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The new McLaren P11 supercar is going back to the drawing board for a redesign to be masterminded by new styling chief Frank Stephenson.
The former BMW, Mini, Fiat and Ferrari designer will join McLaren later in the year; he has to complete several months of gardening leave after resigning from Fiat in April.
According to well placed sources, Stephenson will join McLaren Automotive to redesign the family of supercars that McLaren plans to put into production in 2009. “The basic engineering...Read the full article

I'm so glad and relieved that McLaren has finally decided to restyle the P11. Scoop pictures that surfaced recently frightened me. I think Frank Stephenson will do a good job and he will come up with a design that is distinctively McLaren.

To me, the styling of the car should be driven by engineering and aerodynamic considerations.  But it mustn't be boring like the Porsche Carrera GT. It also mustn't look like an animal like some current Ferraris and Lamborghinis. It's a tough task but Frank Stephenson is the right man for the job, the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti notwithstanding :P