2012
McLaren MP4-12C

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By Craig D

Owns this car

May 19, 2024

I own Exotic car dealerships.

I own Exotic car dealerships. I personal own a 2021 Ferrari F8, 2024 Lamborghini technical, 2020 McLaren 720 Spider, C8 Z06 and 2012 and 2013 mp4. Honestly the MP4 is just and all around amazing amazing car. I would have to say that this Truly, the best exotic car made for under $350,000. As far as performance on the street

the only stock exotic that’s gonna be fast is another McLaren. Being in a business, I don’t keep cars long. I’ve owned my MP4’s over 5yrs. It’s very hard to compare anything to this car unless you’re spending $250 or more. Stop listening to the Internet regarding reliability, there were a few issues that happened in 2012 and 2013 when they first came out and there were absolutely no McLaren dealerships and nobody had the info to work on this car. That’s all changed . As far as I’m concerned, it’s almost maintenance free. A few annoying issues that seem to happen on all McLarens but nothing Major basic xxxxxxxx stuff. Most issues the MP4 had all happened within the first 1500 NO different then other exotics. Keep the oil clean, keep The battery on a tender, let the car worm to normal operating temperature before doing excessive acceleration. If you don’t absolutely abuse the ca you will be very surprised how reliable this car is. take advantage of the prices, at some point people are going to wake up and realize the car is worth double today’s price Compared to the competition.

Does recommend this car

Comfort 5.0

Interior 4.0

Performance 5.0

Value 5.0

Exterior 4.0

Reliability 5.0

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By Duane from Granite Bay, CA

Owns this car

January 10, 2020

McLaren MP4-12C is Amazing!

The McLaren MP4-12C is the most amazing exotic sports car I have ever owned and the fastest. I love the body style, gull wing doors and interior. It is very unique and a blast to drive. Test drive one before you buy anything else in the price range and it will blow your mind. It is a great value for the money. I do not keep

cars very long but have owned mine for almost 4 years. The repair bills have been minor and the same as any other sports car. I think this car will go down in history one day. It was McLaren's first real car to the market that was under $1,000,000.

Purchased a Used car
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Does recommend this car

Comfort 5.0

Interior 5.0

Performance 5.0

Value 5.0

Exterior 5.0

Reliability 5.0

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4.8 / 5

Based on 9 reviews

Comfort: 4.3
Interior: 4.6
Performance: 5.0
Value: 4.7
Exterior: 4.8
Reliability: 4.7

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