I really like this picture. There’s something peculiarly British about two blokes hand-finishing the bodyshell of a high-performance sports car before it goes off to the paintshop. I’ve even had a go at this very job, not at the McLaren factory where this picture was taken, but almost a decade ago at Longbridge when MG Rover was still around. I wasn’t let loose on a real car, but on a sample panel. It’s not just a question of rubbing the buffer over the surface for five minutes; this is a precision job that takes experience to get right. Polish too much and you leave what’s underneath too thin to take the paint. I came away with new-found admiration for what I presumed was unskilled labour. The vehicle in this picture is the first McLaren MP4-12C production car taking shape in race firm’s base in Woking. It’s been released to show the world that Britain’s newest supercar is on the way. The plan is to build up to 1,000 more like before Christmas, and they will be sold through a network of 35 retailers in 19 countries.
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