McLaren changing colors?

[555-04Q2]

Macca should keep their current colour scheme as it is very unique and looks brilliant during the night races

[UltimateDanGTR]

well, If Mclaren were to ever change colours from that brilliant silver and red scheme....it will be to Orange. not black. And to me, that wouldn't happen until the deal with mercedes ends, and I assume that by then that Mclaren will produce their own engines.

[SGWilko]

well, If Mclaren were to ever change colours from that brilliant silver and red scheme....it will be to Orange. not black. And to me, that wouldn't happen until the deal with mercedes ends, and I assume that by then that Mclaren will produce their own engines.

Am I adroit in thinking that the new sports car has in house developed motors?

[UltimateDanGTR]

Am I adroit in thinking that the new sports car has in house developed motors?

you are perfectly correct. Twin turbo V8 I believe, which is the sort of engine I'd love to see in F1..........

[V12]

An orange McLaren would be good, but unless their road car division is going to start funding the racing team to the tune of whatever Vodafone does now, then it'll be the mobile phone company who gets most of the say, I imagine.

Unless they can convince a certain rival of Vodafone to sponsor them instead, of course...

[UltimateDanGTR]

'Black livery? Er, no: the same Rocket Red & chrome finish that you've grown to love since Vodafone McLaren Mercedes was born in 2007...' 'that's official btw!'

Just to confirm, via Mclaren's twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/TheFifthDriver

[maxter]

There will always be speculations without ground I suppose (or in this case maybe nothing more than a fan made idea without any agenda or real life relevance to it).

Just have to add though that I liked it in black, but then again I've never been a fan of McLarens silver (that looks better on the Mercs IMO).

[CNR]

http://www.racer.com/mclaren-to-stic...rticle/193808/

The rumors took off after McLaren revealed new team clothing that was predominantly black and red, suggesting that the cars would follow suit

[Rollo]

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/512...-silver-livery
A hint about McLaren's branding and livery plans for 2011 is in the new official merchandising range for the forthcoming season.
For example, gone are the silver team caps of 2010, replaced by mainly black ones for 2011. The team crew and management-style shirts and jackets are also black.

As far as Vodafone are concerned, they probably could be convinced to have their colour displayed in black on an orange car. For a while, England's One Day Cricket strip was mainly blue with the Vodafone logo in white.

It might be possible for the majority of the MP4-27 to be orange and the Vodafone splashes in black. The car might look a little like this Spyker, but with sponsors changed as appropriate:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sp...ember_2006.jpg

[mstillhere]

An orange McLaren would be good, but unless their road car division is going to start funding the racing team to the tune of whatever Vodafone does now, then it'll be the mobile phone company who gets most of the say, I imagine.

Unless they can convince a certain rival of Vodafone to sponsor them instead, of course...

Just out of curiosity, since McLaren is a British team and the British color for car racing is green (if I am correct) why would not McLaren be green?

PS Isn't silver the German color for car racing?