KUWAIT: McLaren Automotive and Ali Alghanim & Sons Automotive Company have announced the arrival of the new 12C Spider in Kuwait. The 12C Spider was unveiled at an exclusive event attended by Mark Harrison, Regional Director for McLaren in the Middle East and Africa, and Mohammed Alghanim, Group General Manager for Ali Alghanim and Sons Automotive Company, at McLaren Kuwait Showroom on 4 December. Mohammed Alghanim, Group General Manager of Ali Alghanim & Sons Automotive Company, said: ?With the unveiling of the stunning 12C Spider, today marks the beginning of a new chapter in the McLaren story at Ali Alghanim & Sons Automotive Company.
Two years ago we showed off the 12C Coupe in Kuwait for the first time; almost one year ago we opened the new McLaren Kuwait showroom, and now we are ready to build on a strong first year of sales for the 12C with the arrival of this great convertible.? Mark Harrison, McLaren Automotive?s Regional Director for Middle East and Africa, said: ?The 12C Spider benefits from the extensive experience and expertise that the McLaren team has built up over the years from being involved with racing in Formula 1. It offers dynamic driving without compromise, and is the perfect car in which to enjoy the beautiful weather that we experience for most of the year across the region. ?Given the current popularity of the 12C in Kuwait, I have no doubt that, with the efforts of our colleagues at Ali Alghanim & Sons Automotive Company, the 12C Spider will be an equally resounding success and will help to raise the profile of McLaren as a manufacturer of the best high performance sports cars in the world. For both McLaren and our principal shareholder, Mumtalakat, launching the new 12C Spider marks an exciting step in the brand?s progress in the Middle East,? he continued.
The McLaren 12C Spider The latest high performance sports car from McLaren Automotive, the 12C Spider is the highly anticipated follow-up to the acclaimed 12C Coupe, which was launched in the Middle East in November 2011 and has just been named Car of the Year at the 2012 Middle East Motoring Awards. Mechanically identical to the 12C, the new 12C Spider leaves its competitors behind in terms of design and performance, encapsulating McLaren?s commitment to offer both the luxury of a sedan and the performance of a track car, even with the roof down.
The Retractable Hard Top (RHT) is a fully automatic two-piece design, which can be raised or lowered in less than 17 seconds at speeds of up to 30 km/h (19 mph). When lowered, the roof stows beneath a body coloured hard tonneau cover which incorporates twin buttresses. With the roof raised, the area beneath the tonneau cover can be used as additional luggage space. Like its Coupe sibling, the 12C Spider features a one piece, carbon fibre structure. As a result, it offers virtually identical dynamic driving capabilities, including a breath-taking 0-100 km/h time of just 3.1 seconds (when fitted with Pirelli P Zero Corse tyres) and an incredible top speed of 329 km/h.
The innovative carbon fibre MonoCell provides the necessary rigidity and strength for an open roof car. In conventional steel or aluminium chassis cars, extra strengthening ? and associated weight increase ? is normal during the conversion from fixed-head coup? to open-roof convertible. This can compromise performance, handling and driving enjoyment. The 12C Spider is now available from Ali Alghanim & Sons Automotive Company, which launched McLaren Kuwait in February this year. McLaren Kuwait joins McLaren Automotive?s Middle East retail network as part of a select number of specialist, luxury automotive retailers located in prestigious venues across the region. There is also an additional service centre in Lebanon.
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