Combine a flame-spitting exhaust with an exotic machine capable of neck-twisting performance, such as the McLaren MP4-12C, and you’ll probably become a YouTube celebrity.
Ever since the early days, man has been fascinated with fire, and while modern times don’t require you to light up a couple of logs in your cave so that wolves won’t get you at night, the strangely attractive orange light has moved at the back end of supercars, which are tortured on public roads, to the delight of the crowds.
That doesn’t mean we don’t enjoy these videos, just pointing out the obvious here, but let’s get down to business and focus around the two flame-spitting machines featured in this video, which precede the current Super Series family in brand’s lineup. The cherry on top of the cake is the revving inside a tunnel, which can give any gearhead the goosebumps.
Launch control accelerations prove that the 3.8-liter twin-turbo V8 engine, used on all modern exotics made in Woking, from the 540C to the P1, still has what it needs to shoot the MP4-12C from rest to 100 km/h (62 mph) in just over 3 seconds and up to 333 km/h (207 mph).