07 October 2009
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McLaren’s planning permission application for its new MP4-12C assemble facility included a factory plan showing shopfloor area given over to a ‘Webasto RHT Sub Assembly’ area.
This is a reference to the retractable hard-top (RHT) with which the forthcoming MP4 Spider is expected to be fitted.
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The company says that factory layout has since been superseded and that Webasto is only “one of several potential suppliers”.
Autocar sources say the powered, folding hard-top for the MP4 Spider will feature lightweight construction, probably in alloy but possibly carbonfibre.
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