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Byline: GREG KABLE
We can expect more than the SLR from the continuing partnership between McLaren and Mercedes-Benz, including the once-scuttled P8 supercar that gained a reprieve last year ("Not So Fast, McLaren P8 Supercar Back on Track,'' April 11, 2005).
That's the clear message from McLaren director Martin Whitmarsh on the state of his company's relationship with partner and 40 percent shareholder Mercedes-Benz. Whitmarsh spoke at the recent rollout of the new MP4-21 race car at the Barcelona Grand Prix circuit in Spain.
"The level of interest in McLaren from Mercedes-Benz is higher than it has ever been,'' Whitmarsh said. "There is a clear commitment to be in F1 in the long term and refreshed interest in road car activities. I think it is increasingly likely there will be a range of sports cars in Woking [McLaren's manufacturing headquarters] in the future.''
Speculation in recent months was that cost-cutting by Mercedes' newly installed boss Dieter Zetsche might eventually lead to the end of the ...
Source: HighBeam Research, McLAREN, MERCEDES STILL COOKING; P8 road car project at full...