{"id":449853,"date":"2023-02-28T08:37:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T08:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=449853"},"modified":"2024-04-14T02:23:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T02:23:30","slug":"watch-the-worlds-first-mclaren-mp4-12c-gt3-drift-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/watch-the-worlds-first-mclaren-mp4-12c-gt3-drift-car\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Watch The World&#8217;s First McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Drift Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Japanese rental car company called Arios converted a McLaren MP4-12C GT3 into a drift car. With the help of famous Japanese drifter Daigo Saito, the McLaren underwent several suspension changes to make it more suitable for drifting.<\/p>\n<p>The car is powered by a 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine that originally produces 493 horsepower. Arios, however,\u00a0 made some modifications to the engine to increase its output closer to the 592 horsepower of the road-going MP4-12C.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the world&#8217;s first McLaren MP4-12C GT3 drift car in action below!<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"WORLD FIRST: McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Converted to Drift Car | Capturing Car Culture - Ep 5\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ltU_ZneK734?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"WORLD FIRST: McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Converted to Drift Car | Capturing Car Culture - Ep 5\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ltU_ZneK734?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Japanese rental car company called Arios converted a McLaren MP4-12C GT3 into a drift car. 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