This new series from the Classic Car TV YouTube channel looks at how cars transition from modern to classic, and why some do, and some don't. We also look at how classic car status affects values. Each video in the series includes interviews with experts who have some connection to the cars we are featuring and broad knowledge of the classic car market.

In this episode we look at the McLaren MP4-12C, McLaren's first series production car. We talk with the car's designer, Frank Stephenson, with Dean Lanzante, whose company took the McLaren F1 to victory at Le Mans in 1995 and with Alastair Bols, who launched McLaren's first roadcar showroom in London and now runs his own, very successful independent McLaren specialist outlet.

Thanks to:
Frank Stephenson - www.frankstephenson.com
Alastair Bols - www.alastairbols.com
Dean Lanzante - www.lanzante.com

Timeline:

00:00 - Intro to Classic Car TV and the Modern Classics series
01:29 - Looking at classic car values
02:02 - Bringing in the views of the experts
02:24 - Picking the first car
03:40 - Introducing the experts
05:18 - MP4-12C values
06:38 - What makes a car a classic?
13:02 - Is the MP4-12C a guaranteed future classic?
19:27 - What elementsof the MP4-12C define it as a classic?
22:44 - Does McLaren's history make all of its cars classics?
32:39 - Full-length individual interviews coming
33:12 - What cars come next?
33:37 - Our opinion of the MP4-12C

Other videos at the Classic Car channel:
Is the MGB the perfect entry level classic?    • 1968 MGB Roadster: the perfect classic?  
Impressions of VSCC Hill Climb Loton Park    • Impressions of VSCC Hill Climb Loton ...  
Prescott hillclimb    • 2015 VSCC Prescott Hillclimb  

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