McLaren MP412C Spider 2013

McLaren MP412C Spider 2013 - Last week McLaren unveiled the saliva-inducing MP4-12C Spider. We gave you all the news. We gave you the best pictures. You clicked in your hundreds of thousands. But we didn't give you video. McLaren on Thursday released a two-minute video of the 2013 McLaren MP4-12C Spider tearing up a racetrack. The 12C Spider is equipped with a 616-horsepower 3.8-liter V8 twin-turbo engine linked to a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.

A Volcano Red 12C Spider tackles the winding mountain roads of Andalucia in Spain. The car is driven by Mat Jackson, a McLaren test driver and British Touring Car championship driver. The video offers the first look at the MP4-12C in action, including a segment on how the car's retractable hardtop roof operates. Raising or lowering the roof takes 17 seconds. The video shows the roof lowering while the car is in motion.

The roof can be operated at speeds of up to 19 mph, the automaker said.