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McLaren MP4-12C: The build begins +video

First McLaren MP4-12C being built You could be forgiven for thinking that McLaren had already started building their Ferrari 458 challenging car – the McLaren MP4-12C. After all, it’s been turning up all over the place for at least a year, and we even had a good view of the Volcano Orange MP4-12C from Goodwood as it passed us en-route to strut its stuff up the Goodwood Hillclimb last year. But the cars we’ve seen so far – even the Volcano Orange MP4-12C from Goodwood – were prototypes; McLaren’s running test beds for tweaking and refining the MP4-12C before the first cars reach customers this year.

London motor show 2008: who is and isn't there

By Dimitri Pesin Motor Shows 13 June 2008 12:10 The countdown is on to the London motor show 2008. Who will be thereAlfa RomeoBentleyBrabusChevroletCitroenCorvetteFordHondaHummerHyundaiIsuzuJaguarKiaLand RoverLexusLotusMazdaMercedesMiniMorganNissanPeugeotRenaultSaabSeatSubaruSuzukiToyotaVauxhall

Petrol prices reach three-year low

PETROL PRICES are at a three-year low, with Yorkshire and Humberside remaining the cheapest area, according to figures from the AA. But the good news for drivers is offset by a real-terms dip in earnings which has pushed wages back to 2002 levels adjusting for inflation, the AA added. Petrol forecourt prices across the UK averaged 129.46p a litre in mid March compared to 129.63p in mid February.