight. The MP4-12C weighs 1,301 kg (2,868 lb) dry.
The chassis is based around a F1 style one-piece carbon fiber tub, called the Carbon MonoCell, weighing only 80 kg (176 lb). The MonoCell is made in a single pressing by using a set of patented processes, using Bi-Axial and Tri-Axial carbon fiber multiaxial fabrics produced by Formax UK Ltd. with the MonoCell manufactured by Carbo Tech in Salzburg, Austria. This has reduced the time required to produce a MonoCell from 3,000 hours for the F1 and 500 hours for the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, to 4 hours for the MP4-12C.
The car has a conventional two side-by-side seating arrangement, unlike its predecessor the McLaren F1 which featured an irregular three seat formation (front center, two behind either side). To make up for this however, the car’s central console is narrower than in other cars, seating the driver closer to the center. Interior trim and materials can be specified in asymmetric configuration – known as “Driver Zone”.
Engine
The car is powered by the M838T 3.8 litre twin-turbo V8 engine, designed and developed by McLaren in partnership with Ricardo. The design of the engine was based on a racing engine which was designed and developed by Tom Walkinshaw Racing for the IRL Indy Car Championship but never raced. However, other than the 93 mm bore, little of that engine remains in the M838T. It produces 592 bhp (441 kW; 600 PS) and 443 lb·ft (601 N·m) of torque. It has a redline of 8,500 rpm, with 80% of torque available at just 2,000 rpm. When first announced, McLaren claimed that it would have a higher horsepower to carbon dioxide emission ratio than any internal-combustion engine available at the time.
McLaren announced a small number of improvements to become available in October 2012, with the option to be retrofitted to existing cars free of charge. The engine now produces 616 bhp (459 kW; 625 PS) and no change to the CO2 emissions which remain at 279 g/km. This power output has also become standard on the 2013 model.
Dubai Police published a video as well, showing the McLaren MP4-12C squad car patrolling around the city. To watch the clip, click the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7ELQf-lc1FA
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