McLaren has released a Behind the Badge video series, exploring the stories behind the creation of its cars.
The first episode of Behind the Badge shines a spotlight on the world of vehicle body testing. McLaren engineers working in vehicle body engineering and validation run more than 450 individual tests across the vehicle body, including atmospheric chamber tests that stress the vehicle body through huge temperature and humidity variations, encompassing a swing in ambient temperature from -40°C to +50°C in 90 minutes.
In related news, McLaren has concluded the cold-weather testing program for the prototype McLaren W1, completing a validation cycle in the Arctic Circle focused on verifying critical vehicle systems under subzero conditions. Click here to read the full story.
